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EMIS - 53.5p eps forecast for next year

April 2018

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  • Epic Code:
  • EMIS
  • Price:
  • 775p
The market breathed a sigh of relief now that EMIS has ruled a line under the service level agreement issues it had with NHS Digital (where it had failed to properly resolve some customer service issues), by making a £11.2m provision in the latest results and allocating additional support to ensure it doesn’t repeat.Sales for the year were flat at £160.3m but of that, recurring sales represent £133.5m or 83% of the total. Adjusted operating profit and eps were down 3% to £37.4m and 47.2p, respectively, mainly due to a £3.5m investment in its online service, patient.info, during the year and adjusting for that, profits would have been up 5%. The operating margin excluding patient.info improved by ...

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