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EMIS - Meeting notes

October 2018

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  • Epic Code:
  • EMIS
  • Price:
  • 1010p
I met new chief executive Andy Thorburn shortly after Emis announced H1 results. Signs are mounting that the long dull period for the shares is over with  the top line growing once more, up 7% to £84.5m, of which £69.4m (+4%) is now recurring. Operating profit was £17.6m, a shade ahead of last year’s £17.5m, after absorbing a £1.3m higher loss on development of patient.info and also the costs of beefing up its support and software development staff (93 new employees) - the latter at a cost of £3m p.a. to ensure there are no further service failings on the GP side (this drops to £2m in 2019 and zero in 2020). Excluding Patient.info's results, operating profit increased by 8% with th ...

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