Koninklijke Philips Reported Mixed Quarterly Results for 1Q16
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Price movement of Koninklijke Philips
Koninklijke Philips (PHG) has a market cap of $25.4 billion. PHG fell by 4.2% to close at $27.09 per share on April 25, 2016. The stock’s weekly, monthly, and year-to-date (or YTD) price movements were -4.4%, -1.6%, and 6.4%, respectively, as of the same day.
This means that PHG is trading 2.9% below its 20-day moving average, 0.98% above its 50-day moving average, and 3.6% above its 200-day moving average.
Related ETFs and peers
The Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK) invests 0.30% of its holdings in Philips. The ETF tracks the FTSE Developed Europe Index, a market-cap weighted index of European securities. The YTD price movement of VGK was 0.49% as of April 22, 2016.
The Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA) invests 0.18% of its holdings in Philips. The ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of large- and midcap stocks from developed markets outside the US, dynamically transitioning to include small caps and Canadian stocks.
The market caps of Koninklijke Philips’ competitors are as follows:
General Electric Company (GE) — $286.9 billion
Hologic (HOLX) — $10.7 billion
Performance of Koninklijke Philips in fiscal 1Q16
Koninklijke Philips reported fiscal 1Q16 sales of 5,517.0 million euros, a rise of 3.3% compared to sales of 5,339.0 million euros in fiscal 1Q15. Sales from personal health, diagnosis and treatment, and connected care and health informatics segments rose by 5.8%, 8.8%, and 11.0%, respectively.
Sales from the HealthTech Other and Lighting segments fell by 23.7% and 1.8%, respectively, in fiscal 1Q16 compared to fiscal 1Q15. The company’s cost of sales as a percentage of sales fell by 1.7%, and its operating income rose by 43.2% in fiscal 1Q16 compared to fiscal 1Q15.
Its net income and EPS (earnings per share) fell to 37.0 million euros and 0.03 euros, respectively, in fiscal 1Q16, compared to 100.0 million euros and 0.11 euros, respectively, in fiscal 1Q15.
Koninklijke Philips’ cash and cash equivalents fell by 21.6% and its inventories rose by 4.0% in fiscal 1Q16 compared to fiscal 4Q15. Its current ratio and long-term debt-to-equity ratio fell to ~1.2x and 0.75x, respectively, compared to ~1.3x and 0.77x, respectively, in fiscal 4Q15.
As of March 31, 2016, the company has completed 82% of the three-year 1.5 billion euro share buyback program.
Koninklijke Philips also prepared for an initial public offering (or IPO) or a private sale of Philips Lighting. With the current market developments, it is focusing on the IPO for this business segment. The company expects separation costs in the range of 200 million–225 million euros for 2016.
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