CSL on Track for Lowest Close Since 2017 Following Profit Warning -- Market Talk

Dow Jones
May 11

0123 GMT - Pharmaceutical company CSL's earnings guidance downgrade and warning of impairments puts shares on course for their lowest close since early 2017. CSL's share price falls 17% to A$99.70 after interim CEO Gordon Naylor reset expectations. CSL now projects FY 2026 revenue of around US$15.2 billion and underlying net profit of US$3.1 billion when currency swings are stripped out. CSL said "a normalization of channel inventory" for immunoglobulin in the U.S. would hit revenue by around US$300 million. Separately, the value of the China albumin market has declined and would hit revenue by an additional US$200 million. CSL signaled some US$5 billion of impairments. In February, CSL had forecast underlying profit growth of 4%-7% excluding one-off costs at constant currency and revenue growth of 2%-3%. (david.winning@wsj.com; @dwinningWSJ)

 

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