Venture Corporation - Phillip Securities 2025-08-07: Coping Under Challenging Conditions

• Venture Corp’s outlook commentary shared little on near-term operating conditions. The company emphasised its long-term relationship, investments, and strong balance sheet.
• Nevertheless, we believe Venture Corp's 2H25 earnings will remain weak –
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  2. uncertainty over drug pricing has scaled back big pharma capex; and
  3. cuts in US research funding grants further pulling down demand for life science equipment.
• 1H25 results were within expectations. Revenue and PATMI were 51%/49% of FY25e expectations. 1H25 PATMI net profit declined 8.6% y-o-y to S$112.9mil, in-line with revenue contracting 8.8%.
• A special special dividend of 5 cents was announced in addition to an unchanged interim dividend of 25 cents.

The Positive

Ample cash.

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• There will be two new innovation centres in China and the US to source fast-growing product opportunities.

The Negative

Consumer lifestyle products decline.

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2025-05-15 Venture Corp - 2025 Looks Tough.

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