Dr. Lal PathLabs - Valuation Running Way Ahead Of Fundamentals: Prabhudas Lilladher

Dr. Lal PathLabs - Valuation Running Way Ahead Of Fundamentals: Prabhudas Lilladher

A healthcare worker uses a pipette to process Covid-19 test samples in a laboratory (Photographer T. Narayan/Bloomberg)

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Prabhudas Lilladher Report

Dr. Lal PathLabs Ltd. Q1 FY22 earnings were higher than our estimates solely driven by additional volumes, due to large number of patients in the second wave.

Business in core portfolio grew 15% YoY given-

  1. all collection centers and labs resumed operations much earlier than expected

  2. high revenue contribution from other regions than Delhi-NCR and

  3. bundled test (unimpacted in lockdown) contributed 10% of revenue.

However, Dr. Lal PathLabs' Q1 FY21 witnessed lower realisation with revenue/patient (excluding-Covid-19 test) of Rs 648 versus Rs 686 QoQ and test/patient of 2.75 versus 2.42.

We remain positive on the entire diagnostic chain on back of-

  1. premium players to gain market share,

  2. B2B to offer more sick-care tests and

  3. elasticity of higher volume at lower realisation level (revenue/patient).

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