Sandoz Does Not Budge On 2022 Expectations Despite Positive Start

Q1 Revenues Improve By 8% At CCs While Bottom Line Soars – With Caveats

A weak base for the prior year and several one-time items allowed Sandoz to post positive financial results for the first quarter of 2022, including a 26% jump in the company’s core operating profit. Electing not to upgrade its expectations for Sandoz this year, Novartis will continue to monitor the business amid an ongoing strategic review.

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Sandoz enjoyed a huge bump in its core operating profit in Q1 • Source: Shutterstock

Sandoz is maintaining its full-year earnings guidance for 2022 despite reporting 8% top-line growth at constant currencies for the first three months of the year, alongside a sizeable jump in its operating profit and core operating profit.

While the Novartis division’s promising first-quarter financials were evidence of its business dynamics having “really stabilized,” Sandoz commented, they also reflected a comparison with a weaker first quarter of 2021 and included

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