Roche plans dividend hike after higher sales, operating profit
Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche Holding AG said Thursday that it would raise its dividend for 2021 after an increase in sales and operating profit.
Roche will raise its 2021 dividend by 2% to 9.30 Swiss francs . For 2022, it expects the dividend to rise further. Net income in 2021 was CHF14.9 billion, down from CHF15.1 billion, while core operating profit rose to CHF21.9 bllion for CHF21.5 billion. Sales grew to CHF62.8 billion from CHF58.3 billion, with sales up in the pharmaceutical and diagnostics divisions.
Roche expects 2022 sales to be stable or grow in the low-single digits, while core earnings per share should grow in the low- to mid-single digit range at constant exchange rates. The company expects 2022 sales of Covid-19 medicines and diagnostics to decline by approximately CHF2 billion to around CHF5 billion, and sees sales losses to biosimilars of about CHF2.5 billion. Excluding those effects, Roche expects group sales to grow in the high-single digit range.
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