Thomson Medical Q2 net profit slides 77% on higher finance costs

HIGHER finance costs from the acquisition of its healthcare business hit Thomson Medical Group's second-quarter net profit, which dived 77 per cent to S$1.3 million, down from S$5.4 million a year ago.

Finance costs rose 47 per cent to S$6.2 million, largely additional bank borrowings taken for the acquisition of the healthcare business, said Thomson Medical on Thursday. However, revenue increased 8 per cent to S$57.2 million, thanks to higher overall patient load and average bill sizes in both the hospital operations and ancillary services segment, and the specialised and other services segment.

Earnings per share for the second quarter ended June 30 stood at 0.005 Singapore cent, down from 0.021 cent a year ago.For the same factors, Thomson Medical's net profit for the half-year plunged 96 per cent to S$240,000, down from S$5.5 million in the same period a year ago.

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