Margin Growth at Australian Private Insurers Could Plateau -- Market Talk
Margin Growth at Australian Private Insurers Could Plateau -- Market Talk
DJ Margin Growth at Australian Private Insurers Could Plateau -- Market Talk
澳大利亚私人保险公司DJ利润率增长可能停滞--市场谈话
2348 GMT - Australian private health insurers may not be able to sustain the industry's recent strong margins, says Citi. The latest regulator statistics showed that private health insurance grew in the March quarter, with the number of persons insured at a record high, and the proportion of the population with coverage also rising. At the same time, Citi says industry net margins were also "robust" in the quarter. Despite this, the investment bank says sustainability of these outcomes could be stymied by utilization bounce back. "So we still see this as consistent with our current forecasts for net margins for Medibank and Nib to gradually reduce, thereby limiting their earnings per share growth outlooks," Citi says. (alice.uribe@wsj.com)
2348GMT-花旗表示，澳大利亚私营健康保险公司可能无法维持该行业最近强劲的利润率。监管机构的最新统计数据显示，私人医疗保险在3月份的季度有所增长，参保人数创下历史新高，覆盖人口的比例也在上升。与此同时，花旗表示，该季度行业净利润率也很“强劲”。尽管如此，这家投行表示，这些结果的可持续性可能会受到利用率反弹的阻碍。花旗表示：“因此，我们仍认为这与我们目前对Medibank和NIB净利润率将逐渐下降的预测一致，从而限制了它们的每股收益增长前景。”(alice.uribe@wsj.com)
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