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Chris Kallos, CFA
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Positive U.S. Manufacturing Trend Bodes Well for Ansell’s North American Sales

We raise our fair value estimate to AUD 24 per share for narrow-moat Ansell largely due to time value of money considerations and the incorporation of an Australian dollar/U.S. dollar exchange rate of 0.77. At current levels, shares in Ansell are trading broadly in line with our revised valuation and are therefore fairly valued.
Although we are not changing our fiscal 2018 forecasts, we think the upwardly trending U.S. manufacturing Purchasing Manager Index, or PMI, which increased to 55 in Dece...
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Ansell Limited

Ansell, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the development, manufacturing and sourcing, distribution and sale of gloves and protective personal equipment in the industrial and medical gloves market, as well as the sexual wellness category worldwide. Co. operates in four main business segments: Medical, which manufactures and markets surgical and examination gloves together with a range of healthcare safety devices; Industrial, which manufactures and markets hand and body protection solutions; Single Use, which provides single use industrial application gloves; and Sexual Wellness, which manufactures, sells and markets a range of branded condoms, lubricants, devices and fragrances.

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Morningstar
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Chris Kallos, CFA

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