MENA Healthcare No Better Time to be Overweight MENA Healthcare Sector Report | 18 September, 2013 Sector Coverage September 18 2 0 1 3 Mohammad Kamal
[email protected] +9714 507 1743 Dahlia Sabaayon, CFA Arqaam Capital Research Offshore s.a.l MENA Healthcare Summary of recommendations No better time to be overweight Bloomberg code MOUWASAT AB Lifestyle-related diseases are highly prevalent in MENA, and particularly in Company name Al Mouwasat Medical Services Company KSA and the UAE: sedentary lifestyles and poor dietary habits linked to Price target SAR 103 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer have rendered KSA and UAE Rating 30% upside, Buy exposed to elevated incidence rates of key diseases. As a general data point, the obesity rate among Saudi adults, according to the WHO, is 3x the global Bloomberg code DALLAH AB rate, on par with the US (36%) and ahead of MENA (<30%). The UAE faces a Company name Dallah Healthcare Holding Company similar situation, with 36% of the population classified as obese. Perhaps Price target SAR 88 most striking is the incidence of diabetes among young (<39) residents in Rating 40% upside, Buy KSA, which stands at >2x the US rate at 32% of the overall diabetic population (14% US). Bloomberg code NMC LN Company name NMC Health Chronic underinvestment and over-expenditure: The KSA bed/1,000 ratio Price target GBp 440 of 2.2 (1.7 beds provided by the government, 0.5 by the private sector) is Rating 40% upside, Buy below the global average of 3.0, and far below the average of 5.5 in developed countries.