29 Apr 2019 16:31

Losses of pharmacy chain 36.6 grew 1.8-fold in 2018, revenue fell 7%

MOSCOW. April 29 (Interfax) - PJSC Aptechnaya Set 36.6 suffered an aggregate loss of 22.9 billion rubles in 2018, the company said.

This represents a 1.8-fold increase over 2017's 13.097-billion-ruble loss.

The company's revenue fell 7% to 44.66 billion rubles. Cost of sales also decreased 7% to 33.339 billion rubles.

Highlights, millions of rubles:

	2018	2017	Change
Revenue	44 664	48 253	-7.4%
Cost of sales	(33 339)	(35 924)	-7.1%
Gross profit	11 325	12 329	-8.1%
Commercial, general, and administrative expenses	(15 883)	(16 520)	-3.8%
Loss before taxes	(22 757)	(13 140)	1.7-fold growth
Total loss for the period	(22 977)	(13 097)	1.75-fold growth

The chain's total debt obligations at the end of December 2018 were 45.877 billion rubles (up 43%).