In Brief: Perrigo
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Perrigo: Sales for the private-label company rose 6% to $196.3 mil. in the third quarter (ended March 31). The company reported a 4% decline in personal care product sales, noting that that business "remains challenging." In an effort to restore profitably in its personal care segment, Perrigo has been eliminating low-volume SKUs and raising product prices to help counter increasing raw material cost over the past year. Net earnings for the company, including extraordinary costs of $263,000 for restructuring and $1.6 mil. for litigation, fell 6.9% to $10.6 mil...