Half Year 2023 Smith & Nephew PLC Earnings Call Transcript
Good morning. Welcome to the Smith & Nephew second quarter and first half results call. I'm Deepak Nath, and joining me is Chief Financial Officer, Anne-Francoise Nesmes.
I'm pleased to report another strong quarter of growth. In Orthopedics, we've improved our underlying dynamics and are set up to accelerate growth in the second half. The momentum in sports medicine and advanced wound management has continued. So these results have given us the confidence to increase our full year growth guidance. We saw the moderation we expected in the U.S. after a very strong Q1, but that was more than offset by improving execution globally and the increasing ability of our organization to take part in stronger markets. Margin development in the first half was in line with our expectations, and this should represent the peak of the macro-driven cost pressures.
In the second half, we expect a clear step-up in both trading margin and cash generation, as we drive productivity gains and start to bring down days of inventory. And importantly
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