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Shares of SBC Medical Group (NASDAQ:SBC) soared more than 37% on Friday after the health clinic management leader reported strong quarterly growth figures and announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) alliance.
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SBC's revenue jumped 35% year over year to $59 million in the third quarter. The gains were driven by new clinic openings and service fee increases.
SBC's network grew by 36 clinics over the past year, bringing its total to 293 locations as of Sept. 30. In turn, patient visits over the trailing 12 months increased 9% to 7.06 million.
New services and equipment upgrades are also leading people to spend more at these clinics. Average spend per visit rose 4% to $290.
"Our goal is not simply to add locations," CEO Yoshiyuki Aikawa said. "We aim to raise productivity and profitability at the clinics we support while expanding the network efficiently."
As a leading Medical Services Organization (MSO), SBC provides management and operational support to clinical networks in Japan, the U.S., and other international markets. Services include customer acquisition, staffing, and technology upgrades.
In this way, SBC enables physicians to focus on patient care rather than the administrative aspects of their clinics.
SBC's business model is also highly profitable. Its income from operations surged 66% to $26 million. That's an operating margin of 45%.
To make its clinic network even more lucrative, SBC is partnering with NeuroBrain Dynamics to co-develop medical AI tools to deliver more personalized customer recommendations and further streamline operational processes.
"Across a 287-clinic network, even micro efficiencies scale into significant potential earnings power," Aikawa said. "By blending SBC Medical's deep, on-the-ground operational data with NeuroBrain Dynamics' proven enterprise AI execution, we are positioning our business to achieve improved operating leverage while delivering exceptional value to our customers, clinic partners, and shareholders."
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