Hillrom Announces Fiscal First Quarter Financial Results
CHICAGO, Jan. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Hillrom (NYSE: HRC), today announced financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2019, confirmed its fiscal 2020 revenue guidance and raised the bottom of its adjusted earnings per diluted share guidance range.
For the fiscal first quarter, Hillrom reported earnings of $0.59 per diluted share compared to $0.62 per diluted share in the prior-year period. On an adjusted basis, excluding special items, earnings of $1.13 per diluted share rose 11 percent from $1.02 per diluted share in the prior-year period, and exceeded the company's guidance range of $1.07 to $1.09 per diluted share. First quarter financial results reflect solid core revenue growth, margin expansion, strategic investments to drive future growth and a lower tax rate. Adjustments to reported earnings are detailed in the reconciliation schedules provided.
"We are pleased to report another quarter of strong financial results driven by our diverse portfolio and successful execution of our strategic priorities," said John Groetelaars, Hillrom president and CEO. "Our category leadership strategy, new products, emerging market opportunities and benefits from recent acquisitions position us well to drive sustainable growth, deliver on our financial outlook and enhance outcomes for patients and their caregivers."
Fiscal First Quarter 2020 Financial Results
In the fiscal first quarter, worldwide reported revenue of $685 million was comparable to the prior year revenue of $684 million, and increased 1 percent on a constant currency basis, reflecting the impact of the 2019 divestiture of surgical consumables. Hillrom's core revenue advanced 6 percent, at the high end of the company's guidance range of approximately 5 to 6 percent growth and included the contribution from recent acquisitions of approximately 200 basis points. Core revenue excludes foreign currency, divestitures and non-strategic assets the company may exit, including the Surgical Solutions international OEM business.
By reporting segment:
-- Patient Support Systems: Patient Support Systems revenue of $344 million
increased 1 percent on both a reported and constant currency basis, and
core revenue increased 2 percent. Strong U.S. performance, with core
growth of 8 percent, was primarily driven by the company's care
communications and mobile offerings, as well as its med-surg and
specialty bed systems, including the Centrella® Smart+Bed. U.S. growth
was partially offset by lower international revenue due to the timing of
large capital projects in select markets.
-- Front Line Care: Front Line Care generated revenue of $255 million, an
increase of 9 percent on both a reported and constant currency basis,
reflecting broad-based global strength across Welch Allyn® vital signs
monitoring equipment, physical assessment tools, respiratory health
products and the vision portfolio.
-- Surgical Solutions: Surgical Solutions revenue of $86 million declined
21 percent on a reported basis, or 20 percent on a constant currency
basis, reflecting the surgical consumables divestiture. Core revenue
advanced 9 percent, fueled by strong growth of surgical workflow
equipment, including Integrated Table Motion for the da Vinci Xi®
Surgical System.
Recent Highlights
Supporting Hillrom strategies and financial performance were several key achievements aimed at advancing Hillrom's innovation, transforming the portfolio and delivering sustainable value to shareholders. Highlights include:
-- Achieving more than $120 million in new product revenue during the
fiscal first quarter. Contributing to this performance were several
innovative products including the company's portfolio of smart beds,
vision products and Integrated Table Motion for the da Vinci Xi®
Surgical System.
-- Expanding Hillrom's digital health capabilities with the acquisition of
Excel Medical, a software company, further expanding the company's
digital platform to improve clinical workflow, provide greater access
and assimilation of real-time patient data and predictive analytics, and
offer a vendor-neutral interoperability solution. The addition of a
medical device integration platform, real-time waveforms and a suite of
alarm management tools puts actionable data into the hands of caregivers
to improve patient outcomes.
-- Presenting real-time outcomes from a study conducted at Arnot Health at
the Institute for Healthcare Improvement National Forum on Quality
Improvement in Health Care. At Arnot Health's 26-bed inpatient med-surg
unit, EarlySense®, Hillrom's contact-free continuous respiratory and
heart rate monitoring device, helped identify seven clinically
significant detections of patient deterioration over a 90-day period.
Use of the technology activated early interventions including airway
management and medication optimization for appropriate treatment and
avoidance of respiratory depression.
-- Announcing an exclusive corporate partnership with The UK Sepsis Trust
to raise greater awareness of sepsis, which may be treatable with
earlier detection and medical intervention. Technology plays a key role
in the detection of patient deterioration. Allowing clinicians to
measure a complete set of observations within a single monitoring device
is simpler and more cost-efficient for healthcare providers and could
potentially save thousands of lives by more quickly identifying
deterioration in a patient.
-- Approving a $170 million expansion of the company's share repurchase
authorization. The expanded share repurchase plan reinforces the
strength of Hillrom's balance sheet and its disciplined capital
allocation plan, which balances a priority of investing in key strategic
growth initiatives with Hillrom's commitment to returning value to
shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.
-- Promoting excellence in the workplace and being named by Newsweek to its
2020 list of America's Most Responsible Companies. Newsweek and its
partners evaluated the largest 2,000 public companies in the United
States, recognizing the top 300 companies.
2020 Financial Outlook
For the full-year 2020, Hillrom continues to expect revenue to increase 1 to 2 percent on both a reported and constant currency basis, and core revenue to increase 5 to 6 percent. Excluding the incremental benefit of acquisitions prior to the anniversary date, core revenue is expected to increase 4 to 5 percent. The company now expects adjusted earnings, excluding special items, of $5.50 to $5.56 per diluted share, and approximately $430 million in operating cash flow.
For the fiscal second quarter 2020, Hillrom expects revenue to decline 1 to 2 percent on a reported and constant currency basis, and core revenue to increase approximately 4 percent including the contribution from acquisitions of approximately 200 basis points. The company expects adjusted earnings, excluding special items, of $1.14 to $1.16 per diluted share.
Discussion of Adjusted Financial Measures
In addition to the results reported in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP), Hillrom routinely provides gross margin, operating margin, income tax expense, and earnings per diluted share results on an adjusted basis because the company's management believes these measures contribute to an understanding of our financial performance, provide additional analytical tools to understand our results from core operations and reveal underlying operating trends. These measures exclude strategic developments, acquisition and integration costs and related fair value adjustments, gains and losses associated with disposals of businesses or significant product lines, regulatory costs related to updating existing product registrations to comply with the European Medical Device Regulation, special charges, the transitional impacts of U.S. tax reform legislation, changes in tax accounting methods, other tax law changes and expenses associated with these tax items, the impacts of significant litigation matters, and other unusual events. The company also excludes expenses associated with the amortization of purchased intangible assets. These adjustments are made to allow investors to evaluate and understand operating trends excluding their impact on operating income and earnings per diluted share.
Management uses these measures internally for planning, forecasting, and evaluating the performance of the business. Investors should consider these non-GAAP measures in addition to, not as a substitute for, or as superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations of GAAP measures to adjusted measures appear in the financial tables of this release.
The company also routinely provides earnings per diluted share guidance on an adjusted basis. This excludes the impact of intangible asset amortization associated with prior business acquisitions, which we expect to be $1.28-$1.34 per diluted share for the fiscal year 2020. Management also does not include adjusted items such as strategic developments, acquisition and integration costs, special charges, and other special items or unusual items in our guidance because such items are evaluated on an ongoing basis, can be highly variable and cannot be reasonably predicted. As such, prospective quantification of these items is not feasible, and a full reconciliation of non-GAAP earnings per diluted share guidance to GAAP earnings per diluted share has not been provided. However, as a result of acquisitions, our ongoing portfolio and business optimization initiatives, and any change to the transitional impacts from U.S. tax reform legislation, we do expect adjusted items we have not predicted to potentially be significant to our GAAP measures including gross margin, operating margin, income tax expense and earnings per diluted share.
The company also presents certain results on a constant currency basis, which compares results between periods as if foreign currency exchange rates had remained consistent period-over-period. Management monitors sales performance on an adjusted basis that eliminates the positive or negative effects that result from translating international sales into U.S. dollars. Management calculates constant currency by applying the foreign currency exchange rate for the prior period to the local currency results for the current period. Management believes that evaluating growth in net revenue on a constant currency basis provides an additional and meaningful assessment to both management and investors.
Conference Call Webcast and Dial-in Information
The company will host a conference call and webcast today beginning at 7:30 a.m. (CT) / 8:30 a.m. (ET).
Conference Call Audio Only Dial-in Information: To participate in the conference call, dial (844) 654-5620 (domestic) or (647) 253-8654 (international). Please dial into the call at least 10 minutes prior to the start to allow time to connect. The confirmation code is 8887806.
Webcast: A simultaneous webcast of the call will be accessible via the company's website at www.hillrom.com. A supplementary presentation will be posted to the Hillrom website prior to the webcast.
A recording of the webcast/call audio will be available for telephone replay through February 7, 2020. To access the replay, dial (800) 585-8367 (domestic) or (416) 621-4642 (international). For the replay, callers will need to use confirmation code 8887806. If you are unable to listen to the live webcast or the telephone replay, the webcast will be archived at www.hillrom.com.
About Hillrom
Hillrom is a global medical technology leader whose 10,000 employees have a single purpose: enhancing outcomes for patients and their caregivers by advancing connected care. Around the world, our innovations touch over 7 million patients each day. They help enable earlier diagnosis and treatment, optimize surgical efficiency and accelerate patient recovery while simplifying clinical communication and shifting care closer to home. We make these outcomes possible through connected smart beds, patient lifts, patient assessment and monitoring technologies, caregiver collaboration tools, respiratory health devices, advanced operating room equipment and more, delivering actionable, real-time insights at the point of care. Learn more at hillrom.com.
Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements herein contain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, regarding the company's future plans, proposed divestitures, product launches, objectives, beliefs, expectations, representations and projections. It is important to note that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and the company's actual results could differ materially from those set forth in any forward-looking statements. For a more in-depth discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, see the discussions under the heading "Risk Factors" in the company's previously filed most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, unless required by law.
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(In millions, except per share data, unaudited)
Quarter Ended December 31
2019 2018
Net revenue
Product sales and service $
614.3 $
611.6
Rental revenue 70.7 71.9
Total net revenue 685.0 683.5
Cost of net revenue
Cost of goods sold 306.3 316.3
Rental expenses 37.0 37.2
Total cost of net revenue (excludes acquisition-related intangible asset amortization) 343.3 353.5
Research and development expenses 31.5 33.2
Selling and administrative expenses 196.8 192.3
Acquisition-related intangible asset amortization 26.7 25.7
Special charges 7.8 8.0
Operating profit 78.9 70.8
Other income (expense), net (36.3) (21.2)
Income tax expense (benefit) 2.8 7.4
Net income 39.8 42.2
Diluted earnings per share $
0.59 $
0.62
Average diluted common shares outstanding (in thousands) 67,329 67,725
Dividends per common share $
0.21 $
0.20
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Revenue Constant Currency
(In millions, unaudited)
U.S. OUS
Quarter Ended Change As Constant Change As Change As Constant
December 31
2019 2018 Reported Currency Reported Reported Currency
Product sales and service $
614.3 $
611.6 0.4 0.9 3.4 (5.5) (4.0)
% % %
% %
Rental revenue 70.7 71.9 (1.7) (1.4) (1.0) (6.1) (4.1)
% % % % %
Total net revenue $
685.0 $
683.5 0.2 0.7 2.8 (5.5) (4.0)
% % %
% %
Patient Support Systems 344.2 341.0 0.9 1.4 7.5 (16.5) (14.6)
% % % % %
Front Line Care 254.6 233.4 9.1 9.3 7.0 14.3 15.1
% % % % %
Surgical Solutions 86.2 109.1 (21.0) (20.0) (31.2) (11.1) (9.2)
% % % %
%
Total net revenue $
685.0 $
683.5 0.2 0.7 2.8 (5.5) (4.0)
% % %
% %
OUS - Outside of the United States
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation: Earnings Per Share
(In millions, except per share data, unaudited)
Quarter Ended December 31, 2019
Quarter Ended December 31, 2018
Operating Income Income Tax Diluted EPS(1) Operating Income Income Tax Diluted EPS
Margin Before Expense
Income Margin Before Expense
Taxes
Income
Taxes
11.5
%
GAAP Basis % $
42.6 $
2.8 $
0.59 10.4 $
49.6 $
7.4 $
0.62
Adjustments:
Acquisition and integration costs and related fair value adjustments (1.0)
% (6.6) 0.3 (0.10) % 0.2 0.1
Acquisition-related intangible asset amortization 4.0
%
% 26.7 6.4 0.30 3.8 25.7 5.9 0.29
Regulatory compliance costs 0.6
%
% 3.9 0.6 0.05 0.3 2.8 0.7 0.03
Special charges 1.1
%
% 7.8 1.2 0.10 1.2 8.0 1.9 0.09
Tax law and method changes - % % 1.0 (0.01)
Debt financing costs - % 16.1 3.7 0.18 %
Loss on disposition of business - % 0.5 0.1 0.01 %
16.2
%
Adjusted Basis % $
91.0 $
15.1 $
1.13 15.7 $
86.3 $
17.0 $
1.02
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In millions, unaudited)
December 31, September 30,
2019 2019
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents $
204.4 214.1
$
Restricted cash
419.7
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowances 593.7
653.3
Inventories, net of reserves 277.7
269.6
Other current assets 120.3
106.7
Total current assets 1,196.1
1,663.4
Property, plant and equipment, net 298.1
296.8
Intangible assets
Goodwill 1,808.6
1,800.9
Other intangible assets and software, net 1,016.7
1,033.5
Other assets 199.2
124.4
Total Assets $
4,518.7 4,919.0
$
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Trade accounts payable $
196.4 197.6
$
Short-term borrowings 230.0
660.4
Other current liabilities 361.9 410.3
Total current liabilities 788.3 1,268.3
Long-term debt 1,766.3 1,783.1
Other long-term liabilities 345.1 294.3
Total Liabilities 2,899.7 3,345.7
Total Shareholders' Equity 1,619.0 1,573.3
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity $
4,518.7 4,919.0
$
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In millions, unaudited)
Year Ended December 31
2019 2018
Operating Activities
Net income $
39.8 42.2
$
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization of property, plant, equipment and software 16.6 18.1
Acquisition-related intangible asset amortization 26.7 25.7
Amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs 1.0 1.6
Loss on extinguishment of debt 15.6
Benefit for deferred income taxes (3.9) (4.4)
Loss on disposal of property, equipment leased to others, intangible assets and impairments 1.1 0.7
Stock compensation 8.3 5.5
Other, net (5.1) 0.4
Change in assets and liabilities excluding cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, acquisitions and dispositions:
Trade accounts receivable 74.8 68.4
Inventories (9.8) (7.6)
Other current assets (15.8) 9.0
Trade accounts payable (9.0) (5.9)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities (60.2) (42.8)
Other assets and liabilities (3.1) 5.1
Net cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash provided by operating activities 77.0 116.0
Investing Activities
Purchases of property, plant, equipment and software (24.3) (15.0)
Proceeds on sale of property and equipment 0.5 0.1
Payment for acquisition of intangible assets (17.1
Payments for acquisitions of investments (26.6)
Other, net 0.1
Net cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash used in investing activities (23.8) (58.5)
Financing Activities
Payments of long-term debt (12.6)
Borrowings on Revolving Credit Facility 50.0 50.0
Payments on Revolving Credit Facility (55.0) (25.0)
Borrowings on Securitization Facility 0.4
Payments on Securitization Facility (7.5) (0.4)
Borrowings on Note Securitization Facility 11.4 7.8
Payments on Note Securitization Facility (12.6) (1.9)
Prepayment premium on extinguishment of 5.75% Notes (12.2)
Redemption of 5.75% Notes (425.0)
Cash dividends (14.1) (13.3)
Proceeds on exercise of stock options 3.7 4.6
Stock repurchases for stock award withholding obligations (15.1) (3.5
Stock repurchases in the open market (75.0)
Other, net 1.7 1.7
Net cash used in financing activities (487.3) (54.6)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 4.7 (1.7)
Net Cash Flows (429.4) 1.2
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash:
At beginning of period 633.8 183.0
At end of period $
204.4 184.2
$
CONTACT INFORMATION
Investor Relations
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Contact: Mary Kay Ladone, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Contact: Lorna Williams, Executive Director, Investor Relations and
Strategy and Investor Relations Strategy
Phone:
312-819-9387
Phone:
312-233-7799
Email:
marykay.ladone@hillrom.com
Email:
lorna.williams@hillrom.com
Media
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Contact: Howard Karesh, Vice President, Corporate Communications
Phone:
312-819-7268
Email:
howard.karesh@hillrom.com
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