ICU Medical, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2016 Results

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., May 10, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ICU Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq:ICUI), a leader in the development, manufacture and sale of innovative medical devices used in infusion therapy, oncology and critical care applications, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016.

First Quarter 2016 Results

First quarter 2016 revenue was $89.9 million, compared to $81.5 million in the same period last year. GAAP net income for the first quarter of 2016 was $15.9 million, or $0.96 per diluted share, as compared to GAAP net income of $9.7 million, or $0.60 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2015.  Adjusted diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2016 were $1.14 as compared to $1.02 for the first quarter of 2015. Also, adjusted EBITDA was $32.7 million for the first quarter of 2016 as compared to $26.0 million for the first quarter of 2015.  

Vivek Jain, ICU Medical's Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are pleased with our revenue, gross margin, adjusted EBITDA and net income results in the first quarter as we achieved growth in both our direct and OEM channels."

Revenues by market segment for the three months ended March 31, 2016 were as follows:

The Company ended the first quarter of 2016 with a strong balance sheet. As of March 31, 2016 cash, cash equivalents and investment securities totaled $383.7 million and working capital was $481.4 million.  During Q1 2016 the Company used $15.4 million to repurchase 174,885 shares of our common stock. Additionally, the Company generated operating cash flow of $14.8 million for the first quarter of 2016.

Fiscal Year 2016 Guidance

For the year, the Company is reiterating its 2016 guidance.  It expects revenue to be in the range of $355 million to $365 million; adjusted diluted earnings per share to be in the range of $4.34 to $4.46, and adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $123 million to $127 million.

Conference Call

The Company will release its first quarter 2016 results at approximately 4:00 p.m. EDT (1:00 p.m. PDT) and will be conducting a conference call concerning those results at 4:30 p.m. EDT (1:30 p.m. PDT) on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. The call can be accessed at (800) 936-9761, international (408) 774-4587, conference ID 94546223. The conference call will be simultaneously available by webcast, which can be accessed by going to the Company's website at www.icumed.com, clicking on the Investors tab, clicking on the Webcast icon and following the prompts. The webcast will also be available by replay.

About ICU Medical, Inc.

About ICU Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq:ICUI) develops, manufactures and sells innovative medical devices used in vascular therapy, oncology and critical care applications. ICU Medical’s products improve patient outcomes by helping prevent bloodstream infections and protecting healthcare workers from exposure to infectious diseases or hazardous drugs. The company’s complete product line includes custom IV systems, closed delivery systems for hazardous drugs, needlefree IV connectors, catheters and cardiac monitoring systems. ICU Medical is headquartered in San Clemente, California. More information about ICU Medical, Inc. can be found at www.icumed.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements contain words such as ''will,'' ''expect,'' ''believe,'' ''could,'' ''would,'' ''estimate,'' ''continue,'' ''build,'' ''expand'' or the negative thereof or comparable terminology, and may include (without limitation) information regarding the Company's expectations, goals or intentions regarding the future. These forward-looking statements are based on Management's current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the Company, our full year 2016 guidance and assumptions Management believes are reasonable, all of which are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those stated in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, decreased demand for the Company's products, decreased free cash flow, the inability to recapture conversion delays or part/resource shortages on anticipated timing, or at all, changes in product mix, increased competition from competitors, lack of continued growth or improving efficiencies and unexpected changes in the Company's arrangements with its largest customers. Future results are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the risk factors, and other risks and uncertainties, described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which include those in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made only as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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(1) December 31, 2015 balances were derived from audited consolidated financial statements.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

This press release contains financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP").  The non-GAAP financial measures should be considered supplemental to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.  There are material limitations in using these non-GAAP financial measures because they are not prepared in accordance with GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies, including peer companies.  Our management believes that the non-GAAP data provides useful supplemental information to management and investors regarding our performance and facilitates a more meaningful comparison of results of operations between current and prior periods.  We use non-GAAP financial measures in addition to and in conjunction with GAAP financial measures to analyze and assess the overall performance of our business, in making financial, operating and planning decisions, and in determining executive incentive compensation.  The non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release are adjusted EBITDA and adjusted diluted earnings per share ("Adjusted Diluted EPS"). 

Adjusted EBITDA excludes the following items:

Intangible asset amortization expense:  We do not acquire businesses or capitalize certain patent costs on a predictable cycle.  The amount of purchase price allocated to intangible assets and the term of amortization can vary significantly and are unique to each acquisition.  Capitalized patent costs can vary significantly based on our current level of development activities.  We believe that excluding amortization of intangible assets provides the users of our financial statements with a consistent basis for comparison across accounting periods;

Depreciation expense:  We exclude depreciation expense in deriving adjusted EBITDA because companies utilize productive assets of different ages and the depreciable lives can vary significantly resulting in considerable variability in depreciation  expense among companies;

Stock compensation expense:  Stock-based compensation is generally fixed at the time the stock-based instrument is granted and amortized over a period of several years.  The value of stock options is determined using a complex formula that incorporates factors, such as market volatility, that are beyond our control.  The value of our restricted stock awards is determined using the grant date stock price, which may not be indicative of our operational performance over the expense period.  Additionally, in order to establish the fair value of performance-based stock awards, which are currently an element of our ongoing stock-based compensation, we are required to apply judgment to estimate the probability of the extent to which performance objectives will be achieved.  Based on the above factors, we believe it is useful to exclude stock-based compensation in order to better understand our operating performance;

Legal settlement:  We may incur charges or benefits as well as legal costs related to litigation and other contingencies.  We exclude these charges or benefits, when significant as well as the legal costs associated with significant legal matters, because we do not believe they are an indication of our operating performance;  

 Adjusted Diluted EPS excludes, net of tax, intangible asset amortization expense, stock compensation expense and legal settlement.  We apply our GAAP consolidated effective tax rate to our non-GAAP financial measures, other than when the underlying item has a materially different tax treatment.

From time to time in the future, there may be other items that we may exclude if we believe that doing so is consistent with the goal of providing useful information to investors and management.

The following tables reconcile our GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures: