Resmed inc. announces results for the fourth quarter of fiscal year
2018
San diego--(business wire)--resmed inc. (nyse: rmd) (asx: rmd) today announced results for its quarter ended june 30, 2018. revenue for the quarter was $623.6 million, a 12 percent increase compared to the same period of the prior year. “we closed out the year with strong performance across all aspects of our business, from solid top-line revenue growth - driven by geographically balanced results across our entire portfolio of offerings - to continued improvements in operating leverage, which has resulted in double-digit bottom-line growth,” said mick farrell, resmed’s chief executive officer. “we continue to advance our cloud-connected medical device strategy and are growing our cloud-based software-as-a-service business. our clinical studies and research efforts are being recognized and the opportunity to increase awareness of sleep-related breathing disorders and improve patient quality of life is bigger than ever.” farrell concluded, “we believe we are well-positioned as we enter fiscal year 2019. we continue to innovate, we are improving our existing portfolio of products and offerings, and we have a robust pipeline to drive future growth.” analysis of fourth quarter results fourth quarter revenue in u.s., canada and latin america, excluding brightree, was $346.7 million, a 10 percent increase over the same period of the prior year. brightree revenue for the fourth quarter was $40.4 million, an increase of 12 percent compared to the same period of the prior year. revenue in combined europe, asia and other markets was $236.5 million, an increase of 9 percent on a constant currency basis, compared to the same period of the prior year. gross margin in the fourth quarter was 58.1 percent, lower than the prior year’s quarter gross margin of 58.2 percent mainly due to declines in average selling prices, which were partially offset by manufacturing and procurement efficiencies. income from operations for the quarter was $146.9 million, a 15 percent increase compared with the quarter ended june 30, 2017. non-gaap income from operations for the quarter was $166.0 million, a 19 percent increase compared to the same period of the prior year. selling, general and administrative expenses were $156.8 million, a 6 percent increase over the same period in the prior year, or a 3 percent increase on a constant currency basis. sg&a expenses improved to 25.1 percent of revenue in the quarter, compared with 26.6 percent reported in the quarter ended june 30, 2017. research and development expenses were $39.7 million, or 6.4 percent of revenue. r&d expenses increased by 8 percent compared with the same period last year, or a 6 percent increase on a constant currency basis. amortization of acquired intangible assets was $11.6 million during the quarter, which is consistent with the same period last year. stock-based compensation costs incurred during the quarter of $12.5 million consisted of expenses associated with employee equity grants and our employee stock purchase plan. net income for the quarter was $109.8 million, an 8 percent increase compared to the same period of the prior year. non-gaap net income was $136.3 million, a 24 percent increase compared to the prior year. non-gaap measures adjust for amortization of acquired intangibles, impact of u.s. tax reform on income tax expense, restructuring expenses and impact of foreign tax credit adjustments on income tax expense. gaap diluted earnings per share for the quarter increased by 7 percent to $0.76. non-gaap diluted earnings per share of $0.95 were 23 percent higher compared with the same period of the prior year. cash flow from operations for the quarter was $129.4 million compared to net income in the current quarter of $109.8 million. during the quarter we paid $50.0 million in dividends. impact of u.s. tax reform on income tax expense on december 22, 2017 “h.r.1”, originally known as the tax cuts and jobs act, was enacted into law (“u.s. tax reform”). asc 740 income taxes requires companies to recognize the effect of any tax laws during the period in which they are enacted. accordingly, during the quarter ended december 31, 2017, we performed preliminary calculations which have been refined during the remainder of the fiscal year. based on these refinements, and additional guidance from the u.s. internal revenue service, we recognized additional income tax expense of $5.8 million during the three months ended june 30, 2018 for a total income tax expense of $138.0 million during the year ended june 30, 2018. the u.s. tax reform significantly revises the u.s. corporate income tax by, among other things, imposing a one-time transition tax on unremitted foreign earnings, lowering the corporate income tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent and implementing a territorial tax system in relation to foreign earnings. analysis of fiscal year 2018 results revenue for the year increased 13 percent over the prior year to $2.3 billion, or a 10 percent increase on a constant currency basis. income from operations for the year was $541.8 million, a 27 percent increase over the prior year. non-gaap income from operations for the year was $606.6 million, a 19 percent increase over the prior year. non-gaap measures adjust for amortization of acquired intangibles, impact of u.s. tax reform on income tax expense, restructuring expenses, impact of foreign tax credit adjustments on income tax expense, litigation settlement expenses, acquisition related expenses and the astral battery field safety notification expenses. net income for the year was $315.6 million, an 8 percent decrease over the prior year. non-gaap net income was $507.8 million, a 27 percent increase compared to the prior year. gaap diluted earnings per share decreased 9 percent to $2.19. non-gaap diluted earnings per share for the year was $3.53, a 25 percent increase compared with the prior year. cash flow from operations for the year was $505.0 million. during the year we paid $199.5 million in dividends and repaid a net amount of $796.2 million of our outstanding debt. debt refinancing as reported during the previous quarter, on april 17, 2018, we entered into a new unsecured syndicated facility (“facility”) that provides for an $800 million five-year revolving credit facility and a $200 million five-year term loan. the proceeds from the initial funding of the term loan were used to repay a portion of the outstanding balance of the credit facility. share repurchase program during the quarter, we repurchased 250,000 shares at a cost of $25.9 million, as part of our ongoing capital management program. dividend program the resmed board of directors today declared quarterly cash dividend of $0.37 per share. the dividend will have a record date of august 16, 2018, payable on september 20, 2018. the dividend will be paid in u.s. currency to holders of resmed’s common stock trading on the new york stock exchange. holders of chess depositary instruments trading on the australian securities exchange will receive an equivalent amount in australian currency, based on the exchange rate on the record date, and reflecting the 10:1 ratio between cdis and nyse shares. the ex-dividend date will be august 15, 2018 for common stock holders and for cdi holders. resmed has received a waiver from the asx's settlement operating rules, which will allow resmed to defer processing conversions between its common stock and cdi registers from august 15, 2018 through august 16, 2018, inclusive. webcast details resmed will discuss its fourth quarter fiscal year 2018 results on its webcast at 1:30 p.m. u.s. pacific time today. the live webcast of the call can be accessed on resmed's investor relations website at investor.resmed.com. please go to this section of the website and click on the icon for the “q4 2018 earnings webcast” to register and listen to the live webcast. a replay of the earnings webcast will be accessible on our website and available approximately two hours after the live webcast. in addition, a telephone replay of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the webcast by dialing 800-585-8367 (u.s.) and +1 416-621-4642 (outside u.s.) and entering a passcode of 7796686. the telephone replay will be available until august 16, 2018. about resmed resmed (nyse: rmd) (asx: rmd), a world-leading connected health company with more than 5 million cloud-connected devices for daily remote patient monitoring, changes lives with every breath. its award-winning devices and software solutions help treat and manage sleep apnea, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other respiratory conditions. its 6,000-member team strives to improve patients’ quality of life, reduce the impact of chronic disease and save healthcare costs in more than 120 countries. safe harbor statement statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are “forward-looking” statements as contemplated by the private securities litigation reform act of 1995. these forward-looking statements – including statements regarding resmed’s projections of future revenue or earnings, expenses, new product development, new product launches, new markets for its products, the integration of acquisitions, leveraging of strategic investments, litigation, and tax outlook – are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to materially differ from those projected or implied in the forward-looking statements. additional risks and uncertainties are discussed in resmed’s periodic reports on file with the u.s. securities & exchange commission. resmed does not undertake to update its forward-looking statements. resmed inc and subsidiaries condensed consolidated statements of income (unaudited) (in thousands, except per share data) (1) see the reconciliation of non-gaap financial measures in the table at the end of the press release. resmed inc and subsidiaries condensed consolidated balance sheets (unaudited - in thousands) resmed inc and subsidiaries condensed consolidated statements of cash flows (unaudited - in thousands) (in us$ thousands, except share and per share data) the measure, "non-gaap income from operations" is reconciled with gaap income from operations below:
