On October 31, 2019 Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) reported financial results for its third quarter and for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 (Press release, Bruker, OCT 31, 2019, View Source [SID1234550152]).
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Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results
Bruker’s revenues for the third quarter of 2019 were $521.1 million, an increase of 11.7% compared to the third quarter of 2018. In the third quarter of 2019, Bruker’s year-over-year organic revenue growth was 7.6%. Growth from acquisitions was 6.4%, while foreign currency translation had a negative effect of 2.3%.
Third quarter 2019 Bruker Scientific Instruments (BSI) segment revenues of $471.8 million increased 13.1% year-over-year, including organic growth of 8.6%. Third quarter 2019 Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST) segment revenues of $52.5 million increased 3.1% year-over-year, including an organic revenue decline of 0.8%, net of intercompany eliminations.
Third quarter 2019 GAAP operating income was $87.8 million, compared to $69.1 million in the third quarter of 2018, representing GAAP operating margins of 16.8% and 14.8%, respectively. Non-GAAP operating income was $95.5 million, compared to $83.3 million in the third quarter of 2018. Bruker’s third quarter 2019 non-GAAP operating margin of 18.3% increased 40 basis points from 17.9% in the third quarter of 2018.
Third quarter 2019 GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) were $0.39, compared to $0.28 in the third quarter of 2018. Non-GAAP EPS were $0.43, a 16.2% increase compared to $0.37 in the third quarter of 2018.
First Nine Months of 2019 Financial Results
For the first nine months of 2019, Bruker’s revenues were $1,472.7 million, an increase of 9.7% from $1,342.0 million in the first nine months of 2018. In the first nine months of 2019, Bruker’s organic revenue growth was 6.0% year-over-year. Growth from acquisitions was 7.0%, while foreign currency translation had a negative effect of 3.3%.
In the first nine months of 2019, BSI segment revenues of $1,331.0 million increased 10.3% year-over-year, including organic growth of 5.8%. First nine months 2019 BEST segment revenues of $152.2 million increased 9.3% year-over-year, including organic growth of 7.0%, net of intercompany eliminations.
In the first nine months of 2019, GAAP operating income was $183.2 million, compared to $156.0 million in the first nine months of 2018, representing GAAP operating margins of 12.4% and 11.6%, respectively. Non-GAAP operating income was $231.5 million, compared to $195.1 million in the first nine months of 2018. Bruker’s non-GAAP operating margin in the first nine months of 2019 was 15.7%, an increase of 120 basis points, compared to 14.5% in the first nine months of 2018.
In the first nine months of 2019, GAAP EPS were $0.82, compared to $0.65 in the first nine months of 2018. Non-GAAP EPS were $1.04, an increase of 20.9% over $0.86 in the first nine months of 2018.
A reconciliation of non-GAAP to GAAP financial measures is provided in the tables accompanying this press release.
Frank H. Laukien, President and CEO of Bruker, commented: "We are very pleased with our year-to-date progress, with 6% organic and 13% constant currency revenue growth, highlighted by our strong performance in life science mass spectrometry solutions and in microbiology. We are on track to deliver solid margin and EPS improvements in 2019, and we are increasing our non-GAAP EPS outlook for the full year."
Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Financial Outlook
For FY 2019, Bruker continues to expect year-over-year revenue growth of 7.0% to 8.0%, which now includes the following estimates:
organic revenue growth of 4.5% to 5.5%;
growth from acquisitions of approximately 5.5%;
constant currency revenue growth of 10.0% to 11.0%; and
an increased foreign currency revenue headwind of approximately 3%.
Bruker continues to expect non-GAAP operating margin expansion in FY 2019 of 90 to 120 basis points over its FY 2018 non-GAAP operating margin of 16.8%. This now includes approximately 50 basis points of foreign currency tailwind. Bruker is raising its FY 2019 non-GAAP EPS outlook to a range between $1.59 and $1.62, representing a 13.5% to 15.5% increase compared to FY 2018.
For our outlook for FY 2019 non-GAAP operating margin and non-GAAP EPS, we are not able to provide without unreasonable effort the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, or reconciliations to such GAAP financial measures on a forward-looking basis. Please see "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below for a description of items excluded from our expected non-GAAP operating margin and non-GAAP EPS.
Quarterly Earnings Call
Bruker will host a conference call and webcast to discuss its financial results, business outlook, and related corporate and financial matters today, October 31, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. To listen to the webcast, investors can go to View Source and click on the "Q3 2019 Earnings Webcast" hyperlink. A slide presentation that will be referenced during the webcast will be posted to our Investor Relations website shortly before the webcast begins. Investors can also listen to the earnings webcast via telephone by dialing 1-888-437-2685 (US toll free) or +1-412-317-6702 (international) and referencing "Bruker’s Third Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call". A telephone replay of the conference call will be available by dialing 1-877-344-7529 (US toll free) or +1-412-317-0088 (international) and entering conference number: 10136323. The replay will be available beginning one hour after the end of the conference through December 1, 2019.