Warner Chilcott Beats Up on Analysts Yet Again

Seth Jayson, The Motley Fool
Updated

Warner Chilcott (NAS: WCRX) reported earnings on Feb. 22. Here are the numbers you need to know.

The 10-second takeaway
 For the quarter ended Dec. 31 (Q4), Warner Chilcott beat expectations on revenues and crushed expectations on earnings per share.

Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue contracted. Non-GAAP earnings per share contracted. GAAP earnings per share grew significantly.


Gross margins contracted, operating margins expanded, net margins expanded.

Revenue details
 Warner Chilcott booked revenue of $612.0 million. The 13 analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ hoped for a top line of $565.2 million on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 5.2% lower than the prior-year quarter's $645.8 million.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.

EPS details
 EPS came in at $0.91. The 17 earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ anticipated $0.72 per share. Non-GAAP EPS of $0.91 for Q4 were 4.2% lower than the prior-year quarter's $0.95 per share. GAAP EPS of $0.49 for Q4 were 40% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.35 per share.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.

Margin details
 For the quarter, gross margin was 85.3%, 300 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 29.2%, 70 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 20.3%, 630 basis points better than the prior-year quarter.

Looking ahead
 Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $586.5 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.81.

Next year's average estimate for revenue is $2.35 billion. The average EPS estimate is $3.28.

Investor sentiment
 The stock has a three-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 161 members out of 190 rating the stock outperform, and 29 members rating it underperform. Among 57 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 50 give Warner Chilcott a green thumbs-up, and seven give it a red thumbs-down.

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