Hologic Increases Sales but Misses Revenue Estimate

Seth Jayson, The Motley Fool
Updated

Hologic (NAS: HOLX) reported earnings on May 6. Here are the numbers you need to know.

The 10-second takeaway
 For the quarter ended March 30 (Q2), Hologic missed estimates on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share.

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


Gross margins dropped, operating margins shrank, net margins grew.

Revenue details
 Hologic booked revenue of $612.7 million. The 20 analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ expected revenue of $639.8 million on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 30% higher than the prior-year quarter's $471.2 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 $0.35. The 23 earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ anticipated $0.34 per share. Non-GAAP EPS of $0.35 for Q2 were 6.1% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.33 per share. GAAP EPS were -$0.19 for Q2 versus -$0.15 per share for the prior-year quarter.

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 58.0%, 320 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 7.9%, 870 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was -8.3%, 20 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. (Margins calculated in GAAP terms.)

Looking ahead
 Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $649.5 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.40.

Next year's average estimate for revenue is $2.61 billion. The average EPS estimate is $1.58.

Investor sentiment
 The stock has a two-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 671 members out of 692 rating the stock outperform, and 21 members rating it underperform. Among 167 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 159 give Hologic a green thumbs-up, and eight give it a red thumbs-down.

Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on Hologic is outperform, with an average price target of $25.24.

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