Lantheus Holdings, Inc. Reports 2017 First Quarter Financial Results; Exceeds First Quarter and Raises Full-Year 2017 Guidance

May 2, 2017 at 4:02 PM EDT
  • Posts Q1 revenue of $81.4 million, net income of $4.1 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $22.7 million
  • DEFINITY® worldwide revenue increases 20% over prior year period
  • Completion of debt refinancing enhances capital structure

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2017-- Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: LNTH), parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. (“LMI”), a global leader in the development, manufacture and commercialization of innovative diagnostic imaging agents and products, today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2017.

The Company’s worldwide revenues for the first quarter of 2017 totaled $81.4 million, or an increase of 6.4%, compared to $76.5 million for the prior year period, exceeding first quarter guidance of $77 million to $80 million. Revenue results were driven by approximately 20% growth in worldwide sales of DEFINITY® and approximately 8% growth in worldwide sales of TechneLite® compared to the first quarter of 2016, partially offset by a reduction in third-party product sales related to the divestitures of the Company’s Canadian and Australian radiopharmacy businesses in 2016.

Net income for the first quarter of 2017 totaled $4.1 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, compared to $10.3 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2016. The decrease is primarily attributable to the one-time $5.8 million gain during the prior year period associated with the Company’s divestiture of its Canadian radiopharmacy business as well as $3.9 million of expense incurred in the first quarter of 2017 related to the refinancing of debt that was consummated in March 2017, partially offset by the increase in revenues associated with DEFINITY and TechneLite in 2017. Adjusted net income (as defined below in the GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation) was $10.7 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, compared to $4.5 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, for the prior year period.

The Company’s first quarter 2017 Adjusted EBITDA (as defined below in the GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation) was $22.7 million, or 27.8% of revenues, compared to $18.4 million, or 24.0% of revenues, for the prior year period, exceeding first quarter guidance of $18 million to $20 million. The 23.4% improvement over the first quarter of 2016 was driven by the continued portfolio mix shift towards higher margin products and the Company’s shift to a distribution model in Canada and Australia, partially offset by Sales and Marketing expenses attributable to sales growth in its higher margin products, including DEFINITY.

“2017 is off to a strong start,” commented Mary Anne Heino, President and CEO. “We continue to drive volume with higher margin products. Growth in DEFINITY sales once again drove our over-performance. Our nuclear portfolio continues to deliver, and our collaboration agreement with GE Healthcare for flurpiridaz F 18 is now in place. The additional liquidity provided by our debt refinancing allows consideration of investment opportunities for future growth.”

Outlook

The Company has increased its full-year 2017 worldwide revenue guidance range to $313 million to $318 million from $312 million to $317 million, and expects worldwide revenues in the range of $79 million to $82 million for the second quarter of 2017.

The Company has also increased its full-year 2017 guidance range for Adjusted EBITDA, as described in the GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation provided later in this release, to $80 million to $83 million from $79 million to $82 million, measuring 24.9% to 26.3% of worldwide revenues. For the second quarter of 2017, the Company expects Adjusted EBITDA in the range of $18 million to $20 million.

The guidance for both revenue and Adjusted EBITDA excludes the impact of $5.0 million received from GE Healthcare in April as part of the flurpiridaz F 18 partnership.

The Company’s guidance for worldwide revenues and Adjusted EBITDA are forward-looking statements. They are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from guidance. Forward-looking statements are not predictions of the Company’s actual performance. See the cautionary information about forward-looking statements in the “Safe-Harbor Statement” section of this press release.

Internet Posting of Information

The Company routinely posts information that may be important to investors in the “Investors” section of its website at www.lantheus.com. The Company encourages investors and potential investors to consult its website regularly for important information about the Company.

Conference Call and Webcast

As previously announced, the Company will host a conference call starting at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time today. To access the live conference call via telephone, please dial 1-866-498-8390 (U.S. callers) or 1-678-509-7599 (international callers) and provide passcode 3106344. A live audio webcast of the call also will be available in the Investors section of the Company’s website at www.lantheus.com.

A replay of the audio webcast will be available in the Investors section of our website at www.lantheus.com approximately two hours after completion of the call through June 2, 2017.

The conference call will include a discussion of non-GAAP financial measures. Reference is made to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, the reconciliation of the differences between the two financial measures, and the other information included in this press release, our Form 8-K filed with the SEC today, or otherwise available in the Investor Relations section of our website located at www.lantheus.com.

The conference call may include forward-looking statements. See the cautionary information about forward-looking statements in the safe-harbor section of this press release.

About Lantheus Holdings, Inc. and Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.

Lantheus Holdings, Inc. is the parent company of LMI, a global leader in the development, manufacture and commercialization of innovative diagnostic imaging agents and products. LMI provides a broad portfolio of products, which are primarily used for the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. LMI’s key products include the echocardiography contrast agent DEFINITY® Vial for (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) Injectable Suspension; TechneLite® (Technetium Tc99m Generator), a technetium-based generator that provides the essential medical isotope used in nuclear medicine procedures; and Xenon (Xenon Xe 133 Gas), an inhaled radiopharmaceutical imaging agent used to evaluate pulmonary function and for imaging the lungs. The Company is headquartered in North Billerica, Massachusetts with offices in Puerto Rico and Canada. For more information, visit www.lantheus.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company uses non-GAAP financial measures, such as revenues excluding the impact of foreign currency; adjusted operating income; adjusted net income; Adjusted EBITDA; adjusted net income per share - diluted; and free cash flow. The Company’s management believes that the presentation of these measures provides useful information to investors. These measures may assist investors in evaluating the Company’s operations, period over period. The measures may exclude such items which may be highly variable, difficult to predict and of a size that could have substantial impact on the Company’s reported results of operations for a period. Management uses these and other non-GAAP measures internally for evaluation of the performance of the business, including the allocation of resources and the evaluation of results relative to employee performance compensation targets. Investors should consider these non-GAAP measures only as a supplement to, not as a substitute for or as superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” as defined under U.S. federal securities laws, including statements about our 2017 outlook.. Forward-looking statements may be identified by their use of terms such as anticipate, believe, confident, could, estimate, expect, intend, may, plan, predict, project, target, will and other similar terms. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to materially differ from those described in the forward- looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained herein, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law. Risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to materially differ from those described in the forward-looking statements are discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including those described in the Risk Factors section in our Annual Reports on Form 10-K and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q). This press release includes forward-looking non-GAAP guidance for 2017 Adjusted EBITDA. No reconciliation of this forward-looking non-GAAP guidance was included in this press release because, due to the high variability and difficulty in making accurate forecasts and projections of some of the excluded information, together with some of the excluded information not being ascertainable or accessible, the Company is unable to quantify certain amounts that would be required to be included in the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure without unreasonable efforts.

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Lantheus Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except share and per share data – unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2017       2016
Revenues $ 81,359 $ 76,474
Cost of goods sold   41,597   42,773
Gross profit   39,762   33,701
Operating expenses
Sales and marketing 10,214 9,307
General and administrative 12,270 9,513
Research and development   5,351   3,036
Total operating expenses 27,835 21,856
Gain on sale of assets     5,828
Operating income 11,927 17,673
Interest expense (5,420 ) (7,024 )
Loss on extinguishment of debt (2,161 )
Other income   577   64
Income before income taxes 4,923 10,713
Provision for income taxes   785   390
Net income $ 4,138 $ 10,323
Net income per common share outstanding:
Basic $ 0.11 $ 0.34
Diluted $ 0.11 $ 0.34
 
Weighted-average common shares:
Basic   36,888,718   30,368,240
Diluted   38,601,356   30,372,691
 
     

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Segment Revenues Analysis

(in thousands – unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2017       2016       % Change

United States

 
DEFINITY $ 36,923 $ 30,793 19.9 %
TechneLite 23,308 21,733 7.2 %
Xenon 8,058 8,172 (1.4 )%
Other   2,738   4,235   (35.3 )%
Total United States   71,027   64,933   9.4 %

International

DEFINITY 789 629 25.4 %
TechneLite 3,517 3,103 13.3 %
Xenon 2 2
Other   6,024   7,807   (22.8 )%
Total International   10,332   11,541   (10.5 )%

Worldwide

DEFINITY 37,712 31,422 20.0 %
TechneLite 26,825 24,836 8.0 %
Xenon 8,060 8,174 (1.4 )%
Other   8,762   12,042   (27.2 )%
Total Revenues $ 81,359 $ 76,474   6.4 %
 
                               

 

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.

Supplemental Revenue Information

(unaudited)

 
March 31, 2017
Quarter to Date Sales Growth/(Decline)

Domestic As
Reported

Int’l
Constant
Currency

Int’l As
Reported

Total
Constant
Currency

Total As
Reported

Products

DEFINITY 19.9 % 21.6 % 25.4 % 19.9 % 20.0 %
TechneLite 7.2 % 9.8 % 13.3 % 7.6 % 8.0 %
Xenon (1.4 )% (1.4 )% (1.4 )%
Other   (35.3 )%   (23.5 )%   (22.8 )%   (27.7 )%   (27.2 )%
Total Revenues   9.4 %   (12.1 )%   (10.5 )%   6.1 %   6.4 %
 
     

 

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.

Reconciliation of Revenues to Revenues Excluding the Impact of Foreign Currency

(in thousands – unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2017

International
Revenues

   

Total
Revenues

Revenues $ 10,332 $ 81,359
Currency impact as compared to prior period   (183 )   (183 )
Revenues, excluding the impact of foreign currency $ 10,149   $ 81,176  
 
     

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(in thousands – unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2017       2016
Operating income $ 11,927 $ 17,673
Reconciling items impacting operating income:
Campus consolidation costs 2,541
Offering and other costs 178
Non-recurring refinancing related fees 1,695
Gain on sale of assets     (5,828)
Adjusted operating income $ 16,341 $ 11,845
Adjusted operating income, as a percentage revenues   20.1%   15.5%
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2017 2016
Net income $ 4,138 $ 10,323
Reconciling items impacting gross profit:
Campus consolidation costs
Reconciling items impacting operating expenses:
Campus consolidation costs 2,541
Offering and other costs 178
Debt refinancing costs 1,695
Gain on sale of assets (5,828)
Reconciling items impacting non-operating expenses:
Loss on debt extinguishment   2,161  
Adjusted net income $ 10,713 $ 4,495
Adjusted net income, as a percentage of revenues   13.2%   5.9%
 
     

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2017         2016
Net income per share - diluted $ 0.11 $ 0.34
Reconciling items impacting gross profit:
Campus consolidation costs $ $
Reconciling items impacting operating expenses:
Campus consolidation costs $ 0.07 $
Offering and other costs $ $
Debt refinancing costs $ 0.04 $
Gain on sale of assets $ $ (0.19 )
Reconciling items impacting non-operating expenses:
Loss on debt extinguishment $ 0.06 $
Adjusted net income per share - diluted $ 0.28 $ 0.15
Weighted-average common shares outstanding – diluted   38,601,356   30,372,691
     

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(in thousands – unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2017       2016
Net income $ 4,138 $ 10,323
Interest expense, net 5,417 7,018
Provision for income taxes(a) 296 94
Depreciation 4,514 2,566
Amortization of intangible assets   1,646   1,547
EBITDA 16,011 21,548
Stock and incentive plan compensation 1,292 572
Legal fees relating to business interruption claim 4
Asset write-off(b) 312 497
Severance and recruiting costs(c) 139 669
Offering and other costs(d) 178
Campus consolidation costs 27
Debt refinancing costs 1,695
Extinguishment of debt 2,161
Gain on sales of assets (5,828 )
New manufacturer costs(e)   836   900
Adjusted EBITDA $ 22,651 $ 18,362
Adjusted EBITDA, as a percentage of revenues   27.8 %   24.0 %
 

(a) Represents provision for income taxes, less tax indemnification associated with BMS.
(b) Represents non-cash losses incurred associated with the write-down of inventory and write-off of long-lived assets.
(c) The amounts consist of severance and recruitment costs related to employees, executives and directors.
(d) Represents offering costs incurred on behalf of certain shareholders pursuant to a registration rights agreement and other non-recurring costs.
(e) Represents internal and external costs associated with establishing new manufacturing sources for our commercial and clinical candidate products.

     

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.

Reconciliation of Free Cash Flow

(in thousands – unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2017         2016  
Cash provided by operating activities $ 5,524 $ 3,780
Capital expenditures   (4,899 )   (1,652 )
Free cash flow $ 625   $ 2,128  
         

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands – unaudited)

 
March 31, December 31,
2017   2016  
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 40,882 $ 51,178
Accounts receivable, net 39,927 36,818
Inventory 19,790 17,640
Other current assets   6,084       5,183  
Total current assets 106,683 110,819
Property, plant & equipment, net 92,086 94,187
Intangibles, net 14,288 15,118
Goodwill 15,714 15,714
Other long-term assets   20,792     20,060  
Total assets $ 249,563   $ 255,898  
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt $ 2,750 $ 3,650
Revolving line of credit
Accounts payable 17,566 18,940
Accrued expenses and other liabilities   18,814       21,249  
Total current liabilities 39,130 43,839
Asset retirement obligations 9,630 9,370
Long-term debt, net 266,335 274,460
Other long-term liabilities   35,628       34,745  
Total liabilities 350,723 362,414
Stockholders’ deficit   (101,160 )   (106,516 )
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit $ 249,563   $ 255,898  
 

Source: Lantheus Holdings, Inc.

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