Bruker Reports Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results

Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced financial results for its third quarter and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results

Bruker’s revenues for the third quarter of 2020 were $511.4 million, a decrease of 1.9% compared to $521.1 million in the third quarter of 2019. In the third quarter of 2020, revenues declined 4.6% organically year-over-year. Growth from acquisitions was 0.3%, while favorable foreign currency translation contributed 2.4%. The reported and organic revenue declines were due to softer instruments demand by academic and industrial customers, and reduced demand for BEST superconductors during the COVID-19 pandemic and economic slowdown.

Third quarter 2020 GAAP operating income was $81.2 million, compared to $87.8 million in the third quarter of 2019, representing GAAP operating margins of 15.9%, and 16.8%, respectively. Non-GAAP operating income was $94.9 million in the third quarter of 2020, compared to $95.5 million in the third quarter of 2019. Bruker’s third quarter 2020 non-GAAP operating margin was 18.6%, compared to 18.3% in the third quarter of 2019.

Third quarter 2020 GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) were $0.35, compared to $0.39 in the third quarter of 2019. Third quarter 2020 non-GAAP diluted EPS were $0.42, compared to $0.43 in the third quarter of 2019. The year-over-year declines in the Company’s GAAP and non-GAAP operating income and diluted EPS were primarily due to lower revenues associated with softer instruments and superconductor demand during the pandemic, partially offset by cost control and cost reduction measures.

First Nine Months of 2020 Financial Results

For the first nine months of 2020, Bruker’s revenues were $1,360.0 million, a decline of 7.7% from $1,472.7 million in the first nine months of 2019. In the first nine months of 2020, revenues declined 8.3% organically year-over-year. Growth from acquisitions was 0.5%, while foreign currency translation had a 0.1% favorable effect.

In the first nine months of 2020, GAAP operating income was $135.5 million, compared to $183.2 million in the first nine months of 2019, representing GAAP operating margins of 10.0% and 12.4%, respectively. Non-GAAP operating income was $176.1 million, compared to $231.5 million in the first nine months of 2019. Bruker’s non-GAAP operating margin in the first nine months of 2020 was 12.9%, compared to 15.7% in the first nine months of 2019.

In the first nine months of 2020 GAAP diluted EPS were $0.57, compared to $0.82 in the first nine months of 2019. Non-GAAP diluted EPS were $0.77, compared to $1.04 in the first nine months of 2019. The year-over-year declines in the Company’s GAAP and non-GAAP operating income, operating margins and diluted EPS were primarily due to lower revenues during COVID-19, partially offset by cost control and cost reduction measures.

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 navigating a challenging environment, with some academic and industrial customers still negatively impacted by the pandemic. We are nonetheless pleased with our strengthened financial performance in the third quarter, as our non-GAAP operating margin and non-GAAP EPS improved significantly compared to the first two quarters of 2020 and approached our third quarter 2019 levels.”

Dr. Laukien continued: “Bruker remains committed to the safety of our employees and to supporting our customers, while we continue to invest in our Project Accelerate initiatives and operational excellence. Our biopharma, diagnostics and proteomics initiatives are all doing very well, and we anticipate that Bruker will return to healthy revenue growth and margin expansion in 2021.”

Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 2020) Guidance Remains Suspended

Bruker’s FY 2020 financial guidance remains suspended. Bruker expects that the pandemic and related economic slowdown will continue to have a negative year-over-year impact on the Company’s fourth quarter 2020 financial results.

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, November 2nd, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. To listen to the webcast, investors can go to https://ir.bruker.com and click on the “Q3 2020 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 2020 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 10149346. The replay will be available beginning one hour after the end of the conference call through December 2, 2020.

About Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR)

Bruker is enabling scientists to make breakthrough discoveries and develop new applications that improve the quality of human life. Bruker’s high-performance scientific instruments and high-value analytical and diagnostic solutions enable scientists to explore life and materials at molecular, cellular and microscopic levels. In close cooperation with our customers, Bruker is enabling innovation, improved productivity and customer success in life science molecular research, in applied and pharma applications, in microscopy and nanoanalysis, and in industrial applications, as well as in cell biology, preclinical imaging, clinical phenomics and proteomics research and clinical microbiology. For more information, please visit: www.bruker.com.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), we use the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP gross profit; non-GAAP gross profit margin; non-GAAP operating income; non-GAAP operating profit; non-GAAP operating margin; non-GAAP SG&A expense; non-GAAP profit before tax; non-GAAP tax rate; non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share. These non-GAAP measures exclude costs related to restructuring actions, acquisition and related integration expenses, amortization of acquired intangible assets and other non-operational costs.

We also may refer to organic revenue growth or decline and free cash flow, which are also non-GAAP financial measures. We define the term organic revenue as GAAP revenue excluding the effect of changes in foreign currency translation rates and the effect of acquisitions and divestitures, and believe it is a useful measure to evaluate our continuing business. We define free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities less additions to property, plant, and equipment. We believe free cash flow is a useful measure to evaluate our business because it indicates the amount of cash generated after additions to property, plant, and equipment that is available for, among other things, acquisitions, investments in our business, repayment of debt and return of capital to shareholders.

The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies, and therefore, may not be comparable among companies. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance, however we urge investors to review the reconciliation of these financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures included in the accompanying tables, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business. Specifically, management believes that the non-GAAP measures mentioned above provide relevant and useful information which is widely used by analysts, investors and competitors in our industry, as well as by our management, in assessing both consolidated and business unit performance.

We use these non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate our period-over-period operating performance because our management believes this provides a more comparable measure of our continuing business by adjusting for certain items that are not reflective of the underlying performance of our business. These measures may also be useful to investors in evaluating the underlying operating performance of our business and forecasting future results. We regularly use these non-GAAP financial measures internally to understand, manage, and evaluate our business results and make operating decisions. We also measure our employees and compensate them, in part, based on certain non-GAAP measures and use this information for our planning and forecasting activities.

Additional information relating to the non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures is provided in the tables accompanying this press release following our GAAP financial statements.

Forward Looking Statements

Any statements contained in this press release which do not describe historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements regarding management’s expectations for future financial and operational performance and business outlook; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; future economic conditions; and statements found under the “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section of this release. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on current expectations, but are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated, including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties relating to the length and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of the pandemic on global economic conditions and the length and severity of any resulting recession, continued volatility in the capital markets, the integration and assumption of liabilities of businesses we have acquired or may acquire in the future, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, our material weaknesses in internal controls, our ability to successfully implement our restructuring initiatives and other cost reduction initiatives, changing technologies, product development and market acceptance of our products, the cost and pricing of our products, manufacturing, competition, loss of key personnel, dependence on collaborative partners, key suppliers and contract manufacturers, capital spending and government funding policies, changes in governmental regulations, international trade disputes, the use and protection of intellectual property rights, litigation, and other risk factors discussed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. These and other factors are identified and described in more detail in our filings with the SEC, including, without limitation, our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as may be updated by our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We expressly disclaim any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements other than as required by law.

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