Bio-Rad Provides Outlook Through 2023

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Bio-Rad Laboratories (NYSE: BIO) has announced its 2023 outlook, projecting sales between $2.75 billion and $2.85 billion. The forecast reflects the company's strong product portfolio, including Droplet Digital PCR and clinical diagnostics. Bio-Rad expects a non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA margin of 23-24%, aided by operating leverage and improvements in capacity utilization. CEO Norman Schwartz emphasized a focus on balancing innovation with operational discipline to support organic growth and sustainability efforts.

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• Expected 2023 sales of $2.75 billion to $2.85 billion, indicating robust growth.
• Projected non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA margin of 23% to 24%, reflecting operational efficiency.

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HERCULES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, announced today its outlook through 2023, which shows the company’s commitment to continued organic growth, continued margin expansion, and its efforts on sustainability measures.

“Since our last Investor Day in 2017, Bio-Rad has executed on the key metrics that were laid out and this has translated into delivering significant shareholder value,” said Norman Schwartz, Bio-Rad President and Chief Executive Officer. “We continue our efforts to balance our investment in innovation with our continued operating discipline. We believe these efforts support our mission to advance the discovery process and improve healthcare.”

The company expects fiscal year 2023 sales to be between $2.75 billion and $2.85 billion, driven by our broad portfolio of products including Droplet Digital PCR, single-cell, clinical diagnostics, and a focus on the bioproduction and biopharma channels. For the fiscal year of 2023, the company expects to achieve a non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA margin of 23 to 24%, supported by footprint optimization, better capacity utilization, operating leverage, and productivity improvements.

“We look forward to sharing more details of our core growth and operating strategies in 2021,” said Mr. Schwartz.

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We exclude these charges or benefits, when significant, as well as legal costs associated with significant legal matters, because we do not believe they are reflective of on-going business and operating results. Income tax expense: we estimate the tax effect of the excluded items identified above to determine a non-GAAP annual effective tax rate applied to the pretax amount in order to calculate the non-GAAP provision for income taxes. We also adjust for items for which the nature and/or tax jurisdiction requires the application of a specific tax rate or treatment. From time to time in the future, there may be other items excluded if we believe that doing so is consistent with the goal of providing useful information to investors and management. Percentage sales growth in currency neutral amounts are calculated by translating prior period sales in each local currency using the current period’s monthly average foreign exchange rates for that currency and comparing that to current period sales. There are limitations in using non-GAAP financial measures because the non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. The non-GAAP financial measures are limited in value because they exclude certain items that may have a material impact on our reported financial results. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP in the United States. Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA includes an annual dividend from our investment in Sartorius AG.

BIO-RAD and DROPLET DIGITAL PCR are trademarks of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. in certain jurisdictions.

About Bio-Rad

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) is a global leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing a broad range of innovative products for the life science research and clinical diagnostic markets. With a focus on quality and customer service for over 65 years, our products advance the discovery process and improve healthcare. Our customers are university and research institutions, hospitals, public health and commercial laboratories, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, as well as applied laboratories that include food safety and environmental quality. Founded in 1952, Bio-Rad is based in Hercules, California, and has a global network of operations with approximately 8,000 employees worldwide. Bio-Rad had revenues exceeding $2.3 billion in 2019. For more information, please visit bio-rad.com.

This release may be deemed to contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements we make regarding estimated future financial performance or results; continuing our efforts to balance our investment in innovation with our continued operating discipline; believing these efforts support our mission to advance the discovery process and improve healthcare; expecting fiscal year 2023 sales to be between $2.75 billion and $2.85 billion, driven by our broad portfolio of products including Droplet Digital PCR, single-cell, clinical diagnostics, and a focus on the bioproduction and biopharma channels; and for the fiscal year of 2023, expecting to achieve a non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA margin of 23 to 24%, supported by footprint optimization, better capacity utilization, operating leverage, and productivity improvements. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as, "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "continue," "believe," "will," "project," "assume," "may," "intend," or similar expressions or the negative of those terms or expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to vary materially from those expressed in or indicated by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include the duration, severity and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, global economic conditions, our ability to develop and market new or improved products, our ability to compete effectively, foreign currency exchange fluctuations, reductions in government funding or capital spending of our customers, international legal and regulatory risks, supply chain issues, product quality and liability issues, our ability to integrate acquired companies, products or technologies into our company successfully, changes in the healthcare industry, and natural disasters and other catastrophic events beyond our control. For further information regarding the Company's risks and uncertainties, please refer to the "Risk Factors" and "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Company's public reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2020. The Company cautions you not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect an analysis only and speak only as of the date hereof. Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.