IQVIA Reports Third-Quarter 2023 Results
- Revenue grew 4.9% YoY to $3,736 million in Q3 2023
- GAAP Net Income increased 7.1% YoY to $303 million
- R&D Solutions quarterly bookings reached $2.6 billion with a book-to-bill ratio of 1.24x
- Contracted backlog grew 12% YoY to $28.8 billion
- Adjusted EBITDA increased 9.1% YoY to $888 million
- Updated full-year guidance with a revenue growth range of 3.3% to 3.5%
- None.
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Revenue of
grew 4.9 percent year-over-year$3,736 million -
GAAP Net Income of
grew 7.1 percent year-over-year$303 million -
Adjusted EBITDA of
grew 9.1 percent year-over-year$888 million -
GAAP Diluted Earnings per Share of
grew 9.4 percent year-over-year$1.63 -
Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share of
grew 0.4 percent year-over-year$2.49 -
R&D Solutions quarterly bookings of
, representing a book-to-bill ratio of 1.24x$2.6 billion -
R&D Solutions contracted backlog of
grew 12 percent year-over-year$28.8 billion
Third-Quarter 2023 Operating Results
Revenue for the third quarter of
As of September 30, 2023, R&DS contracted backlog, including reimbursed expenses, was
“I'm proud of the team's execution in the quarter," said Ari Bousbib, chairman and CEO of IQVIA. "We achieved strong profit margin expansion and cash flow conversion. The R&DS segment posted another strong quarter and continues to show good momentum, as reflected in our book-to-bill ratio and double-digit year-over-year growth in backlog and RFP flow. TAS segment revenue increased in the quarter despite persistent client caution, and spending levels that remain below our expectations. Beyond the current challenging environment, we are confident in the strong underlying fundamentals for the segment.”
Third-quarter GAAP Net Income was
Year-to-Date 2023 Operating Results
Revenue for the first nine months of 2023 was
GAAP Net Income was
Financial Position
As of September 30, 2023, cash and cash equivalents were
Share Repurchase
During the third quarter, the company repurchased
Full-Year 2023 Guidance
The company has updated its full-year guidance to reflect slower growth in our TAS segment and the impact of the strengthening US dollar. The updated revenue guidance range of
Reflecting the adjustment to revenue guidance, the company is also updating its Adjusted EBITDA guidance range to
Fourth-Quarter 2023 Guidance
For the fourth quarter of 2023, the company expects revenue to be between
All financial guidance assumes foreign currency exchange rates as of October 30, 2023 remain in effect for the forecast period.
Webcast & Conference Call Details
IQVIA will host a conference call at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time today to discuss its third-quarter 2023 results and its fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 guidance. To listen to the event and view the presentation slides via webcast, join from the IQVIA Investor Relations website at http://ir.iqvia.com. To participate in the conference call, interested parties must register in advance by clicking on this link. Following registration, participants will receive a confirmation email containing details on how to join the conference call, including the dial-in and a unique passcode and registrant ID. At the time of the live event, registered participants connect to the call using the information provided in the confirmation email and will be placed directly into the call.
About IQVIA
IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. IQVIA creates intelligent connections across all aspects of healthcare through its analytics, transformative technology, big data resources and extensive domain expertise. IQVIA Connected Intelligence™ delivers powerful insights with speed and agility — enabling customers to accelerate the clinical development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments that improve healthcare outcomes for patients. With approximately 87,000 employees, IQVIA conducts operations in more than 100 countries.
IQVIA is a global leader in protecting individual patient privacy. The company uses a wide variety of privacy-enhancing technologies and safeguards to protect individual privacy while generating and analyzing information on a scale that helps healthcare stakeholders identify disease patterns and correlate with the precise treatment path and therapy needed for better outcomes. IQVIA’s insights and execution capabilities help biotech, medical device and pharmaceutical companies, medical researchers, government agencies, payers and other healthcare stakeholders tap into a deeper understanding of diseases, human behavior and scientific advances, in an effort to advance their path toward cures. To learn more, visit www.iqvia.com.
Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation, our fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 guidance. In this context, forward-looking statements often address expected future business and financial performance and financial condition, and often contain words such as “expect,” “assume,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “forecast,” “believe,” “seek,” “see,” “will,” “would,” “target,” similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words that are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from our expectations due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the following: business disruptions caused by natural disasters, pandemics such as the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, including any variants, and the public health policy responses to the outbreak, and international conflicts or other disruptions outside of our control such as the current situation in
Note on Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This release includes information based on financial measures that are not recognized under generally accepted accounting principles in
The non-GAAP financial measures are not presented in accordance with GAAP. Please refer to the schedules attached to this release for reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures contained herein to the most directly comparable GAAP measures. Our fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 guidance measures (other than revenue) are provided on a non-GAAP basis without a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure because the company is unable to predict with a reasonable degree of certainty certain items contained in the GAAP measures without unreasonable efforts. For the same reasons, the company is unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information. Such items include, but are not limited to, acquisition related expenses, restructuring and related expenses, stock-based compensation and other items not reflective of the company's ongoing operations.
Non-GAAP measures are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in their evaluation of companies comparable to the company, many of which present non-GAAP measures when reporting their results. Non-GAAP measures have limitations as an analytical tool. They are not presentations made in accordance with GAAP, are not measures of financial condition or liquidity and should not be considered as an alternative to profit or loss for the period determined in accordance with GAAP or operating cash flows determined in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP measures are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. As a result, you should not consider such performance measures in isolation from, or as a substitute analysis for, the company’s results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP.
IQVIAFIN
Table 1 |
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IQVIA HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES |
||||||||||||||||
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME |
||||||||||||||||
(preliminary and unaudited) |
||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
(in millions, except per share data) |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
Revenues |
|
$ |
3,736 |
|
|
$ |
3,562 |
|
|
$ |
11,116 |
|
|
$ |
10,671 |
|
Cost of revenues, exclusive of depreciation and amortization |
|
|
2,426 |
|
|
|
2,321 |
|
|
|
7,267 |
|
|
|
6,975 |
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
|
|
502 |
|
|
|
517 |
|
|
|
1,497 |
|
|
|
1,488 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
297 |
|
|
|
248 |
|
|
|
809 |
|
|
|
773 |
|
Restructuring costs |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
67 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Income from operations |
|
|
481 |
|
|
|
472 |
|
|
|
1,476 |
|
|
|
1,420 |
|
Interest income |
|
|
(14 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
|
(7 |
) |
Interest expense |
|
|
181 |
|
|
|
108 |
|
|
|
491 |
|
|
|
288 |
|
Other (income) expense, net |
|
|
(35 |
) |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
(77 |
) |
|
|
51 |
|
Income before income taxes and equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates |
|
|
349 |
|
|
|
360 |
|
|
|
1,086 |
|
|
|
1,088 |
|
Income tax expense |
|
|
51 |
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
|
203 |
|
|
|
212 |
|
Income before equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates |
|
|
298 |
|
|
|
290 |
|
|
|
883 |
|
|
|
876 |
|
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
Net income |
|
$ |
303 |
|
|
$ |
283 |
|
|
$ |
889 |
|
|
$ |
864 |
|
Earnings per share attributable to common stockholders: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Basic |
|
$ |
1.66 |
|
|
$ |
1.52 |
|
|
$ |
4.82 |
|
|
$ |
4.59 |
|
Diluted |
|
$ |
1.63 |
|
|
$ |
1.49 |
|
|
$ |
4.76 |
|
|
$ |
4.52 |
|
Weighted average common shares outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Basic |
|
|
182.9 |
|
|
|
186.5 |
|
|
|
184.4 |
|
|
|
188.3 |
|
Diluted |
|
|
185.5 |
|
|
|
189.4 |
|
|
|
186.9 |
|
|
|
191.3 |
|
Table 2 |
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IQVIA HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES |
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
||||||||
(preliminary and unaudited) |
||||||||
|
||||||||
(in millions, except per share data) |
|
September 30, 2023 |
|
December 31, 2022 |
||||
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
||||
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
1,224 |
|
|
$ |
1,216 |
|
Trade accounts receivable and unbilled services, net |
|
|
3,227 |
|
|
|
2,917 |
|
Prepaid expenses |
|
|
177 |
|
|
|
151 |
|
Income taxes receivable |
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
43 |
|
Investments in debt, equity and other securities |
|
|
108 |
|
|
|
93 |
|
Other current assets and receivables |
|
|
423 |
|
|
|
561 |
|
Total current assets |
|
|
5,208 |
|
|
|
4,981 |
|
Property and equipment, net |
|
|
498 |
|
|
|
532 |
|
Operating lease right-of-use assets |
|
|
292 |
|
|
|
331 |
|
Investments in debt, equity and other securities |
|
|
99 |
|
|
|
68 |
|
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates |
|
|
115 |
|
|
|
94 |
|
Goodwill |
|
|
14,288 |
|
|
|
13,921 |
|
Other identifiable intangibles, net |
|
|
4,907 |
|
|
|
4,820 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
111 |
|
|
|
118 |
|
Deposits and other assets, net |
|
|
459 |
|
|
|
472 |
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
25,977 |
|
|
$ |
25,337 |
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
||||
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
|
$ |
3,133 |
|
|
$ |
3,316 |
|
Unearned income |
|
|
1,838 |
|
|
|
1,797 |
|
Income taxes payable |
|
|
172 |
|
|
|
161 |
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
|
|
1,309 |
|
|
|
152 |
|
Other current liabilities |
|
|
137 |
|
|
|
152 |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
|
6,589 |
|
|
|
5,578 |
|
Long-term debt, less current portion |
|
|
12,322 |
|
|
|
12,595 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
365 |
|
|
|
464 |
|
Operating lease liabilities |
|
|
217 |
|
|
|
264 |
|
Other liabilities |
|
|
679 |
|
|
|
671 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
|
20,172 |
|
|
|
19,572 |
|
Commitments and contingencies |
|
|
|
|
||||
Stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Common stock and additional paid-in capital, 400.0 shares authorized as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, |
|
|
10,994 |
|
|
|
10,898 |
|
Retained earnings |
|
|
4,223 |
|
|
|
3,334 |
|
Treasury stock, at cost, 74.6 and 70.7 shares as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively |
|
|
(8,509 |
) |
|
|
(7,740 |
) |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
|
(903 |
) |
|
|
(727 |
) |
Total stockholders’ equity |
|
|
5,805 |
|
|
|
5,765 |
|
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
|
$ |
25,977 |
|
|
$ |
25,337 |
|
Table 3 |
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IQVIA HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES |
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS |
||||||||
(preliminary and unaudited) |
||||||||
|
||||||||
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
||||||
(in millions) |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
Operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Net income |
|
$ |
889 |
|
|
$ |
864 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
809 |
|
|
|
773 |
|
Amortization of debt issuance costs and discount |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
172 |
|
|
|
136 |
|
(Earnings) losses from unconsolidated affiliates |
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
12 |
|
(Gain) loss on investments, net |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
35 |
|
Benefit from deferred income taxes |
|
|
(117 |
) |
|
|
(52 |
) |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Change in accounts receivable, unbilled services and unearned income |
|
|
(241 |
) |
|
|
(88 |
) |
Change in other operating assets and liabilities |
|
|
(112 |
) |
|
|
9 |
|
Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
1,402 |
|
|
|
1,700 |
|
Investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Acquisition of property, equipment and software |
|
|
(470 |
) |
|
|
(503 |
) |
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired |
|
|
(869 |
) |
|
|
(1,012 |
) |
Purchases of marketable securities, net |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates, net of payments received |
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
(14 |
) |
Investments in debt and equity securities |
|
|
(36 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Other |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
|
(1,391 |
) |
|
|
(1,529 |
) |
Financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Proceeds from issuance of debt |
|
|
1,250 |
|
|
|
1,250 |
|
Payment of debt issuance costs |
|
|
(19 |
) |
|
|
(5 |
) |
Repayment of debt and principal payments on finance leases |
|
|
(118 |
) |
|
|
(86 |
) |
Proceeds from revolving credit facility |
|
|
2,009 |
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
Repayment of revolving credit facility |
|
|
(2,184 |
) |
|
|
(1,600 |
) |
Payments related to employee stock option plans |
|
|
(58 |
) |
|
|
(70 |
) |
Repurchase of common stock |
|
|
(763 |
) |
|
|
(1,103 |
) |
Contingent consideration and deferred purchase price payments |
|
|
(79 |
) |
|
|
(22 |
) |
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
(136 |
) |
Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash |
|
|
(41 |
) |
|
|
(127 |
) |
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
(92 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
|
|
1,216 |
|
|
|
1,366 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
|
$ |
1,224 |
|
|
$ |
1,274 |
|
Table 4 |
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IQVIA HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES |
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NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED EBITDA RECONCILIATION |
||||||||||||||||
(preliminary and unaudited) |
||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
(in millions) |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
Net Income |
|
$ |
303 |
|
|
$ |
283 |
|
$ |
889 |
|
|
$ |
864 |
||
Provision for income taxes |
|
|
51 |
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
|
203 |
|
|
|
212 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
297 |
|
|
|
248 |
|
|
|
809 |
|
|
|
773 |
|
Interest expense, net |
|
|
167 |
|
|
|
104 |
|
|
|
467 |
|
|
|
281 |
|
(Income) loss in unconsolidated affiliates |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
12 |
|
Deferred revenue purchase accounting adjustments |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
47 |
|
|
|
61 |
|
|
|
172 |
|
|
|
136 |
|
Other (income) expense, net (1) |
|
|
(40 |
) |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
(92 |
) |
|
|
51 |
|
Restructuring and related expenses (2) |
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
102 |
|
|
|
47 |
|
Acquisition related expenses |
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
49 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
|
$ |
888 |
|
|
$ |
814 |
|
|
$ |
2,603 |
|
|
$ |
2,426 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Reflects certain non-operating income items, revaluations of contingent consideration and certain non-recurring expenses. |
|
(2) |
Reflects restructuring costs as well as accelerated expenses related to lease exits. |
Table 5 |
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IQVIA HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES |
||||||||||||||||
NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED NET INCOME RECONCILIATION |
||||||||||||||||
(preliminary and unaudited) |
||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
(in millions, except per share data) |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
Net Income |
|
$ |
303 |
|
|
$ |
283 |
|
|
$ |
889 |
|
|
$ |
864 |
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
|
51 |
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
|
203 |
|
|
|
212 |
|
Purchase accounting amortization (1) |
|
|
156 |
|
|
|
128 |
|
|
|
411 |
|
|
|
414 |
|
(Income) loss in unconsolidated affiliates |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
12 |
|
Deferred revenue purchase accounting adjustments |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
47 |
|
|
|
61 |
|
|
|
172 |
|
|
|
136 |
|
Other (income) expense, net (2) |
|
|
(40 |
) |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
(92 |
) |
|
|
51 |
|
Restructuring and related expenses (3) |
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
102 |
|
|
|
47 |
|
Acquisition related expenses |
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
49 |
|
Adjusted Pre Tax Income |
|
$ |
580 |
|
|
$ |
590 |
|
|
$ |
1,738 |
|
|
$ |
1,786 |
|
Adjusted tax expense |
|
|
(118 |
) |
|
|
(120 |
) |
|
|
(360 |
) |
|
|
(373 |
) |
Adjusted Net Income |
|
$ |
462 |
|
|
$ |
470 |
|
|
$ |
1,378 |
|
|
$ |
1,413 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Adjusted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Basic |
|
$ |
2.53 |
|
|
$ |
2.52 |
|
|
$ |
7.47 |
|
|
$ |
7.50 |
|
Diluted |
|
$ |
2.49 |
|
|
$ |
2.48 |
|
|
$ |
7.37 |
|
|
$ |
7.39 |
|
Weighted average common shares outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Basic |
|
|
182.9 |
|
|
|
186.5 |
|
|
|
184.4 |
|
|
|
188.3 |
|
Diluted |
|
|
185.5 |
|
|
|
189.4 |
|
|
|
186.9 |
|
|
|
191.3 |
|
(1) |
Reflects all the amortization of acquired intangible assets. |
|
(2) |
Reflects certain non-operating income items, revaluations of contingent consideration and certain non-recurring expenses. |
|
(3) |
Reflects restructuring costs as well as accelerated expenses related to lease exits. |
Table 6 |
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IQVIA HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES |
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NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES TO FREE CASH FLOW RECONCILIATION |
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(preliminary and unaudited) |
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|
||||||||
(in millions) |
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
||||
Net Cash provided by Operating Activities |
|
$ |
583 |
|
|
$ |
1,402 |
|
Acquisition of property, equipment and software |
|
|
(146 |
) |
|
|
(470 |
) |
Free Cash Flow |
|
$ |
437 |
|
|
$ |
932 |
|
Table 7 |
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IQVIA HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES |
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CALCULATION OF GROSS AND NET LEVERAGE RATIOS |
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AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 |
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(preliminary and unaudited) |
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|
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(in millions) |
|
|
|
Gross Debt, net of Unamortized Discount and Debt Issuance Costs, as of September 30, 2023 |
|
$ |
13,631 |
Net Debt as of September 30, 2023 |
|
$ |
12,407 |
Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve months ended September 30, 2023 |
|
$ |
3,523 |
Gross Leverage Ratio (Gross Debt/LTM Adjusted EBITDA) |
|
3.87x |
|
Net Leverage Ratio (Net Debt/LTM Adjusted EBITDA) |
|
3.52x |
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Nick Childs, IQVIA Investor Relations (nicholas.childs@iqvia.com)
+1.973.316.3828
Source: IQVIA
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