Surmodics Reports Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2020 Results

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Surmodics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRDX) reported fourth quarter fiscal 2020 revenue of $22.5 million, down 27% year-over-year. The company experienced a GAAP loss per share of ($0.22), compared to earnings of $0.26 in the prior year. Medical Device revenue declined 31% to $17.2 million, influenced by $1.6 million from a deal with Abbott Vascular. In Vitro Diagnostics revenue was $5.4 million, a 10% decrease. Cash and short-term investments stood at $61.1 million with no debt. The company has refrained from providing future guidance due to COVID-19 uncertainties.

Positive

• FDA clearance received for the PounceTM Thrombus Retrieval System.
• Reported cash and short-term investments of $61.1 million with no debt.
• Generated $1.3 million of cash from operating activities.

Negative

• Fourth quarter revenue decreased by 27% year-over-year.
• GAAP loss per share of ($0.22), compared to earnings of $0.26 in the prior year.
• Medical Device revenue decreased by 31% to $17.2 million.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Surmodics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRDX), a leading provider of medical device and in vitro diagnostic technologies to the healthcare industry, today announced results for its fiscal 2020 fourth quarter ended September 30, 2020.

Summary of Fourth Quarter and Recent Highlights

• Revenue of $22.5 million, a decrease of 27% year-over-year
• GAAP EPS of ($0.22), non-GAAP EPS of ($0.18)
• FDA clearance received for Pounce^TM Thrombus Retrieval System for non-surgical removal of clots from the peripheral arterial vasculature

“I am proud of the meaningful progress our team made in fiscal 2020 to advance our strategic objectives in spite of this year’s unprecedented challenges,” said Gary Maharaj, President and CEO of Surmodics, Inc. “Our team capped the year by achieving another milestone with the receipt of the 510(k) clearance for our Pounce^TM Thrombus Retrieval System. As we look ahead to fiscal 2021, we remain confident in our long-term outlook and the ability to accomplish our strategic initiatives to deliver durable growth.”

Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2020 Financial Results

Total revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 was $22.5 million, compared to $30.8 million in the prior-year period. Medical Device revenue was $17.2 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, compared to $24.8 million in the year-ago period, a decrease of 31%. Revenue in the fourth quarter includes $1.6 million from our Development and Distribution Agreement with Abbott Vascular, Inc. (“Abbott”) for the SurVeil DCB^TM drug coated balloon (DCB), compared to $7.6 million in the prior-year quarter, which included the impact of the achievement of a milestone. In Vitro Diagnostics revenue was $5.4 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, compared to $6.0 million in the same prior-year quarter, a decrease of 10%.

GAAP loss per share in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 was ($0.22), compared to earnings per share of $0.26 in the year-ago period. On a non-GAAP basis, loss per share in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 was ($0.18), compared to earnings per share of $0.37 in the same prior-year quarter.

As of September 30, 2020, Surmodics reported cash and short-term investments totaling $61.1 million and no debt. Surmodics generated $1.3 million of cash from operating activities in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020. Capital expenditures totaled $1.0 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020.

Fiscal 2021 Guidance

Due to the continued uncertainty surrounding the duration and magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company will not provide financial guidance at this time.

Conference Call Today at 4 p.m. CT (5 p.m. ET)

Surmodics will host a webcast at 4 p.m. CT (5 p.m. ET) today to discuss fourth quarter results. To access the webcast, go to the investor relations portion of the Company’s website at https://surmodics.gcs-web.com and click on the webcast icon. The webcast will be archived on the Company’s website for 90 days. A replay of the fourth quarter conference call will be available by dialing 888-203-1112 and entering conference call ID passcode 4873909. The audio replay will be available beginning at 7 p.m. CT on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, until 7 p.m. CT on Wednesday, November 11, 2020.

About Surmodics, Inc.

Surmodics is a leading provider of surface modification technologies for intravascular medical devices and chemical components for in vitro diagnostic immunoassay tests and microarrays. Surmodics is pursuing development and commercialization of highly differentiated medical devices that are designed to address unmet clinical needs and engineered to the most demanding requirements. This key growth strategy leverages the combination of the Company’s expertise in proprietary surface technologies, along with enhanced device design, development, and manufacturing capabilities. The Company mission remains to improve the detection and treatment of disease. Surmodics is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. For more information, visit www.surmodics.com. The content of Surmodics’ website is not part of this press release or part of any filings that the company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

Safe Harbor for Forward-looking Statements

This press release, and disclosures related to it, contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical or current facts, including statements regarding the Company’s ability to execute on its strategy, its potential to achieve consistent double-digit revenue growth in fiscal 2022 and beyond, initiatives to deliver durable growth, emerging FDA requirements for premarket approvals of new vascular devices that use Paclitaxel, expectations regarding conduct and timing of clinical studies, expectation regarding the presentations of clinical information regarding our products, target dates and the potential for delay related to regulatory clearances, target dates for regulatory filing, plans for product releases and clinical evaluations, potential future revenue amounts under our Distribution and Development Agreement with Abbott Vascular, expectations regarding the impact of patent expirations on future revenues, expectation regarding future operating expenses, and expectation regarding the Company’s positioning for long-term growth, shareholder value creation, and the adequacy of cash and investments to provide capacity to support the Company’s strategic growth initiatives, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, and important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, including, without limitation: (1) our ability to successfully develop and commercialize our SurVeil^TM DCB (including realization of the full potential benefits of our agreement with Abbott), Avess^TM DCB, Sundance^TM DCB, and other proprietary products; (2) our reliance on third parties (including our customers and licensees) and their failure to successfully develop, obtain regulatory approval for, market, and sell products incorporating our technologies; (3) possible adverse market conditions and possible adverse impacts on our cash flows; (4) the impacts, duration, and severity of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of responses to it on healthcare systems, the general economy, our business partners, and our operations; and (5) the factors identified under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, and updated in our subsequent reports filed with the SEC. These reports are available in the Investors section of our website at https://surmodics.gcs-web.com and at the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update them in light of new information or future events.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, Surmodics is reporting non-GAAP financial results including EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP operating (loss) income, non-GAAP operating (loss) income percentage, non-GAAP (loss) income before income taxes, non-GAAP net (loss) income, and non-GAAP diluted (loss) earnings per share, and the non-GAAP effective income tax rate. We believe that these non-GAAP measures, when read in conjunction with the Company’s GAAP financial statements, provide meaningful insight into our operating performance excluding certain event-specific matters, and provide an alternative perspective of our results of operations. We use non-GAAP measures, including those set forth in this release, to assess our operating performance and to determine payouts under our executive compensation programs. We believe that presentation of certain non-GAAP measures allows investors to review our results of operations from the same perspective as management and our board of directors and facilitates comparisons of our current results of operations. The method we use to produce non-GAAP results is not in accordance with GAAP and may differ from the methods used by other companies. Non-GAAP results should not be regarded as a substitute for corresponding GAAP measures but instead should be utilized as a supplemental measure of operating performance in evaluating our business. Non-GAAP measures do have limitations in that they do not reflect certain items that may have a material impact on our reported financial results. As such, these non-GAAP measures should be viewed in conjunction with both our financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP and the reconciliation of the supplemental non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP results provided for the specific periods presented, which are attached to this release.

CONTACT:
Surmodics, Inc.
Tim Arens, 952-500-7000
ir@surmodics.com

Surmodics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
		Three Months Ended								Fiscal Year Ended
		September 30,								September 30,
		2020				2019				2020				2019
Revenue:
Product sales		$	10,586			$	10,711			$	44,317			$	40,219
Royalties and license fees			9,867				16,806				40,634				48,458
Research, development and other			2,090				3,299				9,913				11,400
Total revenue			22,543				30,816				94,864				100,077
Operating costs and expenses:
Product costs			3,902				3,659				15,317				13,639
Research and development			12,787				14,523				50,188				52,885
Selling, general and administrative			7,300				7,186				28,392				23,950
Acquired in-process research and development			—				890				—				890
Acquired intangible asset amortization			547				596				2,218				2,405
Contingent consideration expense (gain)			—				87				—				(161	)
Total operating costs and expenses			24,536				26,941				96,115				93,608
Operating (loss) income			(1,993	)			3,875				(1,251	)			6,469
Other (expense) income, net			(85	)			243				(203	)			1,089
(Loss) income before income taxes			(2,078	)			4,118				(1,454	)			7,558
Income tax (provision) benefit			(868	)			(564	)			2,577				34
Net (loss) income		$	(2,946	)		$	3,554			$	1,123			$	7,592
Basic (loss) income per share:		$	(0.22	)		$	0.27			$	0.08			$	0.57
Diluted (loss) income per share:		$	(0.22	)		$	0.26			$	0.08			$	0.55
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
Basic			13,639				13,400				13,552				13,389
Diluted			13,639				13,769				13,812				13,779

Surmodics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)
		September 30,
		2020				2019
Assets
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	30,785			$	30,361
Available-for-sale securities			30,313				24,931
Accounts receivable, net			7,675				8,993
Contract assets — royalties and license fees			6,108				8,210
Inventories, net			5,966				4,501
Prepaids and other			5,761				4,424
Total Current Assets			86,608				81,420
Property and equipment, net			30,103				29,748
Deferred income taxes			7,315				6,176
Intangible assets, net			13,283				14,226
Goodwill			27,185				26,171
Other assets			4,269				2,124
Total Assets		$	168,763			$	159,865
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current Liabilities:
Contingent consideration			—				3,200
Deferred revenue			5,200				5,553
Other current liabilities			13,692				11,456
Total Current Liabilities			18,892				20,209
Deferred revenue			10,796				11,628
Other long-term liabilities			8,020				5,512
Total Liabilities			37,708				37,349
Total Stockholders’ Equity			131,055				122,516
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity		$	168,763			$	159,865

Surmodics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Supplemental Segment Information
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)
		Three Months Ended September 30,
		2020								2019
Revenue:						% of Total								% of Total				% Change
Medical Device		$	17,179				76.2	%		$	24,849				80.6	%		(30.9		)%
In Vitro Diagnostics			5,364				23.8	%			5,967				19.4	%		(10.1		)%
Total revenue		$	22,543							$	30,816							(26.8		)%
		Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
		2020								2019
Revenue:						% of Total								% of Total				% Change
Medical Device		$	71,401				75.3	%		$	78,353				78.3	%		(8.9		)%
In Vitro Diagnostics			23,463				24.7	%			21,724				21.7	%		8.0		%
Total revenue		$	94,864							$	100,077							(5.2		)%
		Three Months Ended								Fiscal Year Ended
		September 30,								September 30,
		2020				2019				2020				2019
Operating (loss) income:
Medical Device		$	(1,902	)		$	3,707			$	(3,246	)		$	4,794
In Vitro Diagnostics			2,456				2,774				11,771				10,620
Total segment operating (loss) income			554				6,481				8,525				15,414
Corporate			(2,547	)			(2,606	)			(9,776	)			(8,945	)
Total (loss) income from operations		$	(1,993	)		$	3,875			$	(1,251	)		$	6,469

Surmodics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation of GAAP Measures to Non-GAAP Amounts
Schedule of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Cash Flows from Operations
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)
		Three Months Ended								Fiscal Year Ended
		September 30,								September 30,
		2020				2019				2020				2019
Net (loss) income		$	(2,946	)		$	3,554			$	1,123			$	7,592
Income tax provision (benefit)			868				564				(2,577	)			(34	)
Depreciation and amortization			1,873				1,850				7,263				7,312
Investment income, net			(72	)			(247	)			(656	)			(1,097	)
Interest expense			34				40				133				152
EBITDA			(243	)			5,761				5,286				13,925
Adjustments:
Contingent consideration expense (gain) (2)			—				87				—				(161	)
Foreign exchange loss (3)			—				—				—				(126	)
Loss (gain) on strategic investment (4)			—				—				479				(7	)
Acquired in-process research and development (5)			—				890				—				890
Claim settlement accrual (6)			—				—				—				(650	)
Asset impairment (7)			—				256				—				256
Adjusted EBITDA		$	(243	)		$	6,994			$	5,765			$	14,127
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities		$	1,314			$	12,520			$	14,010			$	8,038

Surmodics, Inc., and Subsidiaries
Net (Loss) Income and Diluted EPS GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation
(in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
		Three Months Ended September 30, 2020
														Loss
										Operating				Before				Net
		Total				Operating				Loss				Income				Loss				Diluted				Effective
		Revenue				Loss				Percentage				Taxes				(9)				EPS				tax rate
GAAP		$	22,543			$	(1,993	)			(8.8	)%		$	(2,078	)		$	(2,946	)		$	(0.22	)			(41.8	)%
Adjustments:
Amortization of acquired intangible assets (1)			—				547				2.4	%			547				517				0.04
Non-GAAP		$	22,543			$	(1,446	)			(6.4	)%		$	(1,531	)		$	(2,429	)		$	(0.18	)			(58.7	)%

		Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
														Income
										Operating				Before				Net
		Total				Operating				Income				Income				Income				Diluted				Effective
		Revenue				Income				Percentage				Taxes				(9)				EPS				tax rate
GAAP		$	30,816			$	3,875				12.6	%		$	4,118			$	3,554			$	0.26				13.7	%
Adjustments:
Amortization of acquired intangible assets (1)			—				596				1.9	%			596				551				0.04
Contingent consideration expense (2)			—				87				0.3	%			87				87				0.01
Acquired in-process research and development (5)			—				890				2.9	%			890				703				0.05
Asset impairment (7)			—				256				0.8	%			256				256				0.02
Non-GAAP		$	30,816			$	5,704				18.5	%		$	5,947			$	5,151			$	0.37				13.4	%

Surmodics, Inc., and Subsidiaries
Net Income and Diluted EPS GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation – Continued
(in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
		Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2020
														Loss
										Operating				(Income)
						Operating				Loss				Before				Net
		Total				Loss				(Income)				Income				Income				Diluted				Effective
		Revenue				(Income)				Percentage				Taxes				(9)				EPS				tax rate
GAAP		$	94,864			$	(1,251	)			(1.3	)%		$	(1,454	)		$	1,123			$	0.08				177.2	%
Adjustments:
Amortization of acquired intangible assets (1)			—				2,218				2.3	%			2,218				2,076				0.15
Loss on strategic investment (4)			—				—				—				479				378				0.03
Tax impact of CARES Act (8)			—				—				—				—				(1,768	)			(0.13	)
Non-GAAP		$	94,864			$	967				1.0	%		$	1,243			$	1,809			$	0.13				(45.5	)%

		Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2019
														Income
										Operating				Before				Net
		Total				Operating				Income				Income				Income				Diluted				Effective
		Revenue				Income				Percentage				Taxes				(9)				EPS				tax rate
GAAP		$	100,077			$	6,469				6.5	%		$	7,558			$	7,592			$	0.55				(0.4	)%
Adjustments:
Amortization of acquired intangible assets (1)			—				2,405				2.4	%			2,405				2,226				0.16
Contingent consideration gain (2)			—				(161	)			(0.2	)%			(161	)			(161	)			(0.01	)
Foreign exchange gain (3)			—				—				—				(126	)			(126	)			(0.01	)
Gain on strategic investment (4)			—				—				—				(7	)			(7	)			—
Acquired in-process research and development (5)			—				890				0.9	%			890				703				0.05
Claim settlement (6)			—				(650	)			(0.6	)%			(650	)			(514	)			(0.04	)
Asset impairment (7)			—				256				0.2	%			256				256				0.02
Non-GAAP		$	100,077			$	9,209				9.2	%		$	10,165			$	9,969			$	0.72				1.9	%

(1)		Amortization of business acquisition-related intangible assets and associated tax impact. A significant portion of the business acquisition-related amortization is not tax deductible.
(2)		Represents accounting adjustments to state acquisition-related contingent consideration liabilities at their estimated fair value, including accretion for the passage of time as well as adjustments to the liabilities’ fair values related to changes in the timing and/or probability of achieving milestones. These amounts are not taxable or tax deductible.
(3)		Foreign exchange gains and losses are related to marking non-U.S. dollar contingent consideration to period-end or settlement date exchange rates. These gains and losses are not taxable or tax deductible.
(4)		In fiscal 2020, represents the loss recognized on the impairment of a strategic investment for which an effective rate of 21% was used to estimate the income tax impact. In fiscal 2019, represents the gain recognized on the sale of a strategic investment which was not tax-effected as it was offset by previously recognized capital losses.
(5)		Represents acquisition of in-process research and development assets, net of the associated tax impact.
(6)		Represents a royalty-related customer claim accrued at $1.0 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2018, settled in the second quarter of fiscal 2019 for $0.4 million.
(7)		Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets which were not tax deductible.
(8)		Represents the income tax benefit recognized from the carryback of net operating losses under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) enacted in March 2020.
(9)		Net (loss) income includes the effect of the above adjustments on the income tax provision (benefit), taking into account deferred taxes and non-deductible items. In both fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2019, an effective rate of 21% was used to estimate the income tax impact of the adjustments, except that expenses occurring in Ireland have not been tax-effected as all tax benefits are offset by a full valuation allowance.