West Announces Second-Quarter 2020 Results

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West Pharmaceutical Services reported Q2 2020 net sales of $527.2 million, a 12.2% increase, with organic sales growth at 14.3%. The diluted EPS rose by 38% to $1.21, with adjusted diluted EPS up 40% to $1.25. The company raised its full-year guidance for net sales to between $2.035 billion and $2.055 billion, and adjusted diluted EPS to $4.15 to $4.25. Strong demand in proprietary and contract-manufactured products, particularly for healthcare devices, bolstered the results.

Positive

• Net sales increased by 12.2% to $527.2 million.
• Organic sales growth was 14.3%.
• Diluted EPS rose 38% to $1.21; adjusted diluted EPS increased 40% to $1.25.
• Full-year 2020 net sales guidance raised to $2.035 billion - $2.055 billion.
• Adjusted diluted EPS guidance increased to $4.15 - $4.25.

Negative

• Full-year net sales guidance includes a headwind of $26 million due to foreign exchange.
• Adjusted diluted EPS guidance includes an estimated headwind of approximately $0.07 from foreign exchange.

EXTON, Pa., July 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (NYSE: WST) today announced its financial results for the second-quarter 2020 and updated full-year 2020 financial guidance.

Second-Quarter 2020 Summary (comparisons to prior-year period)

• Net sales of $527.2 million grew 12.2%; organic sales growth was 14.3%.
• Reported-diluted EPS of $1.21 increased 38%.
• Adjusted-diluted EPS of $1.25 increased 40%.
• Company is raising full-year 2020 net sales guidance to a new range of between $2.035 billion and $2.055 billion.
• Company is raising full-year 2020 adjusted-diluted EPS guidance to a new range of between $4.15 and $4.25.

"Adjusted-diluted EPS" and "organic sales growth" are Non-U.S. GAAP measurements.  See discussion under the heading "Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures" in this release. 

"Our second quarter results reflect the strength and resiliency of our business in today's environment," said Eric M. Green, President and Chief Executive Officer.  "We continue to see underlying demand growth in our existing business for our high-value products and in high adoption rates from customers who are developing therapeutics and vaccines to address the COVID-19 pandemic."   

Mr. Green continued, "The outlook for the balance of 2020 remains robust; and with our One West philosophy, broad range of innovative solutions and the ability to flex our global operating network, we are well positioned.  I am extremely proud of our colleagues' response to the challenging landscape and the dedicated focus on delivering high-quality components and solutions to our customers." 

Proprietary Products Segment
Net sales grew by 10.9% to $399.5 million. Organic sales growth was 13.3%, with currency translation decreasing sales growth by 240 basis points.  High-value products (HVP) represented 65% of segment sales and generated double-digit organic sales growth.

Our Biologics market unit had double-digit organic sales growth, led by customer purchases of film-coated components (Flurotec^® and Daikyo^®), self-injection platforms, Westar^® and Crystal Zenith^® components.  Our Generics market unit posted double-digit organic sales growth, and our Pharma market unit grew organic sales by low-single digits.  Both Generics and Pharma market units were led by sales of film-coated and Westar components.

Contract-Manufactured Products Segment
Net sales grew by 16.8% to $127.8 million.  Organic sales growth was 17.8% with currency translation decreasing sales growth by 100 basis points.  Segment performance was led by strong sales of healthcare-related injection and diagnostic devices.

Financial Highlights (first six months of 2020)
Operating cash flow was $205.2 million, an increase of 34%.  Capital expenditures were $69.2 million.  Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditures) was $136.0 million, an increase of 42%.

Full-Year 2020 Financial Guidance 

• Full-year 2020 net sales guidance is expected to be in a range of between $2.035 billion and $2.055 billion, compared to a prior range of between $1.95 billion and $1.97 billion.
• Organic sales growth is expected to be approximately 12%, compared to a prior guidance range of 8%.
• Net sales guidance includes an estimated full-year headwind of $26 million for the full-year 2020 based on current foreign exchange rates, unchanged from prior guidance.
• Full-year 2020 adjusted-diluted EPS is expected to be in a range of between $4.15 and $4.25, compared to a prior range of between $3.52 and $3.62.
• Full-year adjusted-diluted EPS guidance includes an estimated headwind of approximately $0.07 based on current foreign currency exchange rates, unchanged from prior guidance.
• The revised guidance includes a $0.16 EPS impact from tax benefits from stock-based compensation in the first six months of 2020.
• For the remainder of the year, our EPS guidance range assumes a tax rate of 24% and does not include potential tax benefits from stock-based compensation.  Any tax benefits associated with stock-based compensation beyond those recorded in the first six months of 2020 would provide a positive adjustment to our full-year EPS guidance.

Second-Quarter 2020 Conference Call
The Company will host a conference call to discuss the results and business expectations at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time today.  To participate on the call please dial 877-930-8295 (U.S.) or 253-336-8738 (International). The conference ID is 7789173.

A live broadcast of the conference call will be available at the Company's website, www.westpharma.com, in the "Investors" section.  Management will refer to a slide presentation during the call, which will be made available on the day of the call.  To view the presentation, select "Presentations" in the "Investors" section of the Company's website.

An online archive of the broadcast will be available at the website three hours after the live call and will be available through Thursday, July 30, 2020, by dialing 855-859-2056 (U.S.) or 404-537-3406 (International) and entering conference ID 7789173.

Forward-Looking Statements
Certain forward-looking statements appear in this release and include such words as "raising," "continue," "see,"  "remains," "are," "expected," "to be," "includes," "estimated," "assumes," "would provide," and other similar terminology.  These statements reflect management's current expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date of this release.  There is no certainty that actual results will be achieved in-line with current expectations.  These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties.  The following are some of the factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or underlying our forward-looking statements: the duration and severity of the global COVID-19 pandemic, including prevailing economic conditions and general uncertainties relating thereto that may be unknown and unforeseeable; customers' changing inventory requirements and manufacturing plans and customer decisions to move forward with our new products and product categories, including any re-prioritization of product needs due to COVID-19; other potential impacts from COVID-19, including interruptions or weaknesses in our supply chain, illness in our workforce and access to transport for our products; average profitability, or mix, of the products we sell; dependence on third-party suppliers and partners; increased raw material costs; fluctuations in currency exchange; and the ability to meet development milestones with key customers.  This list of important factors is not all inclusive. For a description of certain additional factors that could cause the Company's future results to differ from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements, see Part I Item 1A and Part II Item 1A, entitled "Risk Factors," in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2020, respectively.

Except as required by law or regulation, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures
For the purpose of aiding the comparison of our year-over-year results, we may refer to net sales and other financial results excluding the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.  Organic net sales exclude the impact from acquisitions and/or divestitures and translate the current-period reported sales of subsidiaries whose functional currency is other than the U.S. Dollar at the applicable foreign exchange rates in effect during the comparable prior-year period.  We may also refer to financial results excluding the effects of unallocated items.  The re-measured results excluding effects from currency translation and excluding the effects of unallocated items are not in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("U.S. GAAP") and should not be used as a substitute for the comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures.  The non-U.S. GAAP financial measures are incorporated into our discussion and analysis as management uses them in evaluating our results of operations and believes that this information provides users a valuable insight into our overall performance and financial position.  A reconciliation of these adjusted Non-U.S. GAAP measures to the comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures is included in the accompanying tables.

 

WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED) (in millions, except per share data)
	Three Months Ended June 30,	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2020	2019	2020	2019
Net sales	$527.2	100%	$469.7	100%	$1,018.7	100%	$913.2	100%
Cost of goods and services sold	332.1	63	311.8	66	656.6	64	608.5	67
Gross profit	195.1	37	157.9	34	362.1	36	304.7	33
Research and development	10.8	2	9.6	2	21.5	2	19.4	2
Selling, general and administrative expenses	77.7	15	70.3	15	149.5	15	138.9	15
Other expense (income), net	3.0	-	(2.5)	-	(0.5)	-	(4.8)	(1)
Operating profit	103.6	20	80.5	17	191.6	19	151.2	17
Interest expense, net	1.8	1	1.4	-	3.0	-	2.8	-
Other nonoperating (income) expense	(0.2)	-	(0.5)	-	0.1	-	(1.1)	-
Income before income taxes	102.0	19	79.6	17	188.5	19	149.5	17
Income tax expense	16.0	3	15.5	3	31.0	3	31.6	4
Equity in net income of affiliated companies	(5.2)	(1)	(2.0)	-	(8.0)	(1)	(3.6)	-
Net income	$91.2	17%	$66.1	14%	$165.5	16%	$121.5	13%
Net income per share:
Basic	$1.24		$0.90		$2.24		$1.64
Diluted	$1.21		$0.88		$2.19		$1.61
Average common shares outstanding	73.8		73.7		73.8		73.9
Average shares assuming dilution	75.5		75.1		75.5		75.3

 

WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES REPORTING SEGMENT INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)  (in millions)
	Three Months Ended	Six Months Ended
	June 30,	June 30,
Net Sales:	2020	2019	2020	2019
Proprietary Products	$399.5	$360.3	$773.0	$700.7
Contract-Manufactured Products	127.8	109.4	245.9	212.5
Eliminations	(0.1)	-	(0.2)	-
Consolidated Total	$527.2	$469.7	$1,018.7	$913.2
Gross Profit:
Proprietary Products	$170.8	$142.2	$320.9	$274.5
Contract-Manufactured Products	24.3	15.7	41.2	30.2
Gross Profit	$195.1	$157.9	$362.1	$304.7
Gross Profit Margin	37.0%	33.6%	35.5%	33.4%
Operating Profit (Loss):
Proprietary Products	$112.2	$88.8	$205.4	$165.8
Contract-Manufactured Products	20.5	11.4	33.3	21.9
Stock-based compensation expense	(12.3)	(7.2)	(17.7)	(13.4)
General corporate costs	(14.4)	(11.1)	(27.0)	(21.1)
Adjusted Operating Profit	$106.0	$81.9	$194.0	$153.2
Adjusted Operating Profit Margin	20.1%	17.4%	19.0%	16.8%
Other unallocated items	(2.4)	(1.4)	(2.4)	(2.0)
Reported Operating Profit	$103.6	$80.5	$191.6	$151.2
Reported Operating Profit Margin	19.7%	17.1%	18.8%	16.6%

 

WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES RECONCILIATION OF NON-U.S. GAAP MEASURES (UNAUDITED) Please refer to "Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures" for more information (in millions, except per share data)
Reconciliation of Reported and Adjusted Operating Profit, Net Income and Diluted EPS
Three months ended June 30, 2020	Operating profit	Income tax expense	Net income	Diluted EPS
Reported (U.S. GAAP)	$103.6	$16.0	$91.2	$1.21
Pension Settlement (1)	-	0.2	0.7	0.01
Severance related costs (2)	2.2	0.6	1.6	0.02
Amortization of Acquisition-related Intangible Assets (3)	0.2	-	1.1	0.01
Adjusted (Non-U.S. GAAP)	$106.0	$16.8	$94.6	$1.25
Six months ended June 30, 2020	Operating profit	Income tax expense	Net income	Diluted EPS
Reported (U.S. GAAP)	$191.6	$31.0	$165.5	$2.19
Pension Settlement (1)	-	0.5	1.8	0.02
Severance related costs (2)	2.2	0.6	1.6	0.02
Amortization of Acquisition-related Intangible Assets (3)	0.2	-	2.1	0.03
Adjusted (Non-U.S. GAAP)	$194.0	$32.1	$171.0	$2.26
Three months ended June 30, 2019	Operating profit	Income tax expense	Net income	Diluted EPS
Reported (U.S. GAAP)	$80.5	$15.5	$66.1	$0.88
Restructuring and related charges (4)	1.4	0.3	1.1	0.01
Adjusted (Non-U.S. GAAP)	$81.9	$15.8	$67.2	$0.89
Six months ended June 30, 2019	Operating profit	Income tax expense	Net income	Diluted EPS
Reported (U.S. GAAP)	$151.2	$31.6	$121.5	$1.61
Restructuring and related charges (4)	2.0	0.5	1.5	0.02
Adjusted (Non-U.S. GAAP)	$153.2	$32.1	$123.0	$1.63

(1)	During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded a pension settlement charge of $0.9 million and $2.3 million, respectively, within other nonoperating expense (income), as it determined that normal-course lump-sum payments for our U.S. qualified defined benefit pension plan exceeded the threshold for settlement accounting.
(2)	During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded $2.2 million of severance related costs.
(3)	During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded $0.2 million of amortization expense within operating profit associated with an acquisition of an intangible asset during the second quarter of 2020. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 the company recorded $1.0 million and $2.0 million, respectively, of amortization expense in association with an acquisition of increased ownership interest in Daikyo.
(4)	During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded $1.4 million and $2.0 million, respectively, in restructuring and related charges.

 

WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES RECONCILIATION OF NON-U.S. GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (UNAUDITED) Please refer to "Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures" for more information (in millions, except per share data)
Reconciliation of Net Sales to Organic Net Sales (5)
Three months ended June 30, 2020	Proprietary	CM	Eliminations	Total
Reported net sales (U.S. GAAP)	$399.5	$127.8	(0.1)	$527.2
Effect of acquisitions and/or divestitures	-	-	-	-
Effect of changes in currency translation rates	8.6	1.0	-	9.6
Organic net sales (Non-U.S. GAAP) (5)	$408.1	$128.8	(0.1)	$536.8
Six months ended June 30, 2020	Proprietary	CM	Eliminations	Total
Reported net sales (U.S. GAAP)	$773.0	$245.9	(0.2)	$1,018.7
Effect of acquisitions and/or divestitures	(1.2)	-	-	(1.2)
Effect of changes in currency translation rates	17.0	2.4	-	19.4
Organic net sales (Non-U.S. GAAP) (5)	$788.8	$248.3	(0.2)	$1,036.9

(5)	Organic net sales exclude the impact from acquisitions and/or divestitures and translate the current-period reported sales of subsidiaries whose functional currency is other than the U.S. Dollar at the applicable foreign exchange rates in effect during the comparable prior-year period.

 

WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES RECONCILIATION OF NON-U.S. GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (UNAUDITED) Please refer to "Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures" for more information (in millions, except per share data)
Reconciliation of Reported-Diluted EPS Guidance to Adjusted-Diluted EPS Guidance
	2019 Actual	2020 Guidance	% Change
Reported-diluted EPS (U.S. GAAP)	$3.21	$4.06 to $4.16	26.5% to 29.6%
Restructuring and related charges	0.04	-
Gain on restructuring-related sales of assets	(0.02)	-
Pension settlement	0.04	0.02
Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets	-	0.05
Argentina devaluation	0.01	-
Tax recovery	(0.04)	-
Severance related costs	-	0.02
Adjusted-diluted EPS (Non-U.S. GAAP) (6)	$3.24	$4.15 to $4.25	28.1% to 31.2%

Notes:
See "Full-Year 2020 Financial Guidance" and "Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures" in today's press release for additional information regarding adjusted-diluted EPS.
(6)	In 2019, tax benefits associated with stock-based compensation increased adjusted-diluted EPS by $0.14.  We have opted not to forecast 2020 tax benefits from stock-based compensation in upcoming quarters, as they are out of the Company's control.  Instead, we recognize the benefits as they occur.  In the First-Quarter and Second-Quarter 2020, tax benefits associated with stock-based compensation increased adjusted-diluted EPS by $0.07 and $0.09, respectively.  Any future tax benefits associated with stock-based compensation that we receive in 2020 would provide a positive adjustment to our full-year EPS guidance.

 

WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES CASH FLOW ITEMS (UNAUDITED)  (in millions)
	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2020	2019
Depreciation and amortization	$52.2	$51.8
Operating cash flow	$205.2	$152.7
Capital expenditures	$69.2	$57.1
WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES FINANCIAL CONDITION (UNAUDITED) (in millions)
	As of June 30, 2020	As of December 31, 2019
Cash and cash equivalents	$445.9	$439.1
Accounts receivable, net	$340.6	$319.3
Inventories	$274.8	$235.7
Accounts payable	$162.3	$156.8
Debt	$256.2	$257.3
Equity	$1,606.3	$1,573.2
Working capital	$735.4	$717.1

 

Trademark Notices

Trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., in the United States and other jurisdictions, unless noted otherwise.

Daikyo^®, Daikyo Crystal Zenith^® and Daikyo CZ^® are registered trademarks of Daikyo Seiko, Ltd.  Daikyo Crystal Zenith technologies are licensed from Daikyo Seiko, Ltd.

 

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FAQ

What were West Pharmaceutical Services' Q2 2020 net sales?

West Pharmaceutical Services reported net sales of $527.2 million for Q2 2020.

How much did diluted EPS increase in Q2 2020 for WST?

Diluted EPS for West Pharmaceutical Services increased by 38% to $1.21 in Q2 2020.

What is West Pharmaceutical Services' adjusted diluted EPS for 2020?

The adjusted diluted EPS guidance for 2020 is between $4.15 and $4.25.

What is the organic sales growth reported by WST for Q2 2020?

West Pharmaceutical Services reported organic sales growth of 14.3% for Q2 2020.

What is the updated full-year guidance for net sales by WST?

The updated full-year 2020 net sales guidance is between $2.035 billion and $2.055 billion.