ICU Medical Announces First Quarter 2017 Results

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., May 10, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ICU Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq:ICUI), a leader in the development, manufacture and sale of innovative medical devices used in infusion therapy and critical care applications, today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2017.

First Quarter 2017 Results

First quarter 2017 revenue was $247.7 million, compared to $89.9 million in the same period last year. GAAP gross profit for the first quarter of 2017 was $88.9 million, as compared to $49.2 million in the same period last year.  GAAP gross margin for the first quarter of 2017 was 36%, as compared to 55% in the same period last year.  GAAP net income for the first quarter of 2017 was $55.9 million, or $2.86 per diluted share, as compared to GAAP net income of $18.2 million, or $1.08 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2016, which were both adjusted from the previously announced adoption of  FASB ASU 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-based Payment Accounting, effective January 1, 2016.

Adjusted net sales for the first quarter of 2017 was $248.1 million. Adjusted gross profit for the first quarter of 2017 was $111.0 million.  Adjusted gross margin for the first quarter of 2017 was 45%.  Adjusted diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2017 were $1.68 as compared to $1.26 for the first quarter of 2016. Also, adjusted EBITDA was $50.1 million for the first quarter of 2017 as compared to $32.7 million for the first quarter of 2016.

Adjusted net sales, adjusted gross profit, adjusted gross margin, adjusted diluted earnings per share and adjusted EBITDA are measures calculated and presented on the basis of methodologies other than in accordance with GAAP.  Please refer to the Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information following the financial statements herein for further discussion and reconciliations of these measures to GAAP measures.

Vivek Jain, ICU Medical's Chief Executive Officer, said, "Revenues were in-line with our expectations and our adjusted EBITDA and adjusted earnings per share were slightly ahead of our expectations due to minor discrete accounting and tax benefits. Integration activities are progressing as planned.”

Revenues by market segment for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 were as follows (in millions):