CLEARWATER, Fla., July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lincare Holdings Inc. , a leading provider of oxygen and other respiratory therapy services delivered to patients in the home, today announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009.
For the quarter ended June 30, 2009, net revenues were $380.4 million, compared with net revenues of $428.4 million for the second quarter of 2008. Net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, was $33.5 million, compared with net income of $60.1 million for the second quarter of 2008. Diluted earnings per share were $0.49 for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, compared with $0.79 diluted earnings per share for the comparable prior year period.
Revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2009, were $752.0 million, compared with net revenues of $843.8 million for the comparable period in 2008. Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2009, was $59.5 million, compared with net income of $118.4 million for the first half of 2008. Diluted earnings per share were $0.85 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared with $1.55 diluted earnings per share for the comparable period last year.
The reported results include the following items:
John P. Byrnes, Lincare’s Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are pleased with Lincare’s operating and financial performance in the first half of 2009. While the Medicare changes effective as of January 1st of this year have been challenging, we are experiencing strong growth in our core respiratory business as our competitors struggle to deal with the severe financial consequences of the Medicare price cuts.”
Lincare generated $149.1 million of cash from operating activities during the first six months of 2009 and invested $60.8 million in net capital expenditures. The Company repurchased 6.6 million shares of its common stock during the first half of the year for $150.3 million and common shares outstanding at June 30, 2009 were 67,799,847. As of June 30, 2009, total debt outstanding was $474.9 million and cash and investments were $65.8 million.
Lincare, headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, is one of the nation’s largest providers of oxygen and other respiratory therapy services to patients in the home. The Company provides services and equipment to more than 700,000 customers in 48 states through 1,056 local centers.
Statements in this release concerning future results, performance or expectations are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based upon information available to Lincare as of the date hereof and Lincare assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Lincare’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties contain terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue” or variations of these terms or other comparable terminology.
Key factors that have an impact on Lincare’s ability to attain any estimates contained in this release include potential reductions in reimbursement rates by government and other third party payors, changes in reimbursement policies, the demand for Lincare’s products and services, the availability of appropriate acquisition candidates and Lincare’s ability to successfully complete and integrate acquisitions, efficient operation of Lincare’s existing and future operating facilities, regulation and/or regulatory action affecting Lincare or its business, economic and competitive conditions, access to borrowed and/or equity capital on favorable terms and other risks described in the filings of Lincare with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In developing its forward-looking statements, Lincare has made certain assumptions relating to reimbursement rates and policies, internal growth and acquisitions and the outcome of various legal and regulatory proceedings. If the assumptions used by Lincare differ materially from what actually occurs, then actual results could vary significantly from the performance projected in the forward-looking statements. Lincare is under no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this release.
The new Medicare oxygen regulations are complex and represent a fundamental change in the payment approach to oxygen. The assumptions used by the Company to develop its preliminary estimates of the financial impact of the oxygen capped rental regulations are highly dependent upon a number of variables, including, (i) the number of Medicare oxygen customers reaching 36 months of continuous service, (ii) the number of customers receiving reimbursable oxygen contents beyond the 36-month rental period, (iii) the ultimate duration of therapy for customers on service beyond 36 months, (iv) the incidence of customers with equipment deemed to be beyond its useful life that may be eligible for new equipment and therefore a new rental episode, (v) payment amounts and coverage guidelines established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reimburse suppliers for maintenance of capped oxygen equipment, and (vi) the extent to which other government and private payors attempt to adopt new oxygen payment rules similar to those now in effect by Medicare. These estimates are subject to change as more information becomes available to the Company and the Company assumes no obligation to update these estimates after the date of this release.
SOURCE Lincare Holdings Inc.
CONTACT: Paul G. Gabos of Lincare Holdings Inc., +1-727-530-7700
Web site: http://www.lincare.com/
