NYSE$BIO

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc · Q4 2022 earnings

Q4 2022 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Bio-Rad's Q4 2022 earnings decreased slightly due to decline in COVID related revenue, but was offset by strong growth in the Life Science segment and operational improvements.

Bio-Rad Laboratories reported a slight decrease in net sales for Q4 2022, with growth in the Life Science segment offset by a decline in the Clinical Diagnostics segment. The company saw a significant increase in net income compared to the previous year, primarily due to changes in the fair market value of equity securities.

  • Q4 net sales decreased by 0.3% year-over-year to $730.3 million.
  • COVID-related revenue declined to approximately $13 million compared to $46 million in the same period last year.
  • Life Science segment net sales increased by 10.1% year-over-year to $359.7 million.
  • Net income for the quarter was $827.7 million, or $27.78 per share, compared to a net loss of $1,572.2 million in the same period last year.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$730M

Previous: $733M-0.3%
EPS (adj)

$3.31

Previous: $3.21+3.1%
Gross Margin

54.4%

Previous: 54.7%-0.5%
Operating Margin

16.2%

Previous: 14.6%+11.0%
Capital Expenditures

$45.6M

Previous: $43.2M+5.4%
Free Cash Flow

$44.9M

Previous: $115M-60.9%
Net Income

$828M

Previous: -$1.57B+152.6%
Operating Income

$119M

Previous: $107M+10.9%
Gross Profit

$397M

Previous: $401M-1.0%
Cash & Equivalents

$434M

Previous: $471M-7.8%
Total Assets

$13.5B

Previous: $17.8B-24.0%
Stock-Based Comp

$18.1M

Previous: $15M+20.7%

Revenue & EPS history

Bio-Rad · Revenue · Quarterly

$730M

Q4 2022-0.3%vs Q4 2021
Beat estimate in 6 of 15 quarters(40%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Bio-Rad · $729M total across 2 segments · Q4 2022

  • Clinical Diagnostics Group
    $370M-8.7%
  • Life Science Group
    $360M+10.1%

Forward guidance

Bio-Rad anticipates non-GAAP, currency-neutral revenue growth of approximately 6.0 to 7.0 percent and an estimated non-GAAP operating margin of approximately 19.5 percent for the full year 2023.

Tailwinds

  • Operational scale
  • Operational improvements
  • Continued innovation
  • Strong markets
  • Markets have largely recovered from the pandemic

Headwinds

  • Foreign currency fluctuations
  • Future gains or losses associated with certain legal matters
  • Acquisitions
  • Restructuring activities
  • inherently difficult to predict and estimate due to their unknown timing

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2022

Historical avgQ4 2022

+0.9%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.8%

Avg return

5 days after

+0.3%

Avg return

30 days after

54%

37 / 68 earnings

Positive

+20.0%

Q3 2017

Best reaction

-16.9%

Q1 2023

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-8.6%-7.5%+11.3%
Q4 2025-12.3%-7.4%-10.1%
Q3 2025-4.7%-2.7%+1.7%
Q1 2025-1.9%-3.3%-5.6%
Q4 2024-9.5%-7.4%-16.9%
Q3 2024+8.0%+11.2%+2.7%
Q2 2024-0.7%-3.4%-0.3%
Q1 2024-4.9%+0.0%+2.5%
Q4 2023+3.8%+4.8%+1.7%
Q3 2023-6.7%-5.1%+7.3%
Q2 2023-0.9%-0.2%-2.3%
Q1 2023-16.9%-20.9%-19.7%
Q4 2022+4.9%+1.7%+2.0%
Q3 2022-10.1%-9.1%+2.5%
Q2 2022+3.0%+0.2%-9.4%
Q1 2022+2.2%-0.0%+9.2%
Q4 2021-1.2%-3.1%-16.8%
Q3 2021+3.9%+1.9%-1.9%
Q2 2021+4.7%+5.6%+12.2%
Q1 2021-2.9%-7.8%-7.2%
Q4 2020+4.8%+2.8%-11.4%
Q3 2020+4.8%+7.5%-4.4%
Q2 2020-1.1%-0.7%-6.0%
Q1 2020+3.9%+6.2%+2.1%
Q4 2019+7.5%+8.5%-7.4%
Q3 2019+2.3%+1.1%+7.2%
Q2 2019+6.7%+1.9%+7.2%
Q1 2019+3.9%-0.5%-2.6%
Q4 2018+15.8%+14.0%+11.6%
Q3 2018-1.1%+2.2%+0.6%
Q2 2018+0.3%+1.4%+0.4%
Q1 2018+8.3%+11.9%+16.6%
Q4 2017+4.7%+2.0%-3.0%
Q3 2017+20.0%+20.4%+23.4%
Q2 2017-4.7%-7.4%-8.2%
Q1 2017-0.8%+1.4%+3.8%
Q4 2016+0.1%+1.5%+4.6%
Q3 2016+4.8%+4.2%+10.4%
Q2 2016+6.1%+5.2%+3.5%
Q1 2016-0.5%
Q4 2015+4.8%
Q3 2015-0.6%
Q2 2015-0.2%
Q1 2015+4.3%
Q4 2014+7.8%
Q3 2014-1.9%
Q2 2014+5.0%
Q1 2014-3.2%
Q4 2013-1.6%
Q3 2013-0.9%
Q2 2013-2.5%
Q1 2013-1.0%
Q4 2012+5.3%
Q3 2012+0.3%
Q2 2012+7.3%
Q1 2012-2.1%
Q4 2011-0.4%
Q2 2011-0.4%
Q3 2011+2.2%
Q1 2011+1.0%
Q1 2010+1.0%
Q4 2008-1.3%
Q4 2010-1.3%
Q3 2010+0.4%
Q3 2009+0.4%
Q4 2009+0.3%
Q2 2009+0.3%
Q2 2010+0.3%

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