OMNICELL, INC. annual report, FY2012

Omnicell, Inc. — FY 2012 Form 10-K

Reporting period: Fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. The filing also presents unaudited fourth-quarter results. Omnicell supplies medication and medical-supply automation, analytics, and medication-adherence packaging solutions to healthcare providers.

Financial performance

MetricFY 2012FY 2011
Revenue$314.0 million$245.5 million
Gross profit / margin$170.6 million / 54.3%$135.8 million / 55.3%
Operating income / margin$27.1 million / 8.6%$16.2 million / 6.6%
Net income$16.2 million$10.4 million
Diluted EPS$0.47$0.30
Cash from operations$39.5 million$31.2 million

Revenue increased 27.9%; product revenue rose 33.2% and service and other revenue rose 11.2%. Gross margin declined by 1.0 percentage point, primarily due to the lower margins of the acquired Non-Acute Care business. The effective tax rate was 40.25%, versus 35.4% in 2011.

Fourth-quarter revenue was $90.2 million, compared with $62.9 million in Q4 2011. Operating income was $9.8 million versus $6.2 million; net income was $5.5 million versus $4.1 million; diluted EPS was $0.16 versus $0.12.

Liquidity, cash flow, and obligations

Cash and cash equivalents were $62.3 million at year-end, down from $191.8 million; short-term investments were zero, versus $8.1 million in 2011. Operating cash flow was positive at $39.5 million. Investing cash outflow was $168.7 million, principally reflecting the MTS acquisition; financing cash outflow was $0.2 million. Current assets were $180.8 million and current liabilities $83.1 million, a current ratio of approximately 2.2.

The filing does not present conventional borrowings as a separate balance-sheet debt item. It reports $45.6 million of operating lease commitments and $7.1 million of commitments to contract manufacturers and suppliers. Management said existing cash and anticipated operating cash flow should meet needs for at least the next 12 months. No off-balance-sheet arrangements were reported.

Material changes and business developments

  • Omnicell acquired MedPak, parent of MTS Medication Technologies, on May 21, 2012, for approximately $158.3 million in cash. MTS added medication packaging products and the Non-Acute Care segment. From acquisition through year-end, MTS contributed approximately $47.2 million in revenue and $2.9 million in net income.
  • FY 2012 segment revenue was $260.2 million for Acute Care and $53.9 million for Non-Acute Care. Segment operating income was $21.1 million and $6.0 million, respectively. Non-Acute Care results include MTS only from the acquisition date.
  • Year-end backlog increased to $155 million from $134 million. Management described the expected operating backlog as approximately six to nine months, with variation possible.
  • The acquisition increased goodwill to $111.4 million and finite-lived intangible assets to $85.6 million. Purchase-price allocation remained preliminary, including unresolved potential contingent payroll-tax withholding obligations.

Outlook, risks, and unusual items

Management expected revenue to increase significantly in 2013, citing a full year of MTS contribution, fulfillment of backlog, and customer upgrades to the G4 platform. It expected positive operating cash flow, R&D spending to rise but remain relatively flat as a share of revenue, and SG&A as a share of revenue to stabilize and decline. No specific EPS or revenue target was provided.

  • Demand depends partly on healthcare customers’ capital budgets; economic weakness, healthcare reform uncertainty, and lengthy purchasing and installation cycles can delay orders and revenue recognition.
  • Competition, product acceptance, interoperability with hospital information systems, supplier concentration, and execution of the MTS integration could affect results. Consumable packaging demand is time-sensitive.
  • In November 2012, an employee’s stolen device contained medication-dispensing log files with protected health information from three health-system customers. The company cited possible indemnification, reputational, demand, and HIPAA penalty exposure; the filing does not quantify a loss or liability.
  • Omnicell reported no legal proceedings management believed would materially affect financial position or results. It reported effective disclosure controls and internal financial controls, but the internal-control assessment excluded MTS.
  • Acquisition-related items included $3.2 million of acquisition costs and approximately $1.7 million of acquired-inventory step-up charges. The 2012 tax provision did not include the federal R&D credit; management expected a $0.6–$0.8 million benefit in Q1 2013 after the credit’s retroactive extension.

Important facts for investors to verify

  • Whether the expected 2013 growth materialized and how much came from organic growth versus the full-year MTS contribution.
  • Integration progress, final MTS purchase-price allocation, and performance of the Non-Acute Care segment given its lower gross margin.
  • Backlog conversion, installation timing, and whether the six-to-nine-month backlog objective was sustained.
  • Cash generation and liquidity after the acquisition, including lease obligations and remaining share-repurchase authorization of $50 million.
  • Any financial, regulatory, customer, or reputational consequences from the disclosed protected-health-information incident.