WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (NYSE: CRL) today reported its results for the third quarter of 2024. For the quarter, revenue was $1.01 billion, a decrease of 1.6% from $1.03 billion in the third quarter of 2023.
The impact of foreign currency translation benefited reported revenue by 0.4%, and an acquisition contributed 0.9% to consolidated third-quarter revenue. A divestiture of a small Safety Assessment site reduced reported revenue by 0.2%. Excluding the effect of these items, revenue declined 2.7% on an organic basis. On a segment basis, organic revenue growth in the Manufacturing Solutions (Manufacturing) and Research Models and Services (RMS) segments were more than offset by lower revenue in the Discovery and Safety Assessment (DSA) segment.
In the third quarter of 2024, the GAAP operating margin decreased to 11.6% from 14.8% in the third quarter of 2023. This GAAP decrease was primarily driven by costs associated with the Company’s restructuring initiatives. On a non-GAAP basis, the operating margin improved in all three segments; however, the improvements were more than offset by higher unallocated corporate costs, which resulted in the third-quarter operating margin decreasing to 19.9% from 20.5%.
On a GAAP basis, third-quarter net income attributable to common shareholders was $68.7 million, a decrease of 21.4% from $87.4 million for the same period in 2023. Third-quarter diluted earnings per share on a GAAP basis were $1.33, a decrease of 21.3% from $1.69 for the third quarter of 2023. The GAAP net income and earnings per share decreases were driven primarily by lower revenue and operating income, which included higher costs associated with the Company’s restructuring initiatives. On a non-GAAP basis, net income was $133.7 million for the third quarter of 2024, a decrease of 4.8% from $140.5 million for the same period in 2023. Third-quarter diluted earnings per share on a non-GAAP basis were $2.59, a decrease of 4.8% from $2.72 per share for the third quarter of 2023. The decreases in non-GAAP net income and earnings per share were driven primarily by lower revenue and operating income.
James C. Foster, Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Forward-looking demand indicators were relatively stable in the third quarter, contributing to third-quarter financial performance which exceeded our prior outlook. We are continuing to navigate through a challenging period as global biopharmaceutical clients reduce spending in conjunction with major restructuring and pipeline reprioritization activities, but overall demand trends do not appear to have deteriorated further. In addition, biotech funding has improved in 2024, and demand appears to be demonstrating early signs of stabilization. These factors resulted in a slight, sequential improvement in net book-to-bill and the cancellation rate in the Safety Assessment business.”
“We remain laser focused during this period on our strategy, which includes aggressively managing our cost structure, enhancing our clients’ experiences to gain additional share, and protecting shareholder value. We will continue to distinguish ourselves through our exceptional science and preclinical focus, in order to extend our leading position as our clients’ preferred, global, non-clinical drug development partner. We expect to emerge from this period as a stronger, leaner, and more profitable company, and an even more responsive partner for our clients,” Mr. Foster concluded.
Third-Quarter Segment Results
Research Models and Services (RMS)
Revenue for the RMS segment was $197.8 million in the third quarter of 2024, an increase of 5.9% from $186.8 million in the third quarter of 2023. The Noveprim acquisition in November 2023 contributed 4.9% to third-quarter RMS reported revenue, and the impact of foreign currency translation increased revenue by 0.4%. Organic revenue increased by 0.6%, due primarily to higher sales of small research models in all geographic regions, principally driven by higher pricing. This was largely offset by a revenue decline for research model services, particularly in the Insourcing Solutions business.
In the third quarter of 2024, the RMS segment’s GAAP operating margin decreased to 13.9% from 15.2% in the third quarter of 2023. The GAAP operating margin decline was driven primarily by higher amortization expense related to the Noveprim acquisition coupled with higher costs associated with the Company’s restructuring initiatives, including severance and site consolidation costs. On a non-GAAP basis, the operating margin increased to 21.0% from 18.9%. The non-GAAP operating margin increase was primarily driven by higher pricing for small research models, a favorable revenue mix related to the Noveprim acquisition, and the benefit of cost savings associated with the Company's restructuring initiatives.
Discovery and Safety Assessment (DSA)
Revenue for the DSA segment was $615.1 million in the third quarter of 2024, a decrease of 7.4% from $664.0 million in the third quarter of 2023. The divestiture of a small Safety Assessment site reduced reported revenue by 0.3% and the impact of foreign currency translation increased DSA revenue by 0.3%. Organic revenue decreased by 7.4%, driven primarily by lower sales volume in both the Discovery Services and Safety Assessment businesses.
In the third quarter of 2024, the DSA segment’s GAAP operating margin decreased to 20.6% from 22.1% in the third quarter of 2023 primarily driven by lower revenue and higher severance costs related to restructuring initiatives. On a non-GAAP basis, the operating margin increased to 27.4% from 27.2% in the third quarter of 2023. The non-GAAP operating margin increase was primarily driven by the benefit of cost savings associated with restructuring initiatives.
Manufacturing Solutions (Manufacturing)
Revenue for the Manufacturing segment was $196.9 million in the third quarter of 2024, an increase of 12.0% from $175.7 million in the third quarter of 2023. The impact of foreign currency translation increased Manufacturing revenue by 0.2%. Organic revenue growth of 11.8% reflected higher revenue across each of the segment’s businesses.
In the third quarter of 2024, the Manufacturing segment’s GAAP operating margin increased to 20.4% from 15.0% in the third quarter of 2023, and on a non-GAAP basis, the operating margin increased to 28.7%, from 24.5% in the third quarter of 2023. The GAAP and non-GAAP operating margin increases were driven primarily by improved operating leverage from higher revenue in each of segment’s businesses, as well as the benefit of cost savings associated with restructuring initiatives.
Stock Repurchase Update
On August 2, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a new stock repurchase authorization of $1.0 billion. Following the new authorization, the Company repurchased 500,000 shares during the third quarter of 2024 for a total of $100.7 million. As of September 28, 2024, the Company has $899.3 million remaining on its $1.0 billion stock repurchase authorization.
Updates 2024 Guidance
The Company is updating its financial guidance for 2024, which was previously revised on August 7, 2024. Revenue and non-GAAP earnings per share guidance have been narrowed and slightly raised from the midpoint of the previous ranges to principally reflect the third-quarter financial performance, which exceeded the Company's prior outlook. In addition, GAAP earnings per share guidance has been reduced due primarily to increased charges related to the Company's additional restructuring actions.
The Company’s 2024 guidance for revenue growth and earnings per share is as follows:
2024 GUIDANCE |
CURRENT |
PRIOR |
Revenue growth/(decrease), reported |
(3.0)%-(2.0)% |
(4.5)% – (2.5)% |
Impact of divestitures/(acquisitions), net |
~(0.5)% |
~(0.5)% |
(Favorable)/unfavorable impact of foreign exchange |
~(0.5)% |
-- |
Revenue growth/(decrease), organic (1) |
(4.0)% – (3.0)% |
(5.0)% – (3.0)% |
GAAP EPS estimate |
$5.30 - $5.50 |
$5.65 – $5.95 |
Acquisition-related amortization (2) |
~$2.50 |
~$2.75 |
Acquisition and integration-related adjustments (3) |
~$0.35 |
~$0.20 |
Costs associated with restructuring actions (4) |
~$1.50 |
~$1.00 |
Certain venture capital and other strategic investment losses/(gains), net (5) |
($0.17) |
($0.14) |
Incremental dividends related to Noveprim (6) |
$0.25 – $0.30 |
~$0.25 |
Other items (7) |
~$0.35 |
~$0.20 |
Non-GAAP EPS estimate |
$10.10 – $10.30 |
$9.90 – $10.20 |
Footnotes to Guidance Table: |
(1) Organic revenue growth is defined as reported revenue growth adjusted for completed acquisitions and divestitures, as well as foreign currency translation. |
(2) These adjustments include amortization related to intangible assets, as well as the purchase accounting step-up on inventory and certain long-term biological assets. |
(3) These adjustments are related to the evaluation and integration of acquisitions and divestitures, and primarily include transaction, advisory, certain third-party integration, and related costs; as well as fair value adjustments associated with contingent consideration arrangements. |
(4) These adjustments primarily include site consolidation (including site transition costs), severance, impairment, and other costs related to the Company’s restructuring actions. |
(5) Certain venture capital and other strategic investment performance only includes recognized gains or losses on certain investments. The Company does not forecast the future performance of these investments. |
(6) This item primarily relates to incremental dividends attributable to Noveprim noncontrolling interest holders who have and may continue to receive preferential dividends for fiscal year 2024. |
(7) These items primarily relate to (i) certain third-party legal costs related to investigations by the U.S. government into the NHP supply chain related to our Safety Assessment business; and (ii) charges associated with U.S. and international tax legislation that necessitated changes to the Company’s international financing structure. |
Webcast
Charles River has scheduled a live webcast on Wednesday, November 6th, at 9:30 a.m. ET to discuss matters relating to this press release. To participate, please go to ir.criver.com and select the webcast link. You can also find the associated slide presentation and reconciliations of GAAP financial measures to non-GAAP financial measures on the website.
Non-GAAP Reconciliations
The Company reports non-GAAP results in this press release, which exclude often-one-time charges and other items that are outside of normal operations. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results is provided in the schedules at the end of this press release.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release contains non-GAAP financial measures, such as non-GAAP earnings per diluted share, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, and non-GAAP net income. Non-GAAP financial measures exclude, but are not limited to, the amortization of intangible assets and the purchase accounting step-up adjustment on inventory and certain long term biological assets, and other charges and adjustments related to our acquisitions and divestitures, including incremental dividends attributable to Noveprim noncontrolling interest holders and the gain on our sale of our Avian Vaccine business; expenses associated with evaluating and integrating acquisitions and divestitures, including advisory fees and certain other transaction-related costs, as well as fair value adjustments associated with contingent consideration; charges, gains, and losses attributable to businesses or properties we plan to close, consolidate, or divest; severance and other costs associated with our restructuring initiatives; the write-off of deferred financing costs and fees related to debt financing; investment gains or losses associated with our venture capital and other strategic equity investments; certain legal costs in our Microbial Solutions business related to environmental litigation and in our Safety Assessment business related to U.S. government investigations into the NHP supply chain; tax effect of all of the aforementioned matters; and adjustments related to the recognition of deferred tax assets expected to be utilized as a result of changes to the our international financing structure and the revaluation of deferred tax liabilities as a result of foreign tax legislation. This press release also refers to our revenue on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis: on a non-GAAP basis, we define “organic revenue growth,” which we define as reported revenue growth adjusted for foreign currency translation, acquisitions, and divestitures. We exclude these items from the non-GAAP financial measures because they are outside our normal operations. There are limitations in using non-GAAP financial measures, as they are not presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and may be different than non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. In particular, we believe that the inclusion of supplementary non-GAAP financial measures in this press release helps investors to gain a meaningful understanding of our core operating results and future prospects without the effect of these often-one-time charges, and is consistent with how management measures and forecasts the Company's performance, especially when comparing such results to prior periods or forecasts. We believe that the financial impact of our acquisitions and divestitures (and in certain cases, the evaluation of such acquisitions and divestitures, whether or not ultimately consummated) is often large relative to our overall financial performance, which can adversely affect the comparability of our results on a period-to-period basis. In addition, certain activities and their underlying associated costs, such as business acquisitions, generally occur periodically but on an unpredictable basis. We calculate non-GAAP integration costs to include third-party integration costs incurred post-acquisition. Presenting revenue on an organic basis allows investors to measure our revenue growth exclusive of acquisitions, divestitures, and foreign currency exchange fluctuations more clearly. Non-GAAP results also allow investors to compare the Company’s operations against the financial results of other companies in the industry who similarly provide non-GAAP results. The non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release are not meant to be considered superior to or a substitute for results of operations presented in accordance with GAAP. The Company intends to continue to assess the potential value of reporting non-GAAP results consistent with applicable rules and regulations. Reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are set forth in this press release, and can also be found on the Company’s website at ir.criver.com.
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “will,” “would,” “may,” “estimate,” “plan,” “outlook,” and “project,” and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These statements also include statements regarding Charles River’s expectations regarding the availability of Cambodia-sourced NHPs; the impact of the investigations by the U.S. government into the Cambodia NHP supply chain, including but not limited to Charles River’s ability to cooperate fully with the U.S. government; Charles River’s ability to effectively manage any Cambodia NHP supply impact; the projected future financial performance of Charles River and our specific businesses, including our expectations with respect to the impact of NHP supply constraints and our ability to gain market share; earnings per share; operating margin; client demand, particularly the future demand for drug discovery and development products and services, including our expectations for future revenue trends; our expectations with respect to pricing of our products and services; our expectations with respect to future tax rates and the impact of such tax rates on our business; our expectations with respect to the impact of acquisitions and divestitures completed in 2021, 2022, and 2023, including the Noveprim acquisition, on the Company, our service offerings, client perception, strategic relationships, revenue, revenue growth rates, revenue growth drivers, and earnings; the development and performance of our services and products, including our investments in our portfolio; market and industry conditions including the outsourcing of services and identification of spending trends by our clients and funding available to them; ability to gain market share and capitalize on business opportunities; the impact of our restructuring initiatives, including annualized savings; the impact of our stock repurchase authorization; and Charles River’s future performance, including as delineated in our forward-looking guidance, and particularly our expectations with respect to revenue, the impact of foreign exchange, interest rates, enhanced efficiency initiatives. Forward-looking statements are based on Charles River’s current expectations and beliefs, and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by the forward-looking statements. Those risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: NHP supply constraints and the investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice, including the impact on our projected future financial performance, the timing of the resumption of Cambodia NHP imports into the U.S., our ability to manage supply impact, and potential study delays in our Safety Assessment business attributable to NHP supply constraints; changes and uncertainties in the global economy and financial markets; the ability to successfully integrate businesses we acquire, including Noveprim; the timing and magnitude of our share repurchases; negative trends in research and development spending, negative trends in the level of outsourced services, or other cost reduction actions by our clients; the ability to convert backlog to revenue; special interest groups; contaminations; industry trends; new displacement technologies; USDA and FDA regulations; changes in law; continued availability of products and supplies; loss of key personnel; interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; changes in tax regulation and laws; changes in generally accepted accounting principles; disruptions in the global economy caused by geopolitical conflicts; and any changes in business, political, or economic conditions due to the threat of future terrorist activity in the U.S. and other parts of the world, and related U.S. military action overseas. A further description of these risks, uncertainties, and other matters can be found in the Risk Factors detailed in Charles River's Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed on February 14, 2024, as well as other filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Because forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, actual results and events may differ materially from results and events currently expected by Charles River, and Charles River assumes no obligation and expressly disclaims any duty to update information contained in this press release except as required by law.
About Charles River
Charles River provides essential products and services to help pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, government agencies and leading academic institutions around the globe accelerate their research and drug development efforts. Our dedicated employees are focused on providing clients with exactly what they need to improve and expedite the discovery, early-stage development and safe manufacture of new therapies for the patients who need them. To learn more about our unique portfolio and breadth of services, visit www.criver.com.
| CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. | |||||||||||||||
| SCHEDULE 1 | |||||||||||||||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED) | |||||||||||||||
| (in thousands, except for per share data) | |||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
| September 28, 2024 |
September 30, 2023 |
September 28, 2024 |
September 30, 2023 |
||||||||||||
| Service revenue | $ |
832,463 |
|
$ |
869,759 |
|
$ |
2,492,225 |
|
$ |
2,602,016 |
|
|||
| Product revenue |
|
177,300 |
|
|
156,864 |
|
|
555,215 |
|
|
513,917 |
|
|||
| Total revenue |
|
1,009,763 |
|
|
1,026,623 |
|
|
3,047,440 |
|
|
3,115,933 |
|
|||
| Costs and expenses: | |||||||||||||||
| Cost of services provided (excluding amortization of intangible assets) |
|
568,699 |
|
|
587,560 |
|
|
1,724,246 |
|
|
1,731,136 |
|
|||
| Cost of products sold (excluding amortization of intangible assets) |
|
92,043 |
|
|
77,223 |
|
|
275,617 |
|
|
246,326 |
|
|||
| Selling, general and administrative |
|
199,213 |
|
|
176,109 |
|
|
555,295 |
|
|
550,713 |
|
|||
| Amortization of intangible assets |
|
32,403 |
|
|
34,229 |
|
|
97,248 |
|
|
103,419 |
|
|||
| Operating income |
|
117,405 |
|
|
151,502 |
|
|
395,034 |
|
|
484,339 |
|
|||
| Other income (expense): | |||||||||||||||
| Interest income |
|
1,528 |
|
|
1,373 |
|
|
6,740 |
|
|
3,605 |
|
|||
| Interest expense |
|
(30,284 |
) |
|
(33,742 |
) |
|
(98,054 |
) |
|
(103,166 |
) |
|||
| Other income (expense), net |
|
2,592 |
|
|
(6,260 |
) |
|
6,185 |
|
|
(12,200 |
) |
|||
| Income before income taxes |
|
91,241 |
|
|
112,873 |
|
|
309,905 |
|
|
372,578 |
|
|||
| Provision for income taxes |
|
20,946 |
|
|
24,852 |
|
|
70,867 |
|
|
81,160 |
|
|||
| Net income |
|
70,295 |
|
|
88,021 |
|
|
239,038 |
|
|
291,418 |
|
|||
| Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests |
|
638 |
|
|
632 |
|
|
2,340 |
|
|
3,878 |
|
|||
| Net income available to Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | $ |
69,657 |
|
$ |
87,389 |
|
$ |
236,698 |
|
$ |
287,540 |
|
|||
| Calculation of net income per share attributable to common shareholders of Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | |||||||||||||||
| Net income available to Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | $ |
69,657 |
|
$ |
87,389 |
|
$ |
236,698 |
|
$ |
287,540 |
|
|||
| Less: Adjustment of redeemable noncontrolling interest |
|
379 |
|
|
— |
|
|
1,081 |
|
|
— |
|
|||
| Less: Incremental dividends attributable to noncontrolling interest holders |
|
599 |
|
|
— |
|
|
9,621 |
|
|
— |
|
|||
| Net income available to Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. common shareholders | $ |
68,679 |
|
$ |
87,389 |
|
$ |
225,996 |
|
$ |
287,540 |
|
|||
| Earnings per common share | |||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ |
1.34 |
|
$ |
1.70 |
|
$ |
4.39 |
|
$ |
5.62 |
|
|||
| Diluted | $ |
1.33 |
|
$ |
1.69 |
|
$ |
4.37 |
|
$ |
5.58 |
|
|||
| Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding: | |||||||||||||||
| Basic |
|
51,394 |
|
|
51,283 |
|
|
51,461 |
|
|
51,199 |
|
|||
| Diluted |
|
51,583 |
|
|
51,607 |
|
|
51,713 |
|
|
51,493 |
|
|||
| CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. | |||||||
|
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| SCHEDULE 2 | |||||||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED) | |||||||
| (in thousands, except per share amounts) | |||||||
| September 28, 2024 |
December 30, 2023 |
||||||
| Assets | |||||||
| Current assets: | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ |
210,171 |
|
$ |
276,771 |
|
|
| Trade receivables and contract assets, net of allowances for credit losses of $23,877 and $25,722, respectively |
|
754,207 |
|
|
780,375 |
|
|
| Inventories |
|
336,200 |
|
|
380,259 |
|
|
| Prepaid assets |
|
92,631 |
|
|
87,879 |
|
|
| Other current assets |
|
101,514 |
|
|
83,378 |
|
|
| Total current assets |
|
1,494,723 |
|
|
1,608,662 |
|
|
| Property, plant and equipment, net |
|
1,639,978 |
|
|
1,639,741 |
|
|
| Venture capital and strategic equity investments |
|
235,987 |
|
|
243,811 |
|
|
| Operating lease right-of-use assets, net |
|
385,133 |
|
|
394,029 |
|
|
| Goodwill |
|
3,124,592 |
|
|
3,095,045 |
|
|
| Intangible assets, net |
|
778,461 |
|
|
864,051 |
|
|
| Deferred tax assets |
|
37,963 |
|
|
40,279 |
|
|
| Other assets |
|
307,005 |
|
|
309,383 |
|
|
| Total assets | $ |
8,003,842 |
|
$ |
8,195,001 |
|
|
| Liabilities, Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests and Equity | |||||||
| Current liabilities: | |||||||
| Accounts payable | $ |
135,963 |
|
$ |
168,937 |
|
|
| Accrued compensation |
|
211,077 |
|
|
213,290 |
|
|
| Deferred revenue |
|
251,968 |
|
|
241,820 |
|
|
| Accrued liabilities |
|
208,124 |
|
|
227,825 |
|
|
| Other current liabilities |
|
205,089 |
|
|
203,210 |
|
|
| Total current liabilities |
|
1,012,221 |
|
|
1,055,082 |
|
|
| Long-term debt, net and finance leases |
|
2,326,653 |
|
|
2,647,147 |
|
|
| Operating lease right-of-use liabilities |
|
432,836 |
|
|
419,234 |
|
|
| Deferred tax liabilities |
|
167,746 |
|
|
191,349 |
|
|
| Other long-term liabilities |
|
236,669 |
|
|
223,191 |
|
|
| Total liabilities |
|
4,176,125 |
|
|
4,536,003 |
|
|
| Redeemable noncontrolling interest |
|
40,590 |
|
|
56,722 |
|
|
| Equity: | |||||||
| Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 20,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
| Common stock, $0.01 par value; 120,000 shares authorized; 51,718 shares issued and 51,134 shares outstanding as of September 28, 2024, and 51,338 shares issued and outstanding as of December 30, 2023 |
|
517 |
|
|
513 |
|
|
| Additional paid-in capital |
|
1,971,413 |
|
|
1,905,578 |
|
|
| Retained earnings |
|
2,122,835 |
|
|
1,887,218 |
|
|
| Treasury stock, at cost, 584 and zero shares, as of September 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, respectively |
|
(119,621 |
) |
|
— |
|
|
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
(192,871 |
) |
|
(196,427 |
) |
|
| Total Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. equity |
|
3,782,273 |
|
|
3,596,882 |
|
|
| Nonredeemable noncontrolling interests |
|
4,854 |
|
|
5,394 |
|
|
| Total equity |
|
3,787,127 |
|
|
3,602,276 |
|
|
| Total liabilities, equity and noncontrolling interests | $ |
8,003,842 |
|
$ |
8,195,001 |
|
|
| CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. | |||||||
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| SCHEDULE 3 | |||||||
| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED) | |||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||
| Nine Months Ended | |||||||
| September 28, 2024 |
September 30, 2023 |
||||||
| Cash flows relating to operating activities | |||||||
| Net income | $ |
239,038 |
|
$ |
291,418 |
|
|
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | |||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
|
259,637 |
|
|
233,610 |
|
|
| Stock-based compensation |
|
52,656 |
|
|
52,527 |
|
|
| Deferred income taxes |
|
(25,988 |
) |
|
(28,251 |
) |
|
| Long-lived asset impairment charges |
|
17,339 |
|
|
26,202 |
|
|
| (Gain) loss on venture capital & strategic equity investments, net |
|
(8,788 |
) |
|
9,246 |
|
|
| Provision for credit losses |
|
8,223 |
|
|
11,030 |
|
|
| Loss on divestitures, net |
|
659 |
|
|
995 |
|
|
| Other, net |
|
20,372 |
|
|
6,947 |
|
|
| Changes in assets and liabilities: | |||||||
| Trade receivables and contract assets, net |
|
18,300 |
|
|
(59,081 |
) |
|
| Inventories |
|
13,789 |
|
|
(44,126 |
) |
|
| Accounts payable |
|
(7,095 |
) |
|
(26,531 |
) |
|
| Accrued compensation |
|
(1,981 |
) |
|
28,438 |
|
|
| Deferred revenue |
|
13,583 |
|
|
(9,997 |
) |
|
| Customer contract deposits |
|
14,707 |
|
|
(21,534 |
) |
|
| Other assets and liabilities, net |
|
(39,236 |
) |
|
(7,938 |
) |
|
| Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
575,215 |
|
|
462,955 |
|
|
| Cash flows relating to investing activities | |||||||
| Acquisition of businesses and assets, net of cash acquired |
|
(5,479 |
) |
|
(50,166 |
) |
|
| Capital expenditures |
|
(157,351 |
) |
|
(240,205 |
) |
|
| Purchases of investments and contributions to venture capital investments |
|
(45,264 |
) |
|
(36,322 |
) |
|
| Proceeds from sale of investments |
|
39,470 |
|
|
3,953 |
|
|
| Other, net |
|
(358 |
) |
|
(2,044 |
) |
|
| Net cash used in investing activities |
|
(168,982 |
) |
|
(324,784 |
) |
|
| Cash flows relating to financing activities | |||||||
| Proceeds from long-term debt and revolving credit facility |
|
976,783 |
|
|
333,034 |
|
|
| Proceeds from exercises of stock options |
|
23,110 |
|
|
19,658 |
|
|
| Payments on long-term debt, revolving credit facility, and finance lease obligations |
|
(1,316,990 |
) |
|
(530,909 |
) |
|
| Purchase of treasury stock |
|
(119,051 |
) |
|
(24,016 |
) |
|
| Payments of contingent consideration |
|
— |
|
|
(2,711 |
) |
|
| Purchases of additional equity interests, net |
|
(12,000 |
) |
|
— |
|
|
| Other, net |
|
(26,900 |
) |
|
(4,145 |
) |
|
| Net cash used in financing activities |
|
(475,048 |
) |
|
(209,089 |
) |
|
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash |
|
(4,025 |
) |
|
(4,680 |
) |
|
| Net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash |
|
(72,840 |
) |
|
(75,598 |
) |
|
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period |
|
284,480 |
|
|
241,214 |
|
|
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period | $ |
211,640 |
|
$ |
165,616 |
|
|
| CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||||||||||||||||
| SCHEDULE 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP | ||||||||||||||||
| SELECTED BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)(1) | ||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands, except percentages) | ||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
| September 28, 2024 |
September 30, 2023 |
September 28, 2024 |
September 30, 2023 |
|||||||||||||
| Research Models and Services | ||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ |
197,824 |
|
$ |
186,848 |
|
$ |
625,120 |
|
$ |
596,562 |
|
||||
| Operating income |
|
27,544 |
|
|
28,326 |
|
|
100,641 |
|
|
117,653 |
|
||||
| Operating income as a % of revenue |
|
13.9 |
% |
|
15.2 |
% |
|
16.1 |
% |
|
19.7 |
% |
||||
| Add back: | ||||||||||||||||
| Amortization related to acquisitions |
|
9,086 |
|
|
5,398 |
|
|
26,731 |
|
|
16,383 |
|
||||
| Acquisition and integration-related adjustments (2) |
|
— |
|
|
604 |
|
|
337 |
|
|
2,431 |
|
||||
| Severance |
|
2,651 |
|
|
965 |
|
|
3,685 |
|
|
965 |
|
||||
| Site consolidation and impairment charges |
|
2,318 |
|
|
— |
|
|
18,892 |
|
|
— |
|
||||
| Total non-GAAP adjustments to operating income | $ |
14,055 |
|
$ |
6,967 |
|
$ |
49,645 |
|
$ |
19,779 |
|
||||
| Operating income, excluding non-GAAP adjustments | $ |
41,599 |
|
$ |
35,293 |
|
$ |
150,286 |
|
$ |
137,432 |
|
||||
| Non-GAAP operating income as a % of revenue |
|
21.0 |
% |
|
18.9 |
% |
|
24.0 |
% |
|
23.0 |
% |
||||
| Depreciation and amortization | $ |
18,389 |
|
$ |
13,872 |
|
$ |
53,050 |
|
$ |
41,310 |
|
||||
| Capital expenditures | $ |
7,186 |
|
$ |
9,192 |
|
$ |
36,543 |
|
$ |
35,769 |
|
||||
| Discovery and Safety Assessment | ||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ |
615,060 |
|
$ |
664,028 |
|
$ |
1,847,931 |
|
$ |
1,989,838 |
|
||||
| Operating income |
|
126,436 |
|
|
146,819 |
|
|
379,651 |
|
|
479,788 |
|
||||
| Operating income as a % of revenue |
|
20.6 |
% |
|
22.1 |
% |
|
20.5 |
% |
|
24.1 |
% |
||||
| Add back: | ||||||||||||||||
| Amortization related to acquisitions |
|
19,818 |
|
|
17,749 |
|
|
58,712 |
|
|
52,980 |
|
||||
| Acquisition and integration-related adjustments (2) |
|
1,714 |
|
|
630 |
|
|
7,497 |
|
|
3,233 |
|
||||
| Severance |
|
12,550 |
|
|
2,001 |
|
|
20,463 |
|
|
2,001 |
|
||||
| Site consolidation and impairment charges |
|
1,324 |
|
|
11,219 |
|
|
3,668 |
|
|
11,219 |
|
||||
| Third-party legal costs (3) |
|
6,713 |
|
|
2,099 |
|
|
11,014 |
|
|
6,396 |
|
||||
| Total non-GAAP adjustments to operating income | $ |
42,119 |
|
$ |
33,698 |
|
$ |
101,354 |
|
$ |
75,829 |
|
||||
| Operating income, excluding non-GAAP adjustments | $ |
168,555 |
|
$ |
180,517 |
|
$ |
481,005 |
|
$ |
555,617 |
|
||||
| Non-GAAP operating income as a % of revenue |
|
27.4 |
% |
|
27.2 |
% |
|
26.0 |
% |
|
27.9 |
% |
||||
| Depreciation and amortization | $ |
47,751 |
|
$ |
44,088 |
|
$ |
141,269 |
|
$ |
129,662 |
|
||||
| Capital expenditures | $ |
22,773 |
|
$ |
41,967 |
|
$ |
91,176 |
|
$ |
155,477 |
|
||||
| Manufacturing Solutions | ||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ |
196,879 |
|
$ |
175,747 |
|
$ |
574,389 |
|
$ |
529,533 |
|
||||
| Operating income |
|
40,188 |
|
|
26,275 |
|
|
111,099 |
|
|
52,784 |
|
||||
| Operating income as a % of revenue |
|
20.4 |
% |
|
15.0 |
% |
|
19.3 |
% |
|
10.0 |
% |
||||
| Add back: | ||||||||||||||||
| Amortization related to acquisitions |
|
10,802 |
|
|
11,164 |
|
|
32,363 |
|
|
34,310 |
|
||||
| Acquisition and integration-related adjustments (2) |
|
143 |
|
|
3,279 |
|
|
1,386 |
|
|
6,290 |
|
||||
| Severance |
|
4,892 |
|
|
612 |
|
|
8,086 |
|
|
4,045 |
|
||||
| Site consolidation and impairment charges |
|
502 |
|
|
364 |
|
|
1,592 |
|
|
3,118 |
|
||||
| Third-party legal costs (3) |
|
— |
|
|
1,336 |
|
|
— |
|
|
8,194 |
|
||||
| Total non-GAAP adjustments to operating income | $ |
16,339 |
|
$ |
16,755 |
|
$ |
43,427 |
|
$ |
55,957 |
|
||||
| Operating income, excluding non-GAAP adjustments | $ |
56,527 |
|
$ |
43,030 |
|
$ |
154,526 |
|
$ |
108,741 |
|
||||
| Non-GAAP operating income as a % of revenue |
|
28.7 |
% |
|
24.5 |
% |
|
26.9 |
% |
|
20.5 |
% |
||||
| Depreciation and amortization | $ |
20,298 |
|
$ |
20,070 |
|
$ |
60,176 |
|
$ |
59,677 |
|
||||
| Capital expenditures | $ |
8,735 |
|
$ |
14,349 |
|
$ |
28,180 |
|
$ |
46,949 |
|
||||
| Unallocated Corporate Overhead | $ |
(76,763 |
) |
$ |
(49,918 |
) |
$ |
(196,357 |
) |
$ |
(165,886 |
) |
||||
| Add back: | ||||||||||||||||
| Acquisition and integration-related adjustments (2) |
|
4,082 |
|
|
1,958 |
|
|
7,719 |
|
|
8,960 |
|
||||
| Severance |
|
6,443 |
|
|
— |
|
|
9,237 |
|
|
— |
|
||||
| Total non-GAAP adjustments to operating expense | $ |
10,525 |
|
$ |
1,958 |
|
$ |
16,956 |
|
$ |
8,960 |
|
||||
| Unallocated corporate overhead, excluding non-GAAP adjustments | $ |
(66,238 |
) |
$ |
(47,960 |
) |
$ |
(179,401 |
) |
$ |
(156,926 |
) |
||||
| Total | ||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ |
1,009,763 |
|
$ |
1,026,623 |
|
$ |
3,047,440 |
|
$ |
3,115,933 |
|
||||
| Operating income |
|
117,405 |
|
|
151,502 |
|
|
395,034 |
|
|
484,339 |
|
||||
| Operating income as a % of revenue |
|
11.6 |
% |
|
14.8 |
% |
|
13.0 |
% |
|
15.5 |
% |
||||
| Add back: | ||||||||||||||||
| Amortization related to acquisitions |
|
39,706 |
|
|
34,311 |
|
|
117,806 |
|
|
103,673 |
|
||||
| Acquisition and integration-related adjustments (2) |
|
5,939 |
|
|
6,471 |
|
|
16,939 |
|
|
20,914 |
|
||||
| Severance |
|
26,536 |
|
|
3,578 |
|
|
41,471 |
|
|
7,011 |
|
||||
| Site consolidation and impairment charges |
|
4,144 |
|
|
11,583 |
|
|
24,152 |
|
|
14,337 |
|
||||
| Third-party legal costs (3) |
|
6,713 |
|
|
3,435 |
|
|
11,014 |
|
|
14,590 |
|
||||
| Total non-GAAP adjustments to operating income | $ |
83,038 |
|
$ |
59,378 |
|
$ |
211,382 |
|
$ |
160,525 |
|
||||
| Operating income, excluding non-GAAP adjustments | $ |
200,443 |
|
$ |
210,880 |
|
$ |
606,416 |
|
$ |
644,864 |
|
||||
| Non-GAAP operating income as a % of revenue |
|
19.9 |
% |
|
20.5 |
% |
|
19.9 |
% |
|
20.7 |
% |
||||
| Depreciation and amortization | $ |
88,198 |
|
$ |
78,870 |
|
$ |
259,637 |
|
$ |
233,610 |
|
||||
| Capital expenditures | $ |
38,721 |
|
$ |
65,947 |
|
$ |
157,351 |
|
$ |
240,205 |
|
||||
(1) |
Charles River management believes that supplementary non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to allow investors to gain a meaningful understanding of our core operating results and future prospects, without the effect of often-one-time charges and other items which are outside our normal operations, consistent with the manner in which management measures and forecasts the Company’s performance. The supplementary non-GAAP financial measures included are not meant to be considered superior to, or a substitute for results of operations prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The Company intends to continue to assess the potential value of reporting non-GAAP results consistent with applicable rules, regulations and guidance. | |||||||||
(2) |
These adjustments are related to the evaluation and integration of acquisitions and divestitures, and primarily include transaction, advisory, certain third-party integration, and related costs; as well as fair value adjustments associated with contingent consideration arrangements. | |||||||||
(3) |
Third-party legal costs are related to (a) an environmental litigation related to the Microbial Solutions business and (b) investigations by the U.S. government into the NHP supply chain applicable to our Safety Assessment business. | |||||||||
| CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. | |||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
| SCHEDULE 5 | |||||||||||||||
| RECONCILIATION OF GAAP EARNINGS TO NON-GAAP EARNINGS (UNAUDITED)(1) | |||||||||||||||
| (in thousands, except per share data) | |||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
| September 28, 2024 |
September 30, 2023 |
September 28, 2024 |
September 30, 2023 |
||||||||||||
| Net income available to Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. common shareholders | $ |
68,679 |
|
$ |
87,389 |
|
$ |
225,996 |
|
$ |
287,540 |
|
|||
| Add back: | |||||||||||||||
| Adjustment of redeemable noncontrolling interest (2) |
|
379 |
|
|
— |
|
|
1,081 |
|
|
— |
|
|||
| Incremental dividends attributable to noncontrolling interest holders (3) |
|
599 |
|
|
— |
|
|
9,621 |
|
|
— |
|
|||
| Non-GAAP adjustments to operating income (4) |
|
82,315 |
|
|
59,378 |
|
|
209,332 |
|
|
160,525 |
|
|||
| Venture capital and strategic equity investment (gains) losses, net |
|
(2,507 |
) |
|
7,249 |
|
|
(9,171 |
) |
|
12,404 |
|
|||
| (Gain) loss on divestitures (5) |
|
— |
|
|
433 |
|
|
658 |
|
|
995 |
|
|||
| Other (6) |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
495 |
|
|||
| Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments: | |||||||||||||||
| Non-cash tax provision related to international financing structure (7) |
|
292 |
|
|
1,283 |
|
|
1,504 |
|
|
3,703 |
|
|||
| Enacted tax law changes |
|
3,596 |
|
|
— |
|
|
3,596 |
|
|
— |
|
|||
| Tax effect of the remaining non-GAAP adjustments |
|
(19,608 |
) |
|
(15,271 |
) |
|
(46,323 |
) |
|
(43,929 |
) |
|||
| Net income attributable to Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. common shareholders, excluding non-GAAP adjustments | $ |
133,745 |
|
$ |
140,461 |
|
$ |
396,294 |
|
$ |
421,733 |
|
|||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - Basic |
|
51,394 |
|
|
51,283 |
|
|
51,461 |
|
|
51,199 |
|
|||
| Effect of dilutive securities: | |||||||||||||||
| Stock options, restricted stock units and performance share units |
|
189 |
|
|
324 |
|
|
252 |
|
|
294 |
|
|||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - Diluted |
|
51,583 |
|
|
51,607 |
|
|
51,713 |
|
|
51,493 |
|
|||
| Earnings per share attributable to common shareholders: | |||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ |
1.34 |
|
$ |
1.70 |
|
$ |
4.39 |
|
$ |
5.62 |
|
|||
| Diluted | $ |
1.33 |
|
$ |
1.69 |
|
$ |
4.37 |
|
$ |
5.58 |
|
|||
| Basic, excluding non-GAAP adjustments | $ |
2.60 |
|
$ |
2.74 |
|
$ |
7.70 |
|
$ |
8.24 |
|
|||
| Diluted, excluding non-GAAP adjustments | $ |
2.59 |
|
$ |
2.72 |
|
$ |
7.66 |
|
$ |
8.19 |
|
|||
(1) |
Charles River management believes that supplementary non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to allow investors to gain a meaningful understanding of our core operating results and future prospects, without the effect of often-one-time charges and other items which are outside our normal operations, consistent with the manner in which management measures and forecasts the Company’s performance. The supplementary non-GAAP financial measures included are not meant to be considered superior to, or a substitute for results of operations prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The Company intends to continue to assess the potential value of reporting non-GAAP results consistent with applicable rules, regulations and guidance. | ||||||||
(2) |
This amount represents accretion adjustments of the Noveprim redeemable noncontrolling interest. | ||||||||
(3) |
This amount represents incremental declared and undeclared dividends attributable to Noveprim noncontrolling interest holders who receive preferential dividends for fiscal year 2024. | ||||||||
(4) |
This amount excludes Non-GAAP adjustments attributable to noncontrolling interest holders. | ||||||||
(5) |
The amount included in 2024 relates to a loss on the sale of a Safety Assessment site. Adjustments included in 2023 relate to the gain on the sale of our Avian Vaccine business, which was divested in 2022. | ||||||||
(6) |
Amounts included in 2023 relate to a final adjustment on the termination of a Canadian pension plan. | ||||||||
(7) |
This amount relates to the recognition of deferred tax assets expected to be utilized as a result of changes to the Company's international financing structure. | ||||||||
| CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||||||||||||
| SCHEDULE 6 | ||||||||||||
| RECONCILIATION OF GAAP REVENUE GROWTH | ||||||||||||
| TO NON-GAAP REVENUE GROWTH, ORGANIC (UNAUDITED) (1) | ||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended September 28, 2024 | Total CRL | RMS Segment | DSA Segment | MS Segment | ||||||||
| Revenue growth, reported | (1.6 |
)% |
5.9 |
% |
(7.4 |
)% |
12.0 |
% |
||||
| (Increase) decrease due to foreign exchange | (0.4 |
)% |
(0.4 |
)% |
(0.3 |
)% |
(0.2 |
)% |
||||
| Contribution from acquisitions (2) | (0.9 |
)% |
(4.9 |
)% |
— |
% |
— |
% |
||||
| Impact of divestitures (3) | 0.2 |
% |
— |
% |
0.3 |
% |
— |
% |
||||
| Non-GAAP revenue growth, organic (4) | (2.7 |
)% |
0.6 |
% |
(7.4 |
)% |
11.8 |
% |
||||
| Nine Months Ended September 28, 2024 | Total CRL | RMS Segment | DSA Segment | MS Segment | ||||||||
| Revenue growth, reported | (2.2 |
)% |
4.8 |
% |
(7.1 |
)% |
8.5 |
% |
||||
| (Increase) decrease due to foreign exchange | (0.1 |
)% |
0.1 |
% |
(0.3 |
)% |
— |
% |
||||
| Contribution from acquisitions (2) | (1.0 |
)% |
(5.0 |
)% |
— |
% |
— |
% |
||||
| Impact of divestitures (3) | 0.2 |
% |
— |
% |
0.4 |
% |
— |
% |
||||
| Non-GAAP revenue growth, organic (4) | (3.1 |
)% |
(0.1 |
)% |
(7.0 |
)% |
8.5 |
% |
||||
(1) |
Charles River management believes that supplementary non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to allow investors to gain a meaningful understanding of our core operating results and future prospects, without the effect of often-one-time charges and other items which are outside our normal operations, consistent with the manner in which management measures and forecasts the Company’s performance. The supplementary non-GAAP financial measures included are not meant to be considered superior to, or a substitute for results of operations prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The Company intends to continue to assess the potential value of reporting non-GAAP results consistent with applicable rules, regulations and guidance. | |||||||||
(2) |
The contribution from acquisitions reflects only completed acquisitions. | |||||||||
(3) |
Impact of divestitures relates to the sale of a site within our Safety Assessment business. | |||||||||
(4) |
Organic revenue growth is defined as reported revenue growth adjusted for acquisitions, divestitures, and foreign exchange. | |||||||||
