Baxter Meets Expectations With Solid Financial Results for the Third Quarter 2013

DEERFIELD, Ill., October 17, 2013 - Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX) today posted solid financial results for the third quarter which met expectations as the company further augmented its portfolio with the acquisition of Gambro AB, and continued to advance its new product pipeline by launching new products, achieving multiple regulatory milestones, and establishing new collaborations. The company also provided guidance for the fourth quarter and confirmed its full-year 2013 financial outlook.

 

For the third quarter, Baxter reported net income of $544 million and earnings per diluted share of $0.99, compared to net income of $583 million and earnings per diluted share of $1.06 in the same period last year. These results include after-tax special items totaling $111 million (or $0.20 per diluted share), for costs associated with Baxter's acquisition of Gambro, which was completed in the quarter, increased litigation reserves and payments associated with previously announced collaborations. Third quarter 2012 results included after-tax special items of $45 million (or $0.08 per diluted share).

 

On an adjusted basis, excluding special items in both periods, Baxter's net income and earnings per diluted share advanced 4 percent to $655 million, or $1.19 per diluted share, which was in line with the company's previously-issued earnings guidance.

 

Worldwide sales totaled $3.8 billion and increased 9 percent from prior-year levels.  Excluding the contribution of Gambro revenues, which totaled

$100 million, Baxter's sales increased 6 percent. Foreign currency did not have a material impact on sales growth in the quarter. Sales within the United States exceeded $1.6 billion and advanced 9 percent, and international sales of $2.1 billion also increased 9 percent.

 

BioScience revenues of $1.6 billion rose 6 percent from the prior-year period driven primarily by improved demand for the company's hemophilia therapies, including ADVATE [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant), Plasma/Albumin-Free Method] and FEIBA (an inhibitor therapy), as well as the benefit from government collaborations and the timing of international tenders.

 

Medical Products sales of $2.2 billion increased 10 percent from the prior-year period, and includes revenues associated with the Gambro acquisition. Excluding foreign currency and the contribution from the acquisition, Medical Products sales grew 6 percent. This performance was driven by gains in peritoneal dialysis patients, as well as growth of anesthetics and certain injectable therapies, specifically cyclophosphamide, a generic oncology drug.

 

Nine-Month Results

For the first nine months of 2013, Baxter reported net income of

$1.7 billion, or $3.06 per diluted share. Excluding special items in both periods, Baxter's adjusted net income for the nine-month period increased

3 percent to $1.9 billion, and earnings per diluted share of $3.41 grew

4 percent from $3.27 per diluted share reported in the comparable prior-year period.

 

Baxter's worldwide sales for the nine-month period totaled $10.9 billion and rose 4 percent. Excluding the impact of foreign currency and revenues associated with the Gambro acquisition, Baxter's revenues also increased

4 percent. BioScience sales of $4.8 billion advanced 5 percent (and excluding foreign currency sales increased 6 percent), while Medical Products sales of

$6.1 billion grew 4 percent from the prior-year period (and excluding foreign currency sales also increased 4 percent). Excluding foreign currency and revenues associated with the Gambro acquisition, Medical Products sales increased 2 percent on a year-to-date basis.

 

During the first three quarters of 2013, Baxter generated cash flows from operations of approximately $2.1 billion and returned significant value to shareholders. On a year-to-date basis, Baxter has returned over $1.6 billion to shareholders through share repurchases of $863 million (or approximately

12.4 million shares) and dividends totaling $757 million, reflecting more than a 35 percent increase in dividend payments versus the prior-year period.

 

"Our global presence and diversified healthcare model, together with the advancements we've made to our business portfolio and new product pipeline are focused on driving improved access to care, better outcomes for patients and enhanced value for our shareholders," said Robert L. Parkinson, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer.

 

Recent Highlights

Baxter continued to advance its product pipeline and expand its business portfolio with the achievement of several milestones during the quarter, including:

 

 

Outlook for Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2013

Baxter also announced today its financial outlook for the fourth quarter and confirmed earnings guidance within its previously stated range for the full-year 2013. The company's guidance for the quarter and the full-year includes the impact of the Gambro acquisition.

 

For the fourth quarter of 2013, Baxter expects sales growth, excluding the impact of foreign currency, of approximately 14 to 15 percent (or approximately

12 to 13 percent including the impact of foreign currency). This includes Gambro revenues of approximately $400 million. The company projects earnings per diluted share in the fourth quarter of $1.24 to $1.26, before any special items.

 

For the full-year 2013, Baxter expects sales growth, excluding the impact of currency, of approximately 7 percent (or approximately 6 percent including the impact of foreign currency). Excluding the impact of foreign currency and the Gambro acquisition, Baxter continues to expect sales growth of approximately

4 percent (or approximately 3 percent including the impact of foreign currency). The company expects to generate revenues associated with the Gambro acquisition of approximately $500 million for the full year 2013. In addition, the company expects earnings of $4.65 to $4.67 per diluted share, before any special items, and cash flows from operations of approximately $3.3 billion.

 

A webcast of Baxter's third quarter conference call for investors can be accessed live from a link on the company's website at www.baxter.com beginning at 7:30 a.m. CDT on October 17, 2013. Please visit Baxter's website for more information regarding this and future investor events and webcasts.

 

Baxter International Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures and markets products that save and sustain the lives of people with hemophilia, immune disorders, infectious diseases, kidney disease, trauma, and other chronic and acute medical conditions. As a global, diversified healthcare company, Baxter applies a unique combination of expertise in medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to create products that advance patient care worldwide.

 

This release includes forward-looking statements concerning the company's financial results, business development activities, R&D pipeline and outlook for 2013, including as impacted by the Gambro AB acquisition. The statements are based on assumptions about many important factors, including the following, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements: demand for and market acceptance of risks for new and existing products, such as ADVATE, and other technologies; future actions of regulatory bodies and other governmental authorities that could delay, limit or suspend product development, manufacturing or sales or result in sanctions; product quality or patient safety concerns leading to product recalls, withdrawals, launch delays, litigation, or declining sales; future actions of governmental authorities and other third parties as U.S. healthcare reform legislation and other austerity measures are implemented globally; additional legislation, regulation and other governmental pressures, which may affect pricing, taxation, reimbursement and rebate policies of government agencies and private payers or other elements of the company's business; product development risks, including satisfactory clinical performance; the company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its business development and R&D activities, including the ability to successfully integrate the Gambro acquisition; inventory reductions or fluctuations in buying patterns by wholesalers or distributors; the impact of geographic and product mix on the company's sales; the impact of competitive products and pricing, including generic competition, drug reimportation and disruptive technologies; the availability of acceptable raw materials and component supply; fluctuations in supply and demand and the pricing of plasma-based therapies; the ability to enforce company patents; patents of third parties preventing or restricting the company's manufacture, sale or use of affected products or technology; the impact of global economic conditions on Baxter and its customers, including foreign governments in certain countries in which the company operates; foreign currency fluctuations and other risks identified in the company's most recent filing on Form 10-K and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings, all of which are available on the company's website. The company does not undertake to update its forward-looking statements. Financial schedules are attached to this release and available on the company's website.