Bio-Rad Presents Growth Strategy and Acceleration of Financial Targets at Investor Day

HERCULES, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, is hosting an in-person investor day beginning at 10:30 a.m. EST today in New York City. During the event, members of Bio-Rad’s executive leadership team will provide an in-depth overview of the Company’s growth strategy and new long-term financial targets, as well a closer look at the drivers within the two core business segments – Life Science Research and Clinical Diagnostics.

During its investor day in 2017, Bio-Rad stated a target revenue growth range of 3-5%, and an adjusted EBITDA margin target of 20%+ in 2020, both of which the Company exceeded. For 2025, the Company expects to enhance its financial profile even further, targeting about 9% core revenue CAGR from 2021 to 2025, and 28% adjusted EBITDA margin in 2025. We define core revenue as currency neutral non-GAAP revenue and excludes COVID-related sales.

Norman Schwartz, Bio-Rad’s Chief Executive Officer, commented: “Having exceeded all of the long-term financial targets we outlined in 2017, we are now excited to share the details of our growth strategy and how we are poised to enhance our financial profile even further. Our leadership team is embarking on the next phase of our transformation and we are well-positioned to achieve the new financial targets for 2025. Laying the groundwork for accelerated growth and improved profitability, we are continuing to expand our global footprint, customer base and product portfolio. We are also introducing new products and capabilities, with an expanded suite of ddPCR^TM products, initial offerings in single cell analysis, and molecular diagnostics.”

Company presentations will provide greater insight into Bio-Rad’s strategy and objectives, including:

• Accelerating revenue growth through ongoing portfolio transformation, increased focus in biopharma, and key product franchises,
• Optimizing cost structure and aligning the organization with the most promising growth opportunities,
• Achieving improved operating efficiencies and enabling greater operating leverage,
• Generating significant cash flow to support a prudent capital allocation strategy, and
• Deploying capital for strategic acquisitions delivering topline and margin expansion.

Bio-Rad’s two highly complementary business segments, Life Science Research and Clinical Diagnostics, are focused on large addressable markets with attractive growth characteristics. The Life Science Research segment is at the forefront of discovery, creating advanced tools to answer complex biological questions. Significant growth drivers are in our rapidly expanding ddPCR^TM and protein processing product families, deeper penetration in the biopharma segment, and cell biology innovation. The Clinical Diagnostics segment designs, manufactures, sells and supports test systems, informatics systems, test kits, and specialized quality controls that serve clinical laboratories in the global diagnostics market. Here we see accelerated growth driven by a focus on laboratory workflow productivity, our quality control value proposition, and new opportunities in molecular diagnostics.

Webcast Details

A link to the event will be available on the “Investor Relations” section of our website under “Conferences & Events” at www.bio-rad.com. For those who cannot participate at the scheduled time, a replay of the event, along with accompanying presentation slides will be archived on the website for up to a year following its conclusion.

About Bio-Rad

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) is a global leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing a broad range of innovative products for the life science research and clinical diagnostic markets. With a focus on quality and customer service for 70 years, our products advance the discovery process and improve healthcare. Our customers are university and research institutions, hospitals, public health and commercial laboratories, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, as well as applied laboratories that include food safety and environmental quality. Founded in 1952, Bio-Rad is based in Hercules, California, and has a global network of operations with approximately 7,900 employees worldwide. Bio-Rad had revenues of $2.9 billion in 2021. For more information, please visit bio-rad.com.

This release may be deemed to contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements we make regarding estimated future financial performance, targets, goals or results; for 2025 expecting to enhance the Company’s financial profile even further; targeting about 9% core revenue CAGR from 2021 to 2025; targeting 28% adjusted EBITDA margin in 2025; the Company being well-positioned to achieve the new financial targets for 2025; accelerating revenue growth through ongoing portfolio transformation, increased focus in biopharma, and key product franchises; optimizing cost structure and aligning the organization with the most promising growth opportunities; achieving improved operating efficiencies and enabling greater operating leverage; generating significant cash flow to support a prudent capital allocation strategy; and deploying capital for strategic acquisitions delivering topline and margin expansion. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as, “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “continue,” “believe,” “will,” “project,” “assume,” “may,” “intend,” or similar expressions or the negative of those terms or expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to vary materially from those expressed in or indicated by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include the duration, severity and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, global economic conditions, supply chain issues, our ability to develop and market new or improved products, our ability to compete effectively, foreign currency exchange fluctuations, reductions in government funding or capital spending of our customers, international legal and regulatory risks, product quality and liability issues, our ability to integrate acquired companies, products or technologies into our company successfully, changes in the healthcare industry, and natural disasters and other catastrophic events beyond our control. For further information regarding the Company’s risks and uncertainties, please refer to the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s public reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Company cautions you not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect an analysis only and speak only as of the date hereof. Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Use of Non-GAAP Reporting and Currency-Neutral.

In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), we use certain non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP revenue, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA, and non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA margin, which exclude amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, certain acquisition-related expenses and benefits, restructuring charges, asset impairment charges, valuation changes of equity-owned securities, gains and losses on equity-method investments, and significant legal-related charges or benefits and associated legal costs. Non-GAAP revenue, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA, and non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA margin also exclude certain other gains and losses that are either isolated or cannot be expected to occur again with any predictability, tax provisions/benefits related to the previous items, and significant discrete tax events. We exclude the above items because they are outside of our normal operations and/or, in certain cases, are difficult to forecast accurately for future periods. We utilize a number of different financial measures, both GAAP and non-GAAP, in analyzing and assessing the overall performance of our business, in making operating decisions, forecasting and planning for future periods, and determining payments under compensation programs. We consider the use of the non-GAAP measures to be helpful in assessing the performance of the ongoing operation of our business. We believe that disclosing non-GAAP financial measures provides useful supplemental data that, while not a substitute for financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, allows for greater transparency in the review of our financial and operational performance. We also believe that disclosing non-GAAP financial measures provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results and future prospects in the same manner as management and in comparing financial results across accounting periods and to those of peer companies.

More specifically, management adjusts for the excluded items for the following reasons: Amortization of purchased intangible assets: we do not acquire businesses and assets on a predictable cycle. The amount of purchase price allocated to purchased intangible assets and the term of amortization can vary significantly and are unique to each acquisition or purchase. We believe that excluding amortization of purchased intangible assets allows the users of our financial statements to better review and understand the historic and current results of our operations, and also facilitates comparisons to peer companies. Acquisition-related expenses and benefits: we incur expenses or benefits with respect to certain items associated with our acquisitions, such as transaction costs, professional fees for assistance with the transaction; valuation or integration costs; changes in the fair value of contingent consideration, gain or loss on settlement of pre-existing relationships with the acquired entity; or adjustments to purchase price. We exclude such expenses or benefits as they are related to acquisitions and have no direct correlation to the operation of our on-going business. Restructuring, impairment charges and valuation changes in equity-owned securities and gains and losses on equity-method investments: we incur restructuring and impairment charges on individual or groups of employed assets and charges and benefits arising from valuation changes in equity-owned securities and gains and losses on equity-method investments, which arise from unforeseen circumstances and/or often occur outside of the ordinary course of our on-going business. Although these events are reflected in our GAAP financials, these unique transactions may limit the comparability of our on-going operations with prior and future periods. Significant litigation charges or benefits and legal costs: we may incur charges or benefits as well as legal costs in connection with litigation and other contingencies unrelated to our core operations. We exclude these charges or benefits, when significant, as well as legal costs associated with significant legal matters, because we do not believe they are reflective of on-going business and operating results. Income tax expense: we estimate the tax effect of the excluded items identified above to determine a non-GAAP annual effective tax rate applied to the pretax amount in order to calculate the non-GAAP provision for income taxes. We also adjust for items for which the nature and/or tax jurisdiction requires the application of a specific tax rate or treatment. From time to time in the future, there may be other items excluded if we believe that doing so is consistent with the goal of providing useful information to investors and management. Percentage sales growth in currency neutral amounts are calculated by translating prior period sales in each local currency using the current period’s monthly average foreign exchange rates for that currency and comparing that to current period sales. There are limitations in using non-GAAP financial measures because the non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. The non-GAAP financial measures are limited in value because they exclude certain items that may have a material impact on our reported financial results. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP in the United States. Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA includes an annual dividend from our investment in Sartorius AG.

For 2020 and 2021 we have presented information about core revenue, which we define as currency neutral non-GAAP revenue and excludes COVID related sales. We present this core revenue measure since we think it is helpful for understanding the performance of the rest of our business excluding COVID related sales. In 2020 and 2021, COVID related sales were approximately $318 million and $266 million respectively.

We do not provide a reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial expectations to expectations for the most comparable GAAP measure because the amount and timing of many future charges that impact these measures (such as amortization of future acquisition-related intangible assets, future acquisition-related expenses and benefits, future restructuring charges, future asset impairment charges, future valuation changes of equity-owned securities, future gains and losses on equity -method investments or future legal charges or benefits), which could be material, are variable, uncertain, or out of our control and therefore cannot be reasonably predicted without unreasonable effort, if at all.

Contacts

Investor Contact:
Edward Chung, Vice President, Investor Relations

510-741-6104

[email protected]