Perrigo – PRGO – Reports Record Fourth Quarter


Perrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO) announced results for its fourth quarter and full year ended June 30, 2012.

  • Full-year revenue from continuing operations increased $418 million, or 15%, to a record $3.2 billion.
  • GAAP income from continuing operations for the full year increased 15% to $393 million, or $4.18 per diluted share.
  • Adjusted income from continuing operations for the full year increased 25% to a record $469 million, or $4.99 per diluted share.
  • Record full-year cash flow from operations of $513 million.
  • Fiscal fourth quarter GAAP income from continuing operations increased 25% to $107 million, or $1.14 per diluted share, while adjusted income from continuing operations increased 27% to $121 million, or $1.28 per diluted share, as revenue increased $127 million, or 18%, to $832 million.
  • Management expects full-year fiscal 2013 adjusted earnings per share to be in a range of $5.30 to $5.50 per diluted share, an increase of 6% to 10% from fiscal 2012’s $4.99 per diluted share.

PRGO – Fourth Quarter Results

Net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 were approximately $832 million, an increase of 18% compared to last year. Excluding the charges outlined in Table I at the end of this release, fourth quarter fiscal 2012 adjusted income from continuing operations was $121 million, or $1.28 per diluted share, up from $95 million, or $1.02 per diluted share, a year ago.

PRGO – Fiscal Year Results

Net sales from fiscal 2012 were $3.2 billion, an increase of 15% over fiscal 2011. The increase was driven primarily by $245 million of net sales attributable to the Paddock Labs and CanAm Care acquisitions and new product sales of $211 million, which excludes $6 million of new products launched by Paddock Labs. Reported gross profit was $1.1 billion, up 16%, and reported gross margin was 34.5%, slightly up from 34.3% last year. Adjusted gross profit was $1.2 billion, up 21%, and adjusted gross margin was 37.1%, up from 35.4% last year. The gross margin improvement was driven primarily by new products and the acquisition of Paddock Labs. Reported operating margin increased 10 basis points to 17.9%, and adjusted operating margin increased 200 basis points to 21.6%. Reported income from continuing operations was $393 million, an increase of 15%. Adjusted income from continuing operations was $469 million, or an increase of 25% from fiscal 2011.

About Perrigo – PRGO

From its beginnings as a packager of generic home remedies in 1887, Allegan, Michigan-based Perrigo Company has grown to become a leading global provider of quality, affordable healthcare products. Perrigo develops, manufactures and distributes over-the-counter (OTC) and generic prescription (Rx) pharmaceuticals, infant formulas, nutritional products, dietary supplements and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). The Company is the world’s largest manufacturer of OTC pharmaceutical products for the store brand market

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Ed Liston is a senior contributing editor at TheStockMarketWatch.com. An active market watcher and investor, Ed guides an independent team of experienced analysts and writes for multiple stock trader publications. He is widely quoted in various financial publications on the Internet. When Ed is not writing about stocks, investing in stocks, talking about stocks, or otherwise doing something stock related, he likes to go sailing and fishing.

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