UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K
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ý | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 | |
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o | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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Commission File No. 000-33043
OMNICELL, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | 94-3166458 (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
590 East Middlefield Road
Mountain View, CA 94043
(Address of registrant’s principal executive offices, including zip code)
(650) 251-6100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value, held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2018 was $2.0 billion (based upon the closing sales price of such stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global Select Market on such date) which excludes an aggregate of 1,120,238 shares of the registrant’s common stock held by officers, directors and affiliated stockholders. For purposes of determining whether a stockholder was an affiliate of the registrant at June 30, 2018, the registrant has assumed that a stockholder was an affiliate of the registrant at June 30, 2018 if such stockholder (i) beneficially owned 10% or more of the registrant’s common stock and/or (ii) was affiliated with an executive officer or director of the registrant at June 30, 2018. Exclusion of such shares should not be construed to indicate that any such person possesses the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the registrant or that such person is controlled by or under common control with the registrant.
As of February 21, 2019 there were 40,799,170 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding.
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Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Form 10-K are incorporated by reference in Part III, Items 10-14 of this Form 10-K.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS
This annual report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are contained principally in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:
• | our expectations regarding our future pipeline and product bookings; |
• | the extent and timing of future revenues, including the amounts of our current backlog; |
• | the size or growth of our market or market share; |
• | our ability to acquire companies, businesses, products or technologies on commercially reasonable terms and integrate such acquisitions effectively; |
• | our continued investment in, and ability to deliver on, our key business strategies of developing differentiated solutions, increasing penetration of new markets, and expanding our solutions through acquisitions and partnerships, as well as our goal of advancing our platform with new product introductions annually; |
• | our ability to deliver on our vision of the Autonomous Pharmacy and lead a transformation of medication management through this vision, as well as our plans to integrate our current offerings and technologies on cloud infrastructure and invest in certain key areas as we execute on this vision; |
• | continued investment in our vision of the Autonomous Pharmacy, our beliefs about the anticipated benefits of such investments, and our expectations regarding continued growth in subscription and cloud-based offerings as we execute on this vision; |
• | our belief that continued investment in our key business strategies will continue to generate our revenue and earnings growth; |
• | our belief that our solutions and our vision for the future of medication management automation are strongly aligned with long-term trends in the healthcare market and well-positioned to address the evolving needs of the healthcare institutions; |
• | the bookings, revenue, and margin opportunity presented by new products, emerging markets and international markets; |
• | our ability to align our cost structure and headcount with our current business expectations; |
• | the operating margins or earnings per share goals we may set; |
• | our ability to protect our intellectual property and operate our business without infringing upon the intellectual property rights of others; |
• | our expected future uses of cash and the sufficiency of our sources of funding; |
• | the expected impacts of new accounting standards or changes to existing accounting standards; and |
• | our ability to generate cash from operations and our estimates regarding the sufficiency of our cash resources. |
In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “seeks,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “should,” “will,” “would” and variations of these terms and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions, and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include those described throughout this annual report, particularly in Part I - Section 1A. “Risk Factors” below. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. You should carefully read this annual report and the documents that we reference in this annual report and have filed as exhibits, as well as other documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. The forward-looking statements in this annual report represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this annual report. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.
All references in this report to “Omnicell,” “our,” “us,” “we,” or the “Company” collectively refer to Omnicell, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries. The term “Omnicell, Inc.,” refers only to Omnicell, Inc., excluding its subsidiaries.
We own various trademarks and service marks used in our business, including the following registered and unregistered marks which appear in this report: Omnicell®, the Omnicell logo, OmniCenter®, SafetyStock®, SinglePointe®, OnDemand®, SureMed®, AccuFlex®, Ateb®, Detect-Rx®, Time My Meds®, Pharmacy Line®, InPharmics®, Aesynt®, Connect-Rx®, MedCarousel®, ROBOT-Rx®, Health Robotics®, Performance CenterTM, and AcuDose-RxTM. This report also includes the
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trademarks and service marks of other companies. All other trademarks and service marks used in this report are the marks of their respective holders.
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PART I
ITEM 1. | BUSINESS |
Overview
We are a leading provider of medication and supply dispensing automation, central pharmacy automation, analytics software, and medication adherence solutions. Our product offerings help enable healthcare providers improve patient safety, increase efficiency, lower costs, tighten regulatory compliance, and address population health challenges. Delivering on our vision of improving healthcare for everyone, our recently introduced products, robotic XR2 Automated Central Pharmacy System and IVX Workflow, are helping customers move closer to a fully automated pharmacy by replacing manual, error-prone processes with automated workflows. In addition, our analytics software and service offerings, such as Omnicell Performance Center™, are helping our customers harness the power of data and deliver business intelligent insights.
Through our medication management platform that spans the continuum of care, we are developing a vision for a fully automated infrastructure that supports improved patient care, fewer errors, enhanced safety, and new opportunities for growth. With our vision of the Autonomous Pharmacy, we are seeking to lead a transformation of medication management. By delivering more advanced automation, data intelligence, and managed services, to be powered by a cloud data platform, we believe we will help empower healthcare and pharmacy providers to focus on the clinical tasks. We plan to build out our vision of the Autonomous Pharmacy on cloud infrastructure, to help enable more nimble innovation and greater digital connectivity across our systems.
We believe our broad portfolio and roadmap align us with the long-term trends of the healthcare market to manage patients across the continuum of care while helping to control costs and improve patient outcomes.
Operating Segments
In 2018, we managed our business as two operating segments: Automation and Analytics, and Medication Adherence:
• | Automation and Analytics. The Automation and Analytics segment is organized around the design, manufacturing, selling and servicing of medication and supply dispensing systems, pharmacy inventory management systems and related software and services. Our Automation and Analytics products are designed to enable our customers to improve the effectiveness of the medication-use process and the efficiency of the medical-surgical supply chain, and contribute to better patient care and financial outcomes of medical facilities. The products in this segment are sold primarily to acute care (hospital) facilities. Over 5,000 healthcare facilities worldwide use our automation and analytics solutions. |
• | Medication Adherence. The Medication Adherence segment primarily includes the development, manufacturing and selling of solutions to assist patients in becoming and remaining adherent to their medication regimens. These solutions comprise a variety of tools and aids that may be directly used by a pharmacist or a healthcare provider in their direct care for a patient, or used by patients themselves. Products include software-based systems, medication adherence packaging, equipment for fulfilling the packaging and ancillary products and services. These products, which are sold under the brand names SureMed® and Omnicell, are used to manage medication administration outside of the hospital setting. Our innovative medication adherence solutions are used by over 40,000 institutional and retail pharmacies worldwide. |
Financial Information by Segment
For information regarding our revenues, cost of revenues, gross profit and income from operations by segment, see Note 14, Segment and Geographical Information, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, in this annual report.
Business Strategy
We are committed to our vision of improving healthcare for everyone. In support of our vision, we continue to pursue the following key business strategies:
• | Development of a differentiated platform. We intend to continue our focus on further penetrating existing markets through technological leadership and our differentiated platform by consistently innovating our product and service offerings and maintaining our customer-oriented product installation process. We have developed numerous technologies that solve significant challenges for our customers. For example, our XR2 Automated Central Pharmacy System is designed to allow pharmacies to more fully automate medication dispensing, and help to reduce labor cost, decrease medication waste, and improve patient safety; our IVX Workflow solution is |
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designed to reduce medication compounding errors compared to manual compounding methods; and our Performance Center offering leverages predictive analytics to help pharmacies be more proactive in addressing drug shortages.
• | Delivery of our solutions to new markets. We seek to increase penetration of new markets, such as non-acute care and international markets by: launching new products and technologies that are specific to the needs of those markets; building and establishing direct sales, distribution or other capabilities when and where it is appropriate; partnering with companies that have sales, distribution, or other capabilities that we do not possess; and increasing customer awareness of safety issues in the administration of medications. Consistent with this strategy, we have made investments in expanding our sales team and marketing to new customers. Our international efforts have focused primarily on two markets: Western Europe and the Middle East. We have also expanded our sales efforts to medication adherence customers in the United States. |
• | Expansion of our solutions through acquisitions and partnerships. We believe that expansion of our product lines through acquisitions and partnerships to meet our customers’ changing and evolving expectations is a key component to our historical and future success. Building on the successful acquisitions of the past few years, we intend to continue to explore acquisition and partnership opportunities that are a strategic fit for our business, including in support of our Autonomous Pharmacy vision described above. We have also developed relationships with major providers of hospital information management systems with the goal of enhancing the interoperability of our products with their systems. |
Industry Background and Market
We believe our solutions and our vision for the future of medication management automation are strongly aligned with trends in the healthcare market and well positioned to address the evolving needs of healthcare institutions.
The healthcare industry continues to experience a significant degree of consolidation, with healthcare providers combining to create larger healthcare delivery organizations in order to achieve greater market power. We believe this trend has increased the market need for more integrated medication management automation solutions on a single platform to help improve patient and financial outcomes for both inpatient and outpatient settings. Our portfolio of products and strategic roadmap are designed with this objective in mind.
In addition, healthcare providers and facilities are affected by significant economic pressures. Annual cost of medicines in the United States reached approximately $450 billion in 2017, according to a report published by the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science in 2018. In addition, based on a 2016 report by National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, pharmaceutical costs have substantially outpaced general inflation in recent years. Rising costs of labor, prescription drugs, and new medical technology all contribute to increased spending. Governmental pressures surrounding healthcare reform have led to increased scrutiny of the cost and efficiency with which healthcare providers deliver their services. These factors, combined with continuing consolidation in the healthcare industry, have increased the need for the efficient delivery of healthcare in order to control costs, and have elevated the strategic importance of medication management across the continuum of care.
Furthermore, substantial increases in healthcare administration highlight the need for more complete medication management solutions to help drive efficiency and improve patient safety. The number of healthcare administrators grew approximately 3,000% from 1970 to 2016, substantially outpacing the growth in physicians over the same period, according to a statistic derived by the Physicians for a National Health Program using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the National Center for Health Statistics, and the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey. Over time, complexities in medication management have increased along with the volume of patients and medications, but many manual processes are still used, resulting in inefficient tracking and delivery of medication supplies despite the substantial growth in administration staff. Even with the vast increase in administrative positions, many clinical staff are burdened with administrative tasks themselves. According to a survey conducted by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in 2015, approximately 76% of pharmacist activities are non-clinical in nature. In addition, many existing healthcare information systems are unable to support the modernization of healthcare delivery processes or address mandated patient safety initiatives. These factors contribute to medical errors and unnecessary process costs across the healthcare sector.
Legislation and industry guidelines, such as those produced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, The Joint Commission, the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices in the areas of medication management - including storage, security and labeling - have created an environment of increased patient safety awareness and regulatory control. Against this backdrop, healthcare organizations, desiring to improve quality and avoid liability, have been driven to prioritize investment in capital equipment, including pharmacy automation, which is a standard of care, to improve patient safety. While the overall storage and security of medications in hospitals has improved, recent years show increased
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focus on controlled substance management, particularly in light of the opioid crisis in the United States. According to a research report published by the Butler Center for Research in 2015, studies in the United States have shown that 10% to 15% of healthcare professionals will misuse substances during their lifetime, with significantly higher levels of opioid abuse in particular. Joint Commission surveyors are seeking more documentation from hospitals demonstrating that their medication policies and procedures are adequate.
Medication non-adherence is extremely common. Poor adherence results in increased hospital readmissions, deteriorated treatment outcomes and avoidable healthcare costs. Medication non-adherence is estimated to cost the U.S. healthcare system up to $300 billion a year, according to research published in the Risk Management and Healthcare Policy Journal in 2014. In addition, a 2017 study published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association found that medication issues are responsible for 26% of hospital readmissions. With more than 38 million Americans taking five or more maintenance medications routinely (based on statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2017), pharmacists need ways to support the arduous task of keeping patients compliant. According to a 2011 article by the World Health Organization, “although these medications are effective in combating disease, their full benefits are often not realized because approximately 50% of patients do not take their medications as prescribed.” Medication adherence can be improved through attitudinal and behavioral changes, which pharmacists can encourage and help facilitate by providing interventional support, including adherence tools such as blister cards, reminders, prescription synchronization, and patient engagement tools. We believe our Medication Adherence solutions have the potential to reduce hospital readmissions and improve patient health by increasing medication adherence.
Healthcare Reform
In 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Obama. The PPACA mandated a broad range of programs to improve access to care, slow the growth of healthcare spending and improve the quality of healthcare. Even though the future of PPACA continues to be unclear under the current administration, the need for increased efficiency in order to provide high-quality healthcare at a lower cost remains a key objective of healthcare systems. Accordingly, in our annual tracking of pharmacy and nursing leadership mindshare, operational efficiency in medication distribution and administration continues to be a top priority.
We believe our products help healthcare organizations leverage and enhance their investments in electronic health record (“EHR”) implementation and integration by allowing them to reduce process steps, eliminate manual tracking and waste, enable population-level performance insights, track quality levels and reduce errors that result in unnecessary cost. By harnessing data provided by our automation systems via our cloud platform and translating them into actionable insights via solutions such as the Omnicell Performance Center, we help enable our customers to optimize the pharmacy supply chain and lower costs.
Products and Services
As we execute on our vision of the Autonomous Pharmacy, we plan to integrate our current offerings and technologies on cloud infrastructure, and invest in broadening our solutions across three key areas:
• | Automation - We provide a range of advanced automation, including robotics, designed to digitize and streamline workflows and reduce human error in central pharmacy and clinical areas, and to support medication adherence initiatives in retail pharmacies. |
• | Intelligence - Through data analytics and predictive intelligence, we provide actionable insights to help customers better understand their medication usage and improve pharmacy supply chain management. |
• | Work - We provide expert services that serve as an extension of pharmacy operations to support improved efficiency, regulatory compliance and patient outcomes. |
Automation and Analytics Products and Services
Our Automation and Analytics products and services include central pharmacy automation solutions, IV compounding systems, and medication and supply dispensing systems, as well as analytics solutions and services.
Central Pharmacy Automation
An efficient central pharmacy operation is vital to delivering exceptional patient care. With pharmacist and technician labor requirements increasing over the years, it is critical for pharmacies to find new ways of increasing productivity. Our broad medication management platform offers a range of automated hardware and software solutions. Our central pharmacy automation is designed to empower healthcare providers to increase staff efficiency, reduce inventory costs, prevent medication
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errors, improve compliance and tighten security of controlled substances. By automating manual, error-prone processes, our technology helps enable pharmacy staff to work more efficiently and directly contribute to clinical care.
Our central pharmacy automation solutions include: automated storage and retrieval systems, including our XR2 Automated Central Pharmacy System - an important building block of our Autonomous Pharmacy vision; IV compounding robots and workflow management systems; inventory management software; and controlled substance management systems.
Clinician Workflow
Omnicell automation is designed to improve clinician workflow in patient care areas of the healthcare systems, such as nursing units, operating rooms, and emergency departments. Automated dispensing systems are an essential part of medication management because they safeguard medications - including controlled substances - and automatically track inventory. We strive to continually develop new innovations for our automated dispensing cabinet system to close gaps in safety and help enable clinicians to spend less time managing medications and more time caring for patients.
Our automated dispensing cabinets (including our XT Series, G4, and AcuDose-RxTM) for medications and supplies used in nursing units and other clinical areas of the hospital can be customized with various software and hardware options. Our interoperability solutions integrate our automated dispensing system with key EHR systems to streamline workflow and increase accuracy. We also offer specialized automated dispensing cabinets for the operating room.
Intelligence Solutions
We offer specialized services and analytics software designed to help healthcare facilities improve their bottom line and patient care by harnessing data from automation and other systems. Our analytics solutions include analytics software that provides a more efficient and effective way to monitor potential drug diversion and address inventory management issues. In addition, the Omnicell Performance Center combines a cloud-based predictive intelligence platform with expert services designed to monitor pharmacy operations and recommend opportunities to help improve efficiency, regulatory compliance and patient outcomes.
Other Automation and Analytics Products and Services
Omnicell Interface Software provides interface and integration between our medication-use products or our supply products and a healthcare facility’s in-house information management systems.
Customer Service includes customer education and training and post-installation technical support with phone support, on-site service, parts and access to software upgrades. Product support is available through fixed-period service contracts and on a time and materials basis. On-site service is provided by our field service team.
Retail Pharmacy and Hospital Automation Outside the United States
Additional products sold outside the United States include robotic dispensing systems used in hospitals and retail pharmacies for handling the stocking and retrieval of boxed medications. For managing medical supplies, a specialized cabinet that uses radio frequency identification is also available.
Medication Adherence Products and Services
Our Medication Adherence solutions are used by retail, community and outpatient pharmacies as well as by institutional pharmacies serving long-term care and other sites outside the acute care hospital. Products in this segment include consumable adherence packaging, packaging equipment, software-based patient engagement and communication tools and ancillary products and services, each designed to improve patient engagement and adherence to prescriptions.
Adherence Packaging
We offer a wide range of medication blister card packaging and packaging supplies designed to enhance medication adherence in a variety of non-acute care settings. These products include multimed blister cards (adherence packaging) distributed by retail, community, and outpatient pharmacies to help patients manage their medication regimens at home. These cards organize multiple drugs into a single blister cavity for each dosing time, helping to make it easier for patients on complex regimens to comply with their therapy.
For environments where a caregiver is present, institutional and retail pharmacies use our single dose blister cards, which provide up to 90-day doses of a specific single medication.
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Multimed Automation
We offer automated systems (including our VBM 200F Multimed Automation solution) to aid pharmacies in more accurately and efficiently filling our multimed adherence packaging based on individual patient medication orders. These machines interface with pharmacy information systems to obtain prescription information for each patient receiving the blister cards. Automating the fulfillment process enables pharmacies to more easily expand adherence packaging to more patients, which can help increase their revenue.
In addition to robotic automation, we offer software that guides the user through the manual filling process to streamline workflow and increase packing accuracy.
Single Dose Automation
Single dose automation fills and labels a variety of patient-specific, single-dose blister packaging based on incoming prescriptions. Our semi-automated filling equipment is designed specifically for the long-term care institutional pharmacy with enough order volume to warrant pre-packaging frequently-used medications. Our automated solutions interface with pharmacy information systems to obtain prescription information.
Population Health Solutions
Omnicell Patient Engagement - part of our broader population health portfolio - supports improving patient adherence through a single, web-based platform that hosts functionality to guide and track patient notes, interventions and appointments. The platform provides the pharmacy with a holistic view of patients, not only by organizing prescriptions, but by identifying, preparing and documenting ongoing patient engagement. It uses predictive analytics to prioritize patient interventions. Omnicell Patient Engagement is a subscription-based software system that includes services such as Omnicell Medication Synchronization, Omnicell Medication Therapy Management, and a number of tools used by clinicians to manage patient engagement workflows.
We also offer patient communication tools such as interactive voice response to further help pharmacies drive revenue growth through increased patient engagement.
In the United Kingdom, we offer electronic Medication Administration Record software for use in nursing homes.
Acquisitions
In addition to our own development, we have, from time to time acquired products that extend patient safety controls to a wider range of applications and departments in and out of the hospital setting.
In April 2017, we completed the acquisition of InPharmics, a provider of advanced pharmacy informatics solutions to hospital pharmacies. The InPharmics solutions add clinical and compliance analytics to Omnicell’s Performance Center offering, positioning us as a leading partner for health systems seeking to improve all facets of medication management.
In December 2016, we completed the acquisition of Ateb, a leading provider of pharmacy-based patient care solutions and medication synchronization to independent and chain retail pharmacies, an area where we had no prior market penetration. Ateb’s integrated medication synchronization program, combined with Omnicell’s SureMed medication adherence packaging and related automation solutions, uniquely positions us to support pharmacists as they implement and scale their medication adherence programs.
In January 2016, we completed the acquisition of Aesynt, a leader in central pharmacy robotics and IV compounding automation. We added these two solution sets to the Omnicell portfolio to give us one of the most comprehensive medication management platform offerings in the industry. With the addition of central pharmacy robotics and IV compounding, we are now able to support customers who desire a centralized cartfill or nurse server medication distribution model all the way to fully decentralized dispensing and hybrid combinations along that continuum. We are also able to offer solutions for preparing IV compounds, including oncology drugs, which is an area where our combined customers have expressed significant interest.
Sales and Distribution
We sell our Automation and Analytics and Medication Adherence solutions primarily in the United States. Approximately 87% of our revenue was generated in this market for the year ended December 31, 2018. No single customer accounted for greater than 10% of our revenues for the years ended December 31, 2018, December 31, 2017 or December 31, 2016. Our sales force is organized by geographic region in the United States and Canada where our sales are primarily made direct to end-user customers with the exception of some distribution of Medication Adherence consumables. Outside the United States and Canada, we field direct sales employees in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, China, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Belgium, and Australia. For other geographies, we generally sell through distributors and resellers. Our foreign
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operations are discussed in Note 14, Segment and Geographical Information, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of this annual report. Our combined direct, corporate, and international distribution sales teams consisted of approximately 285 staff members as of December 31, 2018. Nearly all of our direct sales team members have hospital capital equipment or clinical systems experience.
The sales cycle for our automation systems, from the initial sales meeting to completion of installation, is long and can take in excess of 12 to 22 months. This is due in part to the relative cost of our systems and the number of people within each healthcare facility involved in the purchasing decision and installation process. To initiate the selling process, the sales representative generally targets the director of pharmacy, the director of nursing, the director of materials management or other decision makers and is responsible for educating each group within the healthcare facility about the economic, safety, and compliance benefits of our solutions relative to competing methods of managing medications or medical and surgical supplies.
We contract with Group Purchasing Organizations (“GPOs”), each of which functions as a purchasing agent on behalf of member hospitals and other healthcare providers, as well as with government entities and agencies. Pursuant to the terms of GPO agreements, each member contracts directly with us and can purchase our product at pre-negotiated contract terms and pricing. These GPO contracts are typically for multiple years with options to renew or extend for up to two years and some of which can be terminated by either party at any time. Our significant current GPO contracts include HealthTrust Purchasing Group, Intalere (f.k.a. Amerinet, Inc.), Premier Inc., The Resource Group, Resource Optimization & Innovation, LLC, and Vizient, Inc. We have also contracted with the U.S. General Services Administration, allowing the Department of Veteran Affairs, the Department of Defense and other Federal government customers to purchase or lease our products. The accounts receivable balances are with individual members of the GPOs, and therefore no significant concentration of credit risk exists. During our fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, sales to members of the ten largest GPOs accounted for approximately 59% of total consolidated revenue.
We offer multi-year, non-cancelable lease payment terms to assist healthcare organizations in purchasing our systems by reducing their cash flow requirements. We sell the majority of our multi-year lease receivables to third‑party leasing finance companies.
Our field operations representatives support our sales force by providing operational and clinical expertise prior to the close of a sale and during installation of our automation systems. This group assists the customer with the technical implementation of our automation systems, including configuring our systems to address the specific needs of each individual customer. After the systems are installed, on-site support is provided by our field service team and technical support group.
We offer telephone technical support through our technical support centers in Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Our support centers are staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We have found that a majority of our customers’ service issues can be addressed either over the phone or by our support center personnel using their remote diagnostics tools. In addition, we use remote dial-in software that monitors customer conditions on a daily basis. We offer a suite of remote monitoring features, which proactively monitors system status and alerts service personnel to potential problems before they lead to system failure.
In addition, our international team handles direct sales, installation and service to healthcare facilities in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, and to non-acute customers in Australia. Sales, installation and service to healthcare facilities is handled through distribution partners in other parts of Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, South Africa, and South America. Our products are available in a variety of languages including Mandarin, French, Swedish, Dutch, Spanish, Turkish, and German.
We have not sold and have no future plans to sell our products either directly or indirectly to customers located in countries that are identified as state sponsors of terrorism by the U.S. Department of State, or those subject to economic sanctions and export controls.
Manufacturing and Inventory
The manufacturing process for our Automation and Analytics products allows us to configure hardware and software in unique combinations to meet a wide variety of individual customer needs. The Automation and Analytics product manufacturing process primarily consists of the final assembly of components and testing of the completed product. Many of the subassemblies and components we use are provided by third-party contract manufacturers or other suppliers. We and our partners test these subassemblies and perform inspections to assure the quality and reliability of our products. While many components of our systems are standardized and available from multiple sources, certain components or subsystems are fabricated by a sole supplier according to our specifications and schedule requirements. Our Medication Adherence product manufacturing process consists of fabrication and assembly of equipment and mechanized process manufacturing of consumables.
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Our arrangements with our contract manufacturers generally set forth quality, cost and delivery requirements, as well as manufacturing process terms, such as continuity of supply, inventory management, capacity flexibility, quality and cost management, oversight of manufacturing and conditions for the use of our intellectual property.
Our manufacturing organization procures components and schedules production based on the backlog of customer orders. Installation of equipment and software typically occurs between two weeks and twelve months after the initial order is received, depending upon the customer’s particular needs. We deploy a key operational strategy of operating with backlog levels that approximate the average installation cycle of our customers, which allows us to more efficiently manage our installation teams, improve production efficiencies, reduce inventory scrap and lower shipping costs. Shipment of consumables typically occurs between one and fourteen days after an order is received.
Competition
The medication management and supply chain solutions market is intensely competitive. We compete directly with a number of companies and are affected by evolving and new technologies, changes in industry standards and dynamic customer requirements.
Our current direct competitors in the medication management and supply chain solutions market include Becton, Dickinson and Company (through its acquisition of CareFusion Corporation); ARxIUM; Cerner Corporation; Swisslog Healthcare as a division of KUKA; TouchPoint Medical, Inc.; Cardinal Health, Inc.; PAR Excellence Systems, Inc.; TECSYS Inc.; Kit Check, Inc.; Infor, Inc.; Baxter Healthcare Corporation; Grifols, S.A. (through its acquisition of MedKeeper); Willach Pharmacy Solutions; DIH Technologies Corporation; Yuyama Co., Ltd; RoboPharma B.V.; Meditech-Pharma; Knapp AG; KLS Steuerungstechnik GmbH; and Gollmann Kommissioniersysteme GmbH. Our current direct competitors in the medication adherence solutions market include Drug Package, Inc.; ARxIUM; Manchac Technologies, LLC; RX Systems, Inc.; McKesson Corporation; Digital Pharmacist Inc.; PrescribeWellness; Synergy Medical Systems; and TCGRx in the United States, and Jones Packaging Ltd.; Synergy Medical Systems; Medicine-on-Time, LLC; Global Factories B.V.; and WebsterCare outside the United States.
We believe our products and services compare favorably with the offerings of our competitors, particularly with respect to proprietary technological advancements, system performance, system reliability, installation, applications training, service response time, and service repair quality.
Intellectual Property and Proprietary Technology
We rely on a combination of patents, trademarks, copyright and trade secret laws, confidentiality procedures, contractual restrictions, and licensing arrangements to protect our intellectual property rights.
We pursue patent protection in the United States and foreign jurisdictions for technology that we believe to be proprietary and that offers a potential competitive advantage for our products. Our issued patents expire at various dates between 2019 and 2036. We intend to seek and obtain additional United States and foreign patents on our technology.
All of our product software is subject to copyright protection under applicable United States and foreign copyright laws.
We intend to seek and obtain registration of our trademarks in the United States and foreign jurisdictions. We have obtained United States and, for certain marks, foreign registrations of, among others, the following marks Omnicell, the Omnicell logo, OmniCenter, SafetyStock, SinglePointe, OnDemand, SureMed, AccuFlex, Ateb, Detect-Rx, Time My Meds, Pharmacy Line, InPharmics, Aesynt, Connect-Rx, MedCarousel, ROBOT-Rx, and Health Robotics.
Trade secrets and other confidential information are also important to our business. We protect our trade secrets through a combination of contractual restrictions and confidentiality and licensing agreements.
Research and Development
We use industry standard operating systems and databases, but generally develop our own application and interface software in our research and development facilities. New product development projects are prioritized based on customer input. Research and development takes place in Mountain View, California; Cranberry Woods, Pennsylvania; St. Petersburg, Florida; Bochum, Germany; Beijing, China; Lancing, UK; and Trieste, Italy. Research and development expenses were $64.8 million, $66.0 million, and $57.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, December 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, respectively.
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Employees
We had approximately 2,480 employees as of December 31, 2018. We have rebalanced our staff as needed, at times eliminating some functional positions and at other times adding new functional-specific positions to meet the evolving needs of the business. To our knowledge, none of our domestic employees are represented by a collective bargaining agreement, nor have we experienced any work stoppage. We believe that our employee relations are good.
Business under Government Contracts
A number of our U.S. government‑owned or government-run hospital customers sign five-year leases, with payment terms that are subject to one-year government budget funding cycles. Failure of any of our U.S. government customers to receive their annual funding could impair our ability to sell to these customers, or to collect payments on our existing unsold leases. For additional information regarding these leases, see the section titled “Risk Factors” under Part I, Item 1A below.
Financing Practices Relating to Working Capital
We assist healthcare facilities in financing their cash outlay requirements for the purchase of our systems by offering multi-year, non-cancelable sales contracts. For additional information regarding these financing activities, see Note 1, Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this annual report.
Product Backlog
Product backlog is the dollar amount of medication and supply dispensing systems for which we have purchase orders from our customers and for which we believe we generally will install, bill and gain customer acceptance generally within one year. Due to industry practice that allows customers to change order configurations with limited advance notice prior to shipment and occasional customer changes in installation schedules, we do not believe that backlog as of any particular date is necessarily indicative of future sales. However, we do believe that backlog is an indication of a customer’s willingness to install our solutions. Our product backlog was $478 million and $345 million as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.
Company Information
We were incorporated in California in 1992 under the name of Omnicell Technologies, Inc. and reincorporated in Delaware in 2001 as Omnicell, Inc.
Available Information
We file reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) including annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and proxy or information statements. Those reports and statements as well as all amendments to those documents filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act are available (1) at the SEC’s Internet site (www.sec.gov) and (2) free of charge through our website as soon as reasonably practicable after electronic filing with, or furnishing to, the SEC. Our website address is www.omnicell.com. Information posted on or accessible through these websites is not incorporated by reference nor otherwise included in this report, and any references to these websites are intended to be inactive textual references only.
Executive Officers of the Registrant
The following table sets forth certain information about our executive officers as of the date of this annual report:
Name | Age | Position | ||
Randall A. Lipps | 61 | President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Directors | ||
Scott P. Seidelmann | 43 | Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer | ||
Robin G. Seim | 59 | President, Global Automation and Medication Adherence | ||
Peter J. Kuipers | 47 | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
Dan S. Johnston | 55 | Executive Vice President and Chief Legal & Administrative Officer | ||
Nhat H. Ngo | 46 | Executive Vice President, Marketing, Strategy, and Business Development | ||
Jorge R. Taborga | 59 | Executive Vice President, Engineering and Integration Management Office | ||
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Randall A. Lipps was named Chief Executive Officer and President of Omnicell in October 2002. Mr. Lipps has served as Chairman of the Board and a Director of Omnicell since founding Omnicell in September 1992. Mr. Lipps received both a B.S. in economics and a B.B.A. from Southern Methodist University.
Scott P. Seidelmann joined Omnicell in April 2018 as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Prior to joining Omnicell, from January 2015 to August 2017, Mr. Seidelmann served as founder and Chief Executive Officer of Candescent Health, Inc., a cloud-based radiology workflow and analytics provider. From 2005 to 2014, Mr. Seidelmann served as co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Radisphere, Inc., a national radiology practice, prior to its acquisition by Sheridan Healthcare. Earlier in his career, Mr. Seidelmann held positions with Merrill Lynch and Ericsson Venture Partners. Mr. Seidelmann received a B.A. from Cornell University.
Robin G. Seim joined Omnicell in February 2006 as Vice President and was named Chief Financial Officer in March 2006. In January 2009, Mr. Seim was named Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Finance, Administration and Manufacturing. In March 2012, Mr. Seim was named Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Finance, Administration and Manufacturing. In February 2015, Mr. Seim was named Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Finance, International and Manufacturing. In January 2016, Mr. Seim was named Executive Vice President, Global Automation and Medication Adherence. In March 2016, Mr. Seim was named President, Global Automation and Medication Adherence. As previously disclosed, Mr. Seim will be retiring and departing from his role as President, Global Automation and Medication Adherence, effective March 15, 2019. Prior to joining Omnicell, Mr. Seim served as Chief Financial Officer of several technology companies, including Villa Montage Systems, Inc. from 1999 to 2001, Candera, Inc. from 2001 to 2004 and Mirra, Inc., in 2005. Prior to 1999, Mr. Seim held a number of management positions with Nortel Networks, Bay Networks, and IBM. Mr. Seim received a B.S. in accounting from California State University, Sacramento.
Peter J. Kuipers joined Omnicell in August 2015 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Omnicell, Mr. Kuipers served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Quantcast Corp., a global technology company that specializes in digital audience measurement and real-time advertising. From May 2013 to December 2014, Mr. Kuipers served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Weather Company, a media and global technology leader operating The Weather Channel, weather.com, wunderground.com and its professional services division WSI. From September 2009 to April 2013, Mr. Kuipers served in various financial management positions at Yahoo! Inc., a global internet technology company, most recently as Vice President, Finance for the Americas region. Prior to Yahoo! Inc., Mr. Kuipers held financial leadership roles at Altera Corporation, General Electric Company, and Akzo Nobel. He started his career with Ernst & Young and worked in both the Netherlands and Seattle, Washington. Mr. Kuipers received a Master’s Degree in Economics and Business Administration from Maastricht University and is a Chartered Accountant in the Netherlands.
Dan S. Johnston joined Omnicell in November 2003 as Vice President and General Counsel. In March 2012, Mr. Johnston was named Executive Vice President and General Counsel. In February 2015, Mr. Johnston was named Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Administrative Officer. From April 1999 to November 2003, Mr. Johnston was Vice President and General Counsel at Be, Inc., a software company. From September 1994 to March 1999, Mr. Johnston was an attorney with the law firm Cooley LLP. Mr. Johnston received a B.S. in computer information systems from Humboldt State University and a J.D. from the Santa Clara University School of Law.
Nhat H. Ngo joined Omnicell in November 2008 as Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. In March 2012, Mr. Ngo was named Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development. In January 2018, Mr. Ngo was named Executive Vice President, Marketing, Strategy and Business Development. From January 2007 to October 2008, Mr. Ngo served as Vice President of Business Development and Licensing for a business unit of Covidien, a global healthcare products company. From June 1999 to April 2006, Mr. Ngo worked at BriteSmile, Inc., a direct-to-consumer aesthetic technology company and served in a variety of senior leadership positions in marketing, sales, operations, strategic planning and corporate development. From September 1997 to June 1999, Mr. Ngo practiced corporate law at Shaw Pittman, LLP. Mr. Ngo received a B.S. in commerce, with a concentration in finance, from the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Jorge R. Taborga joined Omnicell in July 2007 as Vice President and Chief Information Officer. From January 2009 to February 2013, Mr. Taborga was Vice President of Manufacturing, Quality and Information Technology. In February 2013, Mr. Taborga was named Executive Vice President, Engineering. In January 2016, Mr. Taborga was named Executive Vice President, Engineering and Integration Management Office. Prior to joining Omnicell, Mr. Taborga held a number of executive positions with Bay Networks and Quantum, and ran his own management consulting company. He also held executive roles in two cloud computing companies, FusionOne and Terrasping. Mr. Taborga’s earlier career includes senior roles in product development with ROLM Systems and Thomas-Conrad. Mr. Taborga received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in Organizational Systems from Saybrook University.
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ITEM 1A. | RISK FACTORS |
We have identified the following risks and uncertainties that may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Our business faces significant risks and the risks described below may not be the only risks we face. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial may also significantly impair our business operations. If any of these risks occur, our business, results of operations or financial condition could suffer and the market price of our common stock could decline.
In assessing these risks, you should also refer to other information contained in this annual report on Form 10-K, including the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes.
If we fail to develop new products or enhance our existing products to react to rapid technological change and market demands in a timely and cost-effective manner, or if newly developed solutions, such as our XT Series, XR2 Automated Central Pharmacy System, and IVX Workflow, are not adopted in the same time frame and/or quantity as we anticipate, our business will suffer.
We must develop new products or enhance our existing products with improved technologies to meet rapidly evolving customer requirements. We are constantly engaged in the development process for next generation products, and we need to successfully design our next generation and other products for customers who continually require higher performance and functionality at lower costs. The development process for these advancements is lengthy and usually requires us to accurately anticipate technological innovations and market trends. Developing and enhancing these products can be time-consuming, costly, and complex. Our ability to fund product development and enhancements partially depends on our ability to generate revenues from our existing products.
There is a risk that these developments, such as our XR2 Automated Central Pharmacy System and IVX semi-automated workflow solution or product enhancements, will be late, will have technical problems, will fail to meet customer or market specifications or will not be competitive with other products using alternative technologies that offer comparable performance and functionality. While our business strategy includes a goal of advancing our platform with new product introductions annually, we may be unable to successfully develop additional next generation products, new products or product enhancements on an annual basis or at all. Our next generation products, such as our XT Series, or any new products, such as our VBM 200F packaging solution for multimedication blister cards, XR2 Automated Central Pharmacy System, IVX semi-automated workflow solution, SupplyX Inventory Management System, RDX Essential solution designed for the European retail pharmacy market, or product enhancements may not be accepted in new or existing markets.
Our ability to execute successfully on our recently-launched vision of a fully digitized and autonomous pharmacy depends on our ability to continue to develop and introduce new products or product enhancements, and integrate new products with existing offerings, in furtherance of this vision in a timely manner and on a cost-effective basis. If we fail to do so, we may be unable to achieve our vision of the Autonomous Pharmacy, we may not realize the anticipated benefits of our investments in support of this vision, and our business will suffer.
The medication management and supply chain solutions market is highly competitive, and we may be unable to compete successfully against new entrants and established companies with greater resources and/or existing business relationships with our current and potential customers.
The medication management and supply chain solutions market is intensely competitive. We expect continued and increased competition from current and future competitors, many of which have significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we do. Our current direct competitors in the medication management and supply chain solutions market include Becton, Dickinson and Company (through its acquisition of CareFusion Corporation); ARxIUM; Cerner Corporation; Swisslog Healthcare as a division of KUKA; TouchPoint Medical, Inc.; Cardinal Health, Inc.; PAR Excellence Systems, Inc.; TECSYS Inc.; Kit Check, Inc.; Infor, Inc.; Baxter Healthcare Corporation; Grifols, S.A. (through its acquisition of MedKeeper); Willach Pharmacy Solutions; DIH Technologies Corporation; Yuyama Co., Ltd; RoboPharma B.V.; Meditech-Pharma; Knapp AG; KLS Steuerungstechnik GmbH; and Gollmann Kommissioniersysteme GmbH. Our current direct competitors in the medication adherence solutions market include Drug Package, Inc.; ARxIUM; Manchac Technologies, LLC; RX Systems, Inc.; McKesson Corporation; Digital Pharmacist Inc.; PrescribeWellness; Synergy Medical Systems; and TCGRx in the United States, and Jones Packaging Ltd.; Synergy Medical Systems; Medicine-on-Time, LLC; Global Factories B.V.; and WebsterCare outside the United States.
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The competitive challenges we face in the medication management and supply chain solutions market include, but are not limited to, the following:
• | certain competitors may offer or have the ability to offer a broader range of solutions in the marketplace that we are unable to match; |
• | certain competitors may develop alternative solutions to the customer problems our products are designed to solve that may provide a better customer outcome or a lower cost of operation; |
• | certain competitors may develop new features or capabilities for their products not previously offered that could compete directly with our products; |
• | competitive pressures could result in increased price competition for our products and services, fewer customer orders, and reduced gross margins, any of which could harm our business; |
• | current and potential competitors may make strategic acquisitions or establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties, including larger, more established healthcare supply companies, such as the acquisition of CareFusion Corporation by Becton, Dickinson and Company and the acquisition of Talyst Systems, LLC. by Swisslog Healthcare, thereby increasing their ability to develop and offer a broader suite of products and services to address the needs of our prospective customers; |
• | our competitive environment has recently experienced a significant degree of consolidation which could lead to competitors developing new business models that require us to adapt how we market, sell, or distribute our products; |
• | other established or emerging companies may enter the medication management and supply chain solutions market, or the medication adherence market, with products and services that are preferred by our current and potential customers based on factors such as features, capabilities, or cost; |
• | our competitors may develop, license, or incorporate new or emerging technologies or devote greater resources to the development, promotion, and sale of their products and services than we do; |
• | certain competitors have greater brand name recognition and a more extensive installed base of medication and supply dispensing systems or other products and services than we do, and such advantages could be used to increase their market share; |
• | certain competitors may have existing business relationships with our current and potential customers, which may cause these customers to purchase medication and supply dispensing systems or automation solutions from these competitors; and |
• | our competitors may secure products and services from suppliers on more favorable terms or secure exclusive arrangements with suppliers or buyers that may impede the sales of our products and services. |
Unfavorable economic and market conditions, a decreased demand in the capital equipment market, and uncertainty regarding the rollout of government legislation in the healthcare industry could adversely affect our operating results.
Customer demand for our products is significantly linked to the strength of the economy. If decreases in demand for capital equipment caused by weak economic conditions and decreased corporate and government spending, including any effects of fiscal budget balancing at the federal level, deferrals or delays of capital equipment projects, longer time frames for capital equipment purchasing decisions, or generally reduced expenditures for capital solutions occurs, we will experience decreased revenues and lower revenue growth rates, and our operating results could be materially and adversely affected.
Additionally, as the U.S. Federal Government implements healthcare reform legislation, and as Congress, regulatory agencies and other state governing organizations continue to review and assess additional healthcare legislation and regulations, there may be an impact on our business. Healthcare facilities may decide to postpone or reduce spending until the implications of such healthcare enactments are more clearly understood, which may affect the demand for our products and harm our business.
Any reduction in the demand for or adoption of our medication and supply systems, related services, or consumables would reduce our revenues.
Our medication and supply dispensing systems represent only one approach to managing the distribution of pharmaceuticals and supplies at acute healthcare facilities, and our medication packaging systems represent only one way of managing medication distribution at non-acute care facilities. While a significant portion of domestic acute care facilities have
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adopted some level of medication and/or supply automation, a significant portion of domestic and international healthcare facilities still use traditional approaches in some form that do not include fully automated methods of medication and supply management. As a result, we must continuously educate existing and prospective customers about the advantages of our products, which requires significant sales efforts, particularly when we are seeking to replace an incumbent supplier of medication and supply automation solutions and can cause longer sales cycles. Despite our significant efforts and extensive time commitments in sales to healthcare facilities, we cannot be assured that our efforts will result in sales to these customers.
In addition, our medication and supply dispensing systems and our more complex automated packaging systems typically represent a sizable initial capital expenditure for healthcare organizations. Changes in the budgets of these organizations and the timing of spending under these budgets can have a significant effect on the demand for our medication and supply dispensing systems and related services and our medication packaging systems. These budgets are often supported by cash flows that can be negatively affected by declining investment income and influenced by limited resources, increased operational and financing costs, macroeconomic conditions such as unemployment rates, and conflicting spending priorities among different departments. Any decrease in expenditures by healthcare facilities or increased financing costs could decrease demand for our medication and supply dispensing systems and related services and our medication packaging systems, and reduce our revenues.
We may not be able to successfully integrate acquired businesses or technologies into our existing business, including those of Aesynt, Ateb, and InPharmics, which could negatively impact our operating results.
As a part of our business strategy we may seek to acquire businesses, technologies or products in the future. For example, we acquired Aesynt and Ateb in 2016 and we acquired InPharmics in 2017. We cannot provide assurance that any acquisition or any future transaction we complete will result in long-term benefits to us or our stockholders, or that we will be able to integrate or manage the acquired business effectively. Acquisitions entail numerous risks, including difficulties associated with the integration of operations, technologies, products, and personnel that, if realized, could harm our operating results. Risks related to potential and completed acquisitions include, but are not limited to:
• | difficulties in combining previously separate businesses into a single unit and the complexity of managing a more dispersed organization as sites are acquired; |
• | complying with international labor laws that may restrict our ability to right-size organizations and gain synergies across acquired operations; |
• | complying with regulatory requirements, such as those of the Food and Drug Administration, that we were not previously subject to; |
• | the substantial costs that may be incurred and the substantial diversion of management’s attention from day-to-day business when evaluating and negotiating such transactions and then integrating an acquired business; |
• | discovery, after completion of the acquisition, of liabilities assumed from the acquired business or of assets acquired that are broader in scope and magnitude or are more difficult to manage than originally assumed; |
• | failure to achieve anticipated benefits such as cost savings and revenue enhancements; |
• | difficulties related to assimilating the products or key personnel of an acquired business; |
• | failure to understand and compete effectively in markets in which we have limited previous experience; and |
• | difficulties in integrating newly acquired products and solutions into a logical offering that our customers understand and embrace. |
Successful integration of acquired operations, products, and personnel into Omnicell may place a significant burden on the combined company’s management and internal resources. We may also experience difficulty in effectively integrating the different cultures and practices of any acquired entity. The challenges of integrating acquired entities could disrupt the combined company’s ongoing business, distract its management focus from other opportunities and challenges, and increase expenses and working capital requirements. The diversion of management attention and any difficulties encountered in the transition and integration process could harm our business, financial condition, and operating results.
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We may fail to realize the potential benefits of recently acquired businesses.
In 2016, we acquired Aesynt and Ateb, and in 2017, we acquired InPharmics, in an effort to realize certain potential benefits, including expansion of the combined businesses and broader market opportunities. However, our ability to realize these potential benefits depends on our successfully combining the businesses of Omnicell, Aesynt, Ateb, and InPharmics. The combined company may fail to realize the potential benefits of the acquisition for a variety of reasons, including the following:
• | inability or failure to expand product bookings and sales; |
• | inability to maintain business relationships with customers and suppliers of newly acquired companies, such as Ateb and InPharmics, due to post-acquisition disruption; |
• | inability or failure to effectively coordinate sales and marketing efforts to communicate the capabilities of the combined company; |
• | inability or failure to successfully integrate and harmonize financial reporting and information technology systems; |
• | inability or failure to achieve the expected operational and cost efficiencies; and |
• | loss of key employees. |
The actual integration may result in additional and unforeseen expenses or delays. If we are not able to successfully integrate the acquired businesses and their operations, or if there are delays in combining the businesses, the anticipated benefits of the acquisition may not be realized fully or at all or may take longer to realize than expected.
If goodwill or other intangible assets that we recorded in connection with the Aesynt, Ateb, and InPharmics acquisitions, or have recorded in connection with prior acquisitions, become impaired, we could be required to take significant charges against earnings.
In connection with the accounting for the Aesynt and Ateb acquisitions in 2016, and the InPharmics acquisition in 2017, we recorded a significant amount of goodwill and other intangible assets, and we maintain significant goodwill and other intangible assets relating to prior acquisitions, such as our acquisitions of MTS, Avantec, and Mach4. As of December 31, 2018, we had recorded approximately $477.8 million net, in goodwill and intangible assets in connection with past acquisitions. Under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), we must assess, at least annually and potentially more frequently, whether the value of goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets has been impaired. Amortizing intangible assets will be assessed for impairment in the event of an impairment indicator. Any reduction or impairment of the value of goodwill or other intangible assets will result in a charge against earnings, which could materially adversely affect our results of operations and shareholders’ equity in future periods.
We have incurred substantial debt, which could impair our flexibility and access to capital and adversely affect our financial position.
In connection with the Aesynt acquisition, we entered into a $400.0 million senior secured credit facility pursuant to a credit agreement with certain lenders, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as sole lead arranger, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as administrative agent (as subsequently amended, the “Credit Agreement”). In December 2017, we entered into an amendment to the Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and certain other lenders pursuant to which the revolving credit facility was increased from $200.0 million to $315.0 million, and certain other modifications were made, including amendments to certain negative covenants. The Credit Agreement also provides for a $200.0 million term loan facility. At December 31, 2018, the loan balance of the term loan facility was $140.0 million, and there was no outstanding loan balance for the revolving credit facility.
Our debt may:
• | limit our ability to borrow additional funds for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, or other general business purposes; |
• | limit our ability to use our cash flow or obtain additional financing for future working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, or other general business purposes; |
• | require us to use a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to make debt service payments; |
• | limit our flexibility to plan for, or react to, changes in our business and industry; |
• | place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our less leveraged competitors; and |
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• | increase our vulnerability to the impact of adverse economic and industry conditions. |
Our ability to meet our debt service obligations will depend on our future performance, which will be subject to financial, business, and other factors affecting our operations, many of which are beyond our control. If we do not have sufficient funds to meet our debt service obligations, we may be required to refinance or restructure all or part of our existing debt, sell assets, borrow more money or sell securities, none of which we can assure you that we would be able to do in a timely manner, or at all. In addition, as more fully described in the risk factor titled “Covenants in our Credit Agreement restrict our business and operations in many ways and if we do not effectively manage our compliance with these covenants, our financial conditions and results of operations could be adversely affected” below, the Credit Agreement includes customary restrictive covenants that impose operating and financial restrictions on us, including restrictions on our ability to take actions that could be in our best interests.
We are subject to laws, regulations, and other legal obligations related to privacy, data protection, and information security, and the costs of compliance with, and potential liability associated with, our actual or perceived failure to comply with such obligations could harm our business.
We receive, store, and process personal information and other data from and about customers, in addition to our employees and services providers. In addition, our customers use our solutions to obtain and store personal information, including personal health information. For example, our customers use our Omnicell Patient Engagement platform to guide and track patient notes, interventions and appointments, which involves the collection of personal health information of patients. Our handling of data is subject to a variety of laws and regulations by state, local, and foreign agencies, as well as contractual obligations and industry standards. Regulatory focus on data privacy and security concerns continues to increase globally, and laws and regulations concerning the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information are expanding and becoming more complex. In the United States, these include federal health information privacy laws (such as HIPAA, discussed below), security breach notification laws, and consumer protection laws, as well as state laws addressing privacy and data security. For example, The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, which was enacted on June 28, 2018, becomes effective in January 2020 and imposes additional obligations on companies that process information on California residents.
Internationally, various foreign jurisdictions in which we operate have established, or are developing, their own data privacy and security legal framework with which we or our customers must comply. In certain cases, these international laws and regulations are more restrictive than those in the United States. For example, within the European Union, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), which recently became effective in May 2018, imposes more stringent data protection requirements on U.S.-based companies such as ours which receive or process personal information from EU residents, and establishes greater penalties for non-compliance. Violations of the GDPR can result in penalties up to the greater of €20.0 million or 4% of global annual revenues, and may also lead to damages claims by data controllers and data subjects. Such penalties are in addition to any civil litigation claims by data controllers, customers, and data subjects.
In addition to government regulation, privacy advocates and industry groups may propose new and different self-regulatory standards that may legally or contractually apply to us. We also expect that there will continue to be new proposed laws, regulations, and industry standards relating to privacy, data protection, and information security. We cannot predict the scope of any such future laws, regulations, and standards that may be applicable to us, or how courts, agencies, or data protection authorities might interpret current ones. It is possible that these laws and other obligations may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent with our existing data management practices or the functionality of our solutions, and we cannot predict the impact of such potential, future, inconsistent interpretations.
Compliance with privacy, data protection, and information security laws, regulations, and other obligations is costly, and we may encounter difficulties, delays, or significant expenses in connection with our compliance, or because of our customers’ need to comply or our customers’ interpretation of their own legal requirements. In addition, any failure or perceived failure by us to comply with laws, regulations, policies, legal or contractual obligations, industry standards, or regulatory guidance relating to privacy or data security could result in governmental investigations and enforcement actions, litigation, fines and penalties, exposure to indemnification obligations or other liabilities, and adverse publicity, all of which could have an adverse effect on our reputation, as well as our business, financial condition, and results of operation.
If we experience a significant disruption in our information technology systems, breaches of data security or cyber-attacks on our systems or solutions, our business could be adversely affected.
We rely on information technology systems to keep financial records and corporate records, communicate with staff and external parties, and operate other critical functions, including sales and manufacturing processes. In addition, we also utilize third-party cloud services in connection with our operations. Our information technology systems and third-party cloud services are potentially vulnerable to disruption due to breakdown, malicious intrusion and computer viruses, or environmental impact. If we were to experience a prolonged system disruption in our information technology systems or third-party cloud
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services, it could negatively impact the coordination of our sales, planning, and manufacturing activities, which could adversely affect our business. In addition, in order to maximize our information technology efficiency, we have physically consolidated our primary corporate data and computer operations. This concentration, however, exposes us to a greater risk of disruption to our internal information technology systems. Although we maintain offsite back-ups of our data, if operations at our facilities were disrupted, it may cause a material disruption in our business if we are not capable of restoring function on an acceptable time frame.
Our information technology systems and third-party cloud services are potentially vulnerable to cyber-attacks or other data security breaches, whether by employees or others, which may expose sensitive data to unauthorized persons. Such data security breaches could lead to the loss of trade secrets or other intellectual property, or could lead to the public exposure of sensitive and confidential information of our employees, customers, suppliers, and others, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Moreover, a security breach or privacy violation that leads to disclosure or modification of, or prevents access to, patient information, including personally identifiable information or protected health information, could harm our reputation, result in litigation, compel us to comply with federal and/or state breach notification laws, subject us to mandatory corrective action, require us to verify the correctness of database contents, and otherwise subject us to liability under laws and regulations that protect personal data, resulting in increased costs or loss of revenue.
In addition, we sell certain solutions that receive, store, and process our customers’ data. For example, our Performance Center solution combines a cloud-based predictive intelligence platform with expert services designed to monitor pharmacy operations and recommend opportunities to help improve efficiency, regulatory compliance and patient outcomes. In addition, our Omnicell Patient Engagement platform is a private cloud-based solution that supports improving patient adherence goals through a single web-based platform that hosts functionality to guide and track patient notes, interventions and appointments. An effective attack on our solutions could disrupt the proper functioning of our solutions, allow unauthorized access to sensitive and confidential information of our customers (including protected health information), and disrupt our customers’ operations. Any of these events could cause our solutions to be perceived as having security vulnerabilities and reduce demand for our solutions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. These risks are likely to increase as we continue to grow our cloud-based offerings, including in support of our Autonomous Pharmacy vision, and as we receive, store, and process more of our customers’ data. We use third-party cloud providers in connection with certain of our cloud-based offerings or third-party providers to host our own data, in which case we rely on the processes, controls, and security such third parties have in place to protect the infrastructure. We also may acquire companies, products, services, and technologies and inherit such risks when we integrate these acquisitions within Omnicell.
While we have implemented a number of security measures designed to protect our systems and data, including firewalls, antivirus and malware detection tools, patches, log monitors, routine back-ups, system audits, routine password modifications, and disaster recovery procedures, and have designed certain security features into our solutions, such measures may not be adequate or implemented properly to prevent or fully address the adverse effect of such events, and in some cases we may be unaware of an incident or its magnitude and effects. Any failure to prevent such security breaches or privacy violations, or implement satisfactory remedial measures could require us to expend significant resources to remediate any damage, disrupt our operations or the operations of our customers, damage our reputation, or expose us to a risk of financial loss, litigation, regulatory penalties, contractual indemnification obligations, or other liability because of lost or misappropriated information, including sensitive patient data. In addition, these breaches and other inappropriate access can be difficult to detect, and any delay in identifying them may lead to increased harm of the type described above.
Changing customer requirements could decrease the demand for our products and services, and our new product solutions may not achieve market acceptance.
The medication management and supply chain solutions market is characterized by evolving technologies and industry standards, frequent new product introductions and dynamic customer requirements that may render existing products obsolete or less competitive. The medication management and supply chain solutions market could erode rapidly due to unforeseen changes in the features and functions of competing products, as well as the pricing models for such products. Our future success will depend in part upon our ability to enhance our existing products and services, and to develop and introduce new products and services to meet changing customer requirements. The process of developing products and services such as those we offer is extremely complex, and is expected to become increasingly more complex and expensive in the future as new technologies are introduced. If we are unable to enhance our existing products or develop new products to meet changing customer requirements, and bring such enhancements and products to market in a timely manner, demand for our products could decrease.
We cannot provide assurance that we will be successful in marketing any new products or services that we introduce, that new products or services will compete effectively with similar products or services sold by our competitors, or that the
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level of market acceptance of such products or services will be sufficient to generate expected revenues and synergies with our other products or services. For example, we recently announced our XR2 Automated Central Pharmacy System, IVX Workflow, and RDX Essential solutions, and we cannot guarantee that demand will meet our expectations. In addition, our XT Series, as well as our VBM 200F automated pharmacy solution for multi-medication blister card packaging are relatively new to the market. Deployment of new products or services often requires interoperability with other Omnicell products or services as well as with healthcare facilities’ existing information management systems. If these products or services fail to satisfy these demanding technological objectives, our customers may be dissatisfied, and we may be unable to generate future sales.
The transition to selling more products which include a software as a service or solution as a service subscription presents a number of risks.
We currently offer our IV compounding robots, Medication Packager products and XR2 Automated Central Pharmacy System together with personnel to operate the equipment, through subscription agreements. We also offer Performance Center, Patient Engagement and Guided Packing software, Electronic Medication Administration (eMAR), and SupplyX Inventory Management System, Omnicell Analytics, and some central pharmacy solutions as a subscription and/or service. IVX Workflow also contains a payment stream as part of the license fees in its pricing structure. As we continue to execute on our Autonomous Pharmacy vision and grow subscription and cloud-based offerings, we may offer additional products and services on a subscription basis. The transition to selling more products on a subscription basis presents a number of risks. The shift requires an investment of technical, financial, compliance and sales resources, and we cannot guarantee that we will recoup the costs of such investments, or that these investments will improve our long-term growth and results of operations. If adoption of subscription products takes place faster than anticipated, the shift to subscription revenues from capital equipment sales will defer revenue recognition and we may experience a temporary reduction of revenues. If any of our subscription products do not substantially meet customer requirements, customers may cancel subscriptions, causing a decline in revenue. Customers may elect not to renew their subscriptions upon expiration, or they may attempt to renegotiate pricing or other contractual terms at or prior to renewal on terms that are less favorable to us. In addition, since revenue is recognized over the term of the subscription, any decrease in customer purchases of our subscription-based products and services will not be fully reflected in our operating results until future periods, and it will also be more difficult for us to rapidly increase our revenue through additional subscription sales in any one period.
The healthcare industry faces changes to healthcare legislation and other healthcare reform, as well as financial constraints and consolidation, which could adversely affect the demand for our products and services.
The healthcare industry has faced, and will likely continue to face, significant financial constraints. U.S. government legislation such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the PPACA, the Budget Control Act of 2011, and other health reform legislation, or the repeal of all or a portion of any such legislation may cause customers to postpone purchases of our products due to reductions in federal healthcare program reimbursement rates and/or needed changes to their operations in order to meet the requirements of legislation. Our automation solutions often involve a significant financial commitment from our customers and, as a result, our ability to grow our business is largely dependent on our customers’ capital and operating budgets. To the extent legislation promotes spending on other initiatives or healthcare providers’ spending declines or increases more slowly than we anticipate, demand for our products and services could decline.
For example, prior proposals for healthcare reform, such as the “Medicare for All” bill introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders in September 2017, have included the concept of a “single-payer” government-funded healthcare system. Such a system could reduce our customers’ revenues, as Medicare and other public reimbursement rates are on average lower than commercial health plan reimbursement rates. While it is not likely that legislation creating such a single-payer system will pass Congress and be signed by the President in the near term, continued introduction of legislation promoting a single-payer system by several members of Congress could increase uncertainty for our customers and cause them to delay purchases of our products and services.
In addition, healthcare providers have consolidated to create larger healthcare delivery organizations in order to achieve greater market power. If this consolidation continues, it would increase the size of certain target customers, which could increase the cost, effort, and difficulty in selling our products to such target customers, or could cause our existing customers or potential new customers to begin utilizing our competitors’ products if such customers are acquired by healthcare providers that prefer our competitors’ products to ours. In addition, the resulting organizations could have greater bargaining power, which may lead to price erosion.
Government regulation of the healthcare industry could reduce demand for our products, or substantially increase the cost to produce our products.
The manufacture and sale of most of our current products are not regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), or the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”). Through our acquisition of Aesynt, we have both Class I and
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Class II, 510(k) exempt medical devices which are subject to FDA regulation and require compliance with the FDA Quality System Regulation as well as medical device reporting. Additional products may be regulated in the future by the FDA, DEA, or other federal agencies due to future legislative and regulatory initiatives or reforms. Direct regulation of our business and products by the FDA, DEA, or other federal agencies could substantially increase the cost to produce our products and increase the time required to bring those products to market, reduce the demand for our products, and reduce our revenues. In addition, healthcare providers and facilities that use our equipment and dispense controlled substances are subject to regulation by the DEA. The failure of these providers and facilities to comply with DEA requirements, including the Controlled Substances Act and its implementing regulations, could reduce demand for our products and harm our competitive position, results of operations, and financial condition. Pharmacies are regulated by individual state boards of pharmacy that issue rules for pharmacy licensure in their respective jurisdictions. State boards of pharmacy do not license or approve our medication and supply dispensing systems; however, pharmacies using our equipment are subject to state board approval. The failure of such pharmacies to meet differing requirements from a significant number of state boards of pharmacy could decrease demand for our products and harm our competitive position, results of operations, and financial condition. Similarly, hospitals must be accredited by The Joint Commission in order to be eligible for Medicaid and Medicare funds. The Joint Commission does not approve or accredit medication and supply dispensing systems; however, disapproval of our customers’ medication and supply dispensing management methods, and their failure to meet The Joint Commission requirements could decrease demand for our products and harm our competitive position, results of operations, and financial condition.
While we have implemented a Privacy and Use of Information Policy and adhere to established privacy principles, use of customer information guidelines, and related federal and state statutes, we cannot assure you that we will be in compliance with all federal and state healthcare information privacy and security laws that we are directly or indirectly subject to, including, without limitation, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). Among other things, this legislation required the Secretary of Health and Human Services to adopt national standards governing the conduct of certain electronic health information transactions and protecting the privacy and security of personally identifiable health information maintained or transmitted by “covered entities,” which include pharmacies and other healthcare providers with which we do business.
The standards adopted to date include, among others, the “Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information,” which restrict the use and disclosure of personally identifiable health information by covered entities, and the “Security Standards,” which require covered entities to implement administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to protect the integrity and security of certain electronic health information. Under HIPAA, we are considered a “business associate” in relation to many of our customers that are covered entities, and as such, most of these customers have required that we enter into written agreements governing the way we handle and safeguard certain patient health information we may encounter in providing our products and services, and may impose liability on us for failure to meet our contractual obligations. Further, pursuant to changes in HIPAA under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, we are covered under HIPAA similar to other covered entities and in some cases, subject to the same civil and criminal penalties as a covered entity. A number of states have also enacted privacy and security statutes and regulations that, in some cases, are more stringent than HIPAA and may also apply directly to us. If our past or present operations are found to violate any of these laws, we may be subject to fines, penalties, and other sanctions.
In addition, we cannot predict the potential impact of future HIPAA standards and other federal and state privacy and security laws that may be enacted at any time on our customers or on Omnicell. These laws could restrict the ability of our customers to obtain, use, or disseminate patient information, which could reduce the demand for our products or force us to redesign our products in order to meet regulatory requirements.
When we experience delays in installations of our medication and supply dispensing systems or our more complex medication packaging systems, resulting in delays in our ability to recognize revenue, our competitive position, results of operations, and financial condition could be harmed.
The purchase of our medication and supply dispensing systems or our more complex medication packaging systems is often part of a customer’s larger initiative to re-engineer its pharmacy and their distribution and materials management systems. As a result, our sales cycles are often lengthy. The purchase of our systems often entails larger strategic purchases by customers that frequently require more complex and stringent contractual requirements and generally involve a significant commitment of management attention and resources by prospective customers. These larger and more complex transactions often require the input and approval of many decision-makers, including pharmacy directors, materials managers, nurse managers, financial managers, information systems managers, administrators, lawyers, and boards of directors. In addition, new product announcements, such as that of our XT Series, can cause a delay in our customers’ decision to purchase our products or convert orders from our older products to those of our newer products, such as the XT Series. For these and other reasons, the sales cycle associated with the sale of our medication and supply dispensing systems is often lengthy and subject to a number of
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delays over which we have little or no control. A delay in, or loss of, sales of our medication and supply dispensing systems could have an adverse effect upon our operating results and could harm our business.
In addition, and in part as a result of the complexities inherent in larger transactions, the time between the purchase and installation of our systems can range from two weeks to one year. Delays in installation can occur for reasons that are often outside of our control. We have also experienced fluctuations in our customer and transaction size mix, which makes our ability to forecast our product bookings more difficult. Because we recognize revenues for our medication and supply dispensing systems and our more complex medication packaging systems only upon installation at a customer’s site, any delay in installation by our customers will also cause a delay in the recognition of the revenues for that system.
Demand for our consumable medication packages is time-sensitive and if we are not able to supply the demand from our institutional and retail pharmacy customers on schedule and with quality packaging products, they may use alternative means to distribute medications to their customers.
Approximately 10% of our revenues during the year ended December 31, 2018 were generated from the sale of consumable medication packages, most of which are produced in our St. Petersburg, Florida facility on a continuous basis and are shipped out to fulfill the demands of our institutional pharmacy and retail pharmacy customers domestically and abroad. The demands placed on institutional pharmacies and retail pharmacies by their customers represent real time requirements of those customers. Our customer agreements for the sale of consumable medication packages are typically short-term in nature and typically do not include any volume commitments on the part of the customer. Although our packaging may be considered the preferred method of maintaining control of medications during the medication distribution and administration process, institutional and retail pharmacies have alternative methods of distributing medications, including bulk and alternative packaging, and medication adherence packaging may be supplied by our competitors. To the extent that we are unable to supply quality packaging to our customers in a timely manner, that demand will be met via alternative distribution methods, including consumable medication packaging sold by our competitors, and our revenues will decline. Any disruption in the production capabilities of our St. Petersburg facilities will adversely affect our ability to ship our consumable medication packages globally and would reduce our revenues.
Our international operations may subject us to additional risks that can adversely affect our operating results.
We currently have operations outside of the United States, including sales efforts centered in Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific regions, and supply chain efforts in Asia. We intend to continue to expand our international operations, particularly in certain markets that we view as strategic, including the Middle East. Our international operations subject us to a variety of risks, including:
• | our reliance on distributors for the sale and post-sale support of our automated dispensing systems outside the United States and Canada; |
• | the difficulty of managing an organization operating in various countries; |
• | political sentiment against international outsourcing of production; |
• | reduced protection for intellectual property rights, particularly in jurisdictions that have less developed intellectual property regimes; |
• | changes in foreign regulatory requirements; |
• | the requirement to comply with a variety of international laws and regulations, including privacy and security, labor, import, export, trade, environmental standards, product compliance, tax, anti-bribery, and employment laws; |
• | changes in export or import regulations, tariff rates, economic sanctions, or trade treaties, as well as possible trade wars and other trade barriers and uncertainties; |
• | fluctuations in currency exchange rates and difficulties in repatriating funds from certain countries; |
• | additional investment, coordination, and lead-time necessary to successfully interface our automation solutions with the existing information systems of our customers or potential customers outside of the United States; and |
• | political unrest, terrorism, and the potential for other hostilities in areas in which we have facilities or operations. |
If we are unable to anticipate and address these risks properly, our business or operating results will be harmed.
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In the past, we have experienced substantial fluctuations in customer demand, and we cannot be sure that we will be able to respond proactively to future changes in customer demand.
Our ability to adjust to fluctuations in our revenues while still achieving or sustaining profitability is dependent upon our ability to manage costs and control expenses. If our revenues increase or decrease rapidly, we may not be able to manage these changes effectively. Future growth is dependent on the continued demand for our products, the volume of installations we are able to complete, our ability to continue to meet our customers’ needs and provide a quality installation experience, and our flexibility in manpower allocations among customers to complete installations on a timely basis.
Regarding our expenses, our ability to control expenses is dependent on our ability to continue to develop and leverage effective and efficient human and information technology systems, our ability to gain efficiencies in our workforce through the local and worldwide labor markets, and our ability to grow our outsourced vendor supply model. Our expense growth rate may equal or exceed our revenue growth rate if we are unable to streamline our operations, incur significant research and development expenses prior to, or without recognizing the benefits, of those solutions under development, incur acquisition-related integration expenses greater than those we anticipate, or fail to reduce the costs or increase the margins of our products. In addition, we may not be able to reduce our expenses to keep pace with any reduction in our revenue, which could harm our results of operations and financial position.
Covenants in our Credit Agreement restrict our business and operations in many ways, and if we do not effectively manage our compliance with these covenants, our financial conditions and results of operations could be adversely affected.
The Credit Agreement contains various customary covenants that limit our ability and/or our subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things:
• | incur or assume liens or additional debt or provide guarantees in respect of obligations or other persons; |
• | issue redeemable preferred stock; |
• | pay dividends or distributions or redeem or repurchase capital stock; |
• | prepay, redeem, or repurchase certain debt; |
• | make loans, investments, acquisitions (including acquisitions of exclusive licenses), and capital expenditures; |
• | enter into agreements that restrict distributions from our subsidiaries; |
• | sell assets and capital stock of our subsidiaries; |
• | enter into certain transactions with affiliates; and |
• | consolidate or merge with or into, or sell substantially all of our assets to, another person. |
The Credit Agreement also includes financial covenants requiring us (i) not to exceed a maximum consolidated total leverage ratio of 3.50:1 through the end of 2018, 3.25:1 through the end of the second quarter of 2019, and 3.00:1 thereafter (subject to certain exceptions) and (ii) to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.50:1. Our ability to comply with these financial covenants may be affected by events beyond our control. Our failure to comply with any of the covenants under the Credit Agreement could result in a default under the terms of the Credit Agreement, which could permit the administrative agent or the lenders to declare all or part of any outstanding borrowings to be immediately due and payable, or to refuse to permit additional borrowings under the revolving credit facility, which could restrict our operations, particularly our ability to respond to changes in our business or to take specified actions to take advantage of certain business opportunities that may be presented to us. In addition, if we are unable to repay those amounts, the administrative agent and the lenders under the Credit Agreement could proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure that debt, which would seriously harm our business.
If we are unable to recruit and retain skilled and motivated personnel, our competitive position, results of operations, and financial condition could be harmed.
Our success is highly dependent upon the continuing contributions of our key management, sales, technical, and engineering staff. We believe that our future success will depend upon our ability to attract, train, and retain highly skilled and motivated personnel. As more of our products are installed in increasingly complex environments, greater technical expertise will be required. As our installed base of customers increases, we will also face additional demands on our customer service and support personnel, requiring additional resources to meet these demands. We may experience difficulty in recruiting qualified personnel. Competition for qualified technical, engineering, managerial, sales, marketing, financial reporting, and other personnel can be intense, and we may not be successful in attracting and retaining qualified personnel. Competitors have in the past attempted, and may in the future attempt, to recruit our employees.
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In addition, we have historically used stock options, restricted stock units, and other forms of equity compensation as key components of our employee compensation program in order to align employees’ interests with the interests of our stockholders, encourage employee retention, and provide competitive compensation packages. The effect of managing share-based compensation expense and minimizing shareholder dilution from the issuance of new shares may make it less favorable for us to grant stock options, restricted stock units or other forms of equity compensation, to employees in the future. In order to continue granting equity compensation at competitive levels, we must seek stockholder approval for any increases to the number of shares reserved for issuance under our equity incentive plans, such as the share increase that was approved at our 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and we cannot assure you that we will receive such approvals in the future. Any failure to receive approval for future proposed increases could prevent us from granting equity compensation at competitive levels and make it more difficult to attract, retain, and motivate employees. Further, to the extent that we expand our business or product lines through the acquisition of other businesses, any failure to receive any such approvals could prevent us from securing employment commitments from such newly acquired employees. Failure to attract and retain key personnel could harm our competitive position, results of operations, and financial condition.
Our failure to protect our intellectual property rights could negatively affect our ability to compete.
Our success depends in part on our ability to obtain patent protection for technology and processes, and our ability to preserve our trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. We have pursued patent protection in the United States and foreign jurisdictions for technology that we believe to be proprietary and for technology that offers us a potential competitive advantage for our products. We intend to continue to pursue such protection in the future. Our issued patents relate to various features of our medication and supply dispensing systems and our packaging systems. We cannot assure you that we will file any patent applications in the future and that any of our patent applications will result in issued patents, or that, if issued, such patents will provide significant protection for our technology and processes. As an example, in September 2014, an action was brought against us, to, among other matters, correct the inventorship of certain patents owned by us. Furthermore, we cannot assure you that others will not develop technologies that are similar or superior to our technology or that others will not design around the patents we own. All of our system software is copyrighted and subject to the protection of applicable copyright laws. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our products or obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary, which could harm our competitive position.
Our quarterly operating results may fluctuate and may cause our stock price to decline.
Our quarterly operating results may vary in the future depending on many factors that include, but are not limited to, the following:
• | our ability to successfully install our products on a timely basis and meet other contractual obligations necessary to recognize revenue; |
• | our ability to continue cost reduction efforts; |
• | the size, product mix, and timing of orders for our medication and supply dispensing systems, and our medication packaging systems, and their installation and integration; |
• | the overall demand for healthcare medication management and supply chain solutions; |
• | our ability to implement development, engineering, and manufacturing Centers of Excellence; |
• | changes in pricing policies by us or our competitors; |
• | the number, timing, and significance of product enhancements and new product announcements by us or our competitors; |
• | the timing and significance of any acquisition or business development transactions that we may consider or negotiate and the revenues, costs, and earnings that may be associated with these transactions; |
• | the relative proportions of revenues we derive from products and services; |
• | fluctuations in the percentage of sales attributable to our international business; |
• | our customers’ budget cycles; |
• | changes in our operating expenses and our ability to stabilize expenses; |
• | expenses incurred to remediate product quality, security or safety issues; |
• | our ability to generate cash from our accounts receivable on a timely basis; |
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• | the performance of our products; |
• | changes in our business strategy; |
• | macroeconomic and political conditions, including fluctuations in interest rates, tax increases, and availability of credit markets; and |
• | volatility in our stock price and its effect on equity-based compensation expense. |
Due to all of these factors, our quarterly revenues and operating results are difficult to predict and may fluctuate, which in turn may cause the market price of our stock to decline.
If we are unable to maintain our relationships with group purchasing organizations or other similar organizations, we may have difficulty selling our products and services to customers represented by these organizations.
A number of group purchasing organizations, including HealthTrust Purchasing Group, Intalere (f.k.a. Amerinet, Inc.), Premier Inc., The Resource Group, Resource Optimization & Innovation, LLC, and Vizient Inc., have negotiated standard contracts for our products on behalf of their member healthcare organizations. Members of these group purchasing organizations may purchase under the terms of these contracts, which obligate us to pay the group purchasing organization a fee. We have also contracted with the United States General Services Administration, allowing the Department of Veteran Affairs, the Department of Defense, and other Federal Government customers to purchase our products. These contracts enable us to more readily sell our products and services to customers represented by these organizations. Some of our contracts with these organizations are terminable at the convenience of either party. The loss of any of these relationships could impact the breadth of our customer base and could impair our ability to meet our revenue targets or increase our revenues. These organizations may not renew our contracts on similar terms, if at all, and they may choose to terminate our contracts before they expire, any of which could cause our revenues to decline.
If we are unable to maintain our relationships with major institutional pharmacies, we may experience a decline in the sales of blister cards and other consumables sold to these customers.
The institutional pharmacy market consists of significant national suppliers of medications to non-acute care facilities, smaller regional suppliers, and very small local suppliers. Although none of these customers comprised more than 10% of our total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2018, the three largest institutional pharmacies comprised 14% and 16% of our Medication Adherence segment revenues during the years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. If these larger national suppliers were to purchase consumable blister card components from alternative sources, or choose to use alternatives to blister cards for medication control, our revenues would decline.
If we are unable to successfully interface our automation solutions with the existing information systems of our customers, they may choose not to use our products and services.
For healthcare facilities to fully benefit from our automation solutions, our systems must interface with their existing information systems. This may require substantial cooperation, incremental investment, and coordination on the part of our customers, and may require coordination with third-party suppliers of the existing information systems. There is little uniformity in the systems currently used by our customers, which complicates the interfacing process. If these systems are not successfully interfaced, our customers could choose not to use or to reduce their use of our automation solutions, which would harm our business. Also, these information systems are impacted by regulatory forces, such as the Promoting Interoperability Program and HIPAA Omnibus Rules, and may evolve their interoperability functionality accordingly. We expect to comply with the mandatory standards and certifications that enable us to continuously interoperate with partner information systems, but such symbiotic evolution in a changing regulatory environment can at times create an execution risk.
Additionally, our competitors may enter into agreements with providers of hospital information management systems that are designed to increase the interoperability of their respective products. To the extent our competitors are able to increase the interoperability of their products with those of the major hospital information systems providers, customers who utilize such information systems may choose not to use our products and services. In addition, hospital and physician office information systems providers may choose to develop their own solutions that could compete with ours. Furthermore, we expect the importance of interoperability to increase in the next few years. Regulations such as the Quality Payment Program are expected to heavily focus on evidence and outcomes. Given our role in care delivery process, the data generated by our products may be a key input for assessing and reporting on clinical outcomes. This may elevate interoperability with information systems to a relative importance to our customers creating a business opportunity and risk.
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We depend on a limited number of suppliers for our products, and our business may suffer if we were required to change suppliers to obtain an adequate supply of components, equipment, and raw materials on a timely basis.
Although we generally use parts and components for our products with a high degree of modularity, certain components are presently available only from a single source or limited sources. We rely on a limited number of suppliers for the raw materials that are necessary in the production of our consumable medication packages. While we have generally been able to obtain adequate supplies of all components and raw materials in a timely manner from existing sources, or where necessary, from alternative sources of supply, we entered into relationships with new suppliers in connection with the launch of our XT Series products. We engage multiple single source third-party manufacturers to build several of our sub-assemblies. The risks associated with changing to alternative vendors, if necessary, for any of the numerous components used to manufacture our products could limit our ability to manufacture our products and harm our business. Due to our reliance on a few single source partners to build our hardware sub-assemblies and on a limited number of suppliers for the raw materials that are necessary in the production of our consumable medication packages, a reduction or interruption in supply from our partners or suppliers, or a significant increase in the price of one or more components could have an adverse impact on our business, results of operations, and financial condition. In certain circumstances, the failure of any of our suppliers or us to perform adequately could result in quality control issues affecting end users’ acceptance of our products. These impacts could damage customer relationships and could harm our business.
Failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 could cause our stock price to decline.
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) require annual management assessments of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, and a report by our independent registered public accounting firm attesting to the effectiveness of internal control. If we fail to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, as such standards are modified, supplemented or amended from time to time, we may not be able to ensure that we can conclude on an ongoing basis that we have effective internal control over financial reporting.
If the market price of our common stock continues to be highly volatile, the investment value of our common stock may decline.
Our common stock traded between $39.75 and $79.48 per share during the year ended December 31, 2018. The market price for shares of our common stock has been and may continue to be highly volatile. In addition, our announcements or external events may have a significant impact on the market price of our common stock. These announcements or external events may include:
• | actual or anticipated changes in our operating results; |
• | whether our operating results or forecasts meet the expectations of securities analysts or investors; |
• | developments in our relationships with corporate customers; |
• | developments with respect to recently acquired businesses; |
• | changes in the ratings of our common stock by securities analysts or changes in their earnings estimates; |
• | announcements by us or our competitors of technological innovations or new products; |
• | announcements by us or our competitors of acquisitions of businesses, products or technologies; or other significant transactions by us or our competitors such as strategic partnerships or divestitures; or |
• | general economic and market conditions. |
Furthermore, the stock market as a whole from time to time has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations, which have particularly affected the market prices for technology companies. These broad market fluctuations may cause the market price of our common stock to decline irrespective of our performance. In addition, sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market could lower the market price of our common stock.
In addition, stockholders have initiated class action lawsuits against companies following periods of volatility in the market prices of these companies’ stock. For example, on March 19, 2015, a putative class action lawsuit was filed against Omnicell and two of our executive officers in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California purporting to assert claims on behalf of a class of purchasers of Omnicell stock between May 2, 2014 and March 2, 2015. The complaint alleged that defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by purportedly making false and misleading statements regarding the existence of a “side letter” arrangement and the adequacy of internal controls that allegedly
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resulted in false and misleading financial statements. The Company and the individual defendants were not served with the complaint, and on May 20, 2015, the plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal of the lawsuit without prejudice.
Our U.S. government lease agreements are subject to annual budget funding cycles and mandated unilateral changes, which may affect our ability to enter into such leases or to recognize revenues and sell receivables based on these leases.
U.S. government customers that lease our equipment typically sign contracts with five-year payment terms that are subject to one-year government budget funding cycles. Further, the government has in certain circumstances mandated unilateral changes in its Federal Supply Services contract that could render our lease terms with the government less attractive. In our judgment and based on our history with these accounts, we believe these receivables are collectible. However, in the future, the failure of any of our U.S. government customers to receive their annual funding, or the government mandating changes to the Federal Supply Services contract could impair our ability to sell lease equipment to these customers or to sell our U.S. government receivables to third-party leasing companies. In addition, the ability to collect payments on unsold receivables could be impaired and may result in a write-down of our unsold receivables from U.S. government customers. The balance of our unsold leases to U.S. government customers was $12.7 million as of December 31, 2018.
If we fail to manage our inventory properly, our revenue, gross margin, and profitability could suffer.
Managing our inventory of components and finished products is a complex task. A number of factors, including, but not limited to, the need to maintain a significant inventory of certain components that are in short supply or that must be purchased in bulk to obtain favorable pricing, the general unpredictability of demand for specific products and customer requests for quick delivery schedules, may result in us maintaining large amounts of inventory. Other factors, including changes in market demand, customer requirements, and technology, may cause our inventory to become obsolete. Any excess or obsolete inventory could result in inventory write-downs, which in turn could harm our business and results of operations.
Intellectual property claims against us could harm our competitive position, results of operations, and financial condition.
We expect that developers of medication and supply dispensing systems and medication packaging systems will be increasingly subject to infringement claims as the number of products and competitors in our industry grows and the functionality of products in different industry segments overlaps. In the future, third parties may claim that we have infringed upon their intellectual property rights with respect to current or future products. We do not carry special insurance that covers intellectual property infringement claims; however, such claims may be covered under our traditional insurance policies. These policies contain terms, conditions, and exclusions that make recovery for intellectual property infringement claims difficult to guarantee. Any infringement claims, with or without merit, could be time-consuming to defend, result in costly litigation, divert management’s attention and resources, cause product shipment delays or require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements. These royalty or licensing agreements, if required, may not be available on terms acceptable to us, or at all, which could harm our competitive position, results of operations, and financial condition.
Our software products are complex and may contain defects, which could harm our reputation, results of operations, and financial condition.
We market products that contain software and products that are software only. Although we perform extensive testing prior to releasing software products, these products may contain undetected errors or bugs when first released. These may not be discovered until the product has been used by customers in different application environments. Failure to discover product deficiencies or bugs could require design modifications to previously shipped products or cause delays in the installation of our products and unfavorable publicity or negatively impact system shipments, any of which could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Product liability claims against us could harm our competitive position, results of operations, and financial condition.
Our products provide medication management and supply chain management solutions for the healthcare industry. Despite the presence of healthcare professionals as intermediaries between our products and patients, if our products fail to provide accurate and timely information or operate as designed, customers, patients or their family members could assert claims against us for product liability. For example, as further discussed under “Legal Proceedings” in Note 10, Commitments and Contingencies, of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this annual report, on January 10, 2018, a lawsuit was filed against a number of parties, including the Company and one of its subsidiaries, in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, Virginia, asserting, among other allegations, claims of product liability. Moreover, failure of health care facility employees to use our products for their intended purposes could result in product liability claims against us. Litigation with respect to product liability claims, regardless of any outcome, could result in substantial cost to us, divert management’s attention from operations, and decrease market acceptance of our products. We possess a variety of insurance policies that include coverage for general commercial liability and technology errors and omissions liability. We attempt to mitigate these risks through contractual terms negotiated with our customers. However, these policies and protective contractual terms may
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not be adequate against product liability claims. A successful claim brought against us, or any claim or product recall that results in negative publicity about us, could harm our competitive position, results of operations, and financial condition. Also, in the event that any of our products is defective, we may be required to recall or redesign those products.
We are dependent on technologies provided by third-party vendors, the loss of which could negatively and materially affect our ability to market, sell, or distribute our products.
Some of our products incorporate technologies owned by third parties that are licensed to us for use, modification, and distribution. For example, the VBM 200F is manufactured by a third party and sold by us pursuant to a distribution and supplier agreement. If we lose access to third-party technologies, such as our ability to distribute the VBM 200F, or we lose the ongoing rights to modify and distribute these technologies with our products, we will have to devote resources to independently develop, maintain and support the technologies ourselves, pay increased license costs, or transition to another vendor. Any independent development, maintenance or support of these technologies by us or the transition to alternative technologies could be costly, time consuming, and could delay our product releases and upgrade schedules. These factors could negatively and materially affect our ability to market, sell or distribute our products.
Complications in connection with our ongoing business information system upgrades, including those required to transition acquired entities onto information systems already utilized, and those implemented to adopt new accounting standards, may impact our results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows.
We continue to upgrade our enterprise-level business information system with new capabilities and transition acquired entities onto information systems already utilized in the company. In 2016, we replaced the legacy Enterprise Requirements Planning systems used in Mach4 with systems currently in use in other parts of Omnicell, and we intend to do the same at Aesynt and Ateb. Based upon the complexity of some of the upgrades, there is risk that we will not see the expected benefit from the implementation of these upgrades in accordance with their anticipated timeline and will incur costs in addition to those we have already planned for. In addition, in future years, we will need to comply with new accounting standards established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) for leases and other components of our financial reporting. These new standards will require us to modify our accounting policies and financial reporting disclosure. We further anticipate that integration of these and possibly other new standards may require a substantial amount of management’s time and attention, and require integration with our enterprise resource planning system. The implementation of the system and the adoption of future new standards, in isolation as well as together, could result in operating inefficiencies and financial reporting delays, and could impact our ability to timely record certain business transactions. All of these potential results could adversely impact our results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows.
Outstanding employee stock options have the potential to dilute stockholder value and cause our stock price to decline.
We grant stock options to certain of our employees as incentives to join Omnicell or as an on-going reward and retention vehicle. We had options outstanding to purchase approximately 3.7 million shares of our common stock, at a weighted-average exercise price of $41.27 per share as of December 31, 2018. If some or all of these shares are sold into the public market over a short time period, the price of our common stock may decline, as the market may not be able to absorb those shares at the prevailing market prices. Such sales may also make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future on terms that we deem acceptable.
Raising additional capital may cause dilution to our existing stockholders, restrict our operations or harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
We may seek additional capital through a variety of means, including through private and public equity offerings and debt financings. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of our stockholders. Debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take certain actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures, entering into licensing arrangements, or declaring dividends. If we raise additional funds from third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us.
For example, we filed a “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act in November 2017 (the “S-3 Registration Statement”), allowing us, from time to time, to offer any combination of registered common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, and warrants. Under this S-3 Registration Statement, we also entered into a distribution agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) in November 2017 with J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. as our sales agents, pursuant to which we may offer and sell from time to time through “at-the-market” offerings, up to an aggregate of $125.0 million of our common stock through the sales agents. As of December 31, 2018, we had an aggregate of $70.0 million available to be offered under the Distribution Agreement.
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If we are unable to raise additional funds through equity or debt financing when needed, our ability to market, sell or distribute our products may be negatively impacted and could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Changes in our tax rates, exposure to additional tax liabilities, or the adoption of new tax legislation could adversely affect our business and financial condition.
We are subject to taxes in the United States and foreign jurisdictions. Our future effective tax rates could be affected by several factors, many of which are outside of our control, including: changes in the mix of earnings with differing statutory tax rates, changes in the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities, changes in tax laws or their interpretation, adjustments to income tax expense upon the finalization of tax returns, changes in tax attribute, or changes in federal, state, and international tax laws and accounting principles. We regularly assess the likelihood of adverse outcomes to determine the adequacy of our provision for taxes. We are also subject to examination of our income tax returns by the Internal Revenue Service and other tax authorities. There can be no assurance that the outcomes from these examinations will not materially adversely affect our financial condition and operating results. Forecasting our estimated annual effective tax rate is complex and subject to uncertainty, and there may be a material difference between the forecasted and the accrual tax rates. Any increase in our effective tax rate would reduce our profitability.
Catastrophic events may disrupt our business and harm our operating results.
We rely on our network infrastructure, data centers, enterprise applications, and technology systems for the development, marketing, support, and sales of our products, and for the internal operation of our business. These systems are susceptible to disruption or failure in the event of a major earthquake, fire, flood, cyber-attack, terrorist attack, telecommunications failure, or other catastrophic event. Many of these systems are housed or supported in or around our corporate headquarters located in Northern California, near major earthquake faults, and where a significant portion of our research and development activities and other critical business operations take place. Other critical systems, including our manufacturing facilities for our consumable medication packages, are housed in St. Petersburg, Florida, in communities that have been subject to significant tropical storms. Disruptions to or the failure of any of these systems, and the resulting loss of critical data, which is not quickly recoverable by the effective execution of disaster recovery plans designed to reduce such disruption, could cause delays in our product development, prevent us from fulfilling our customers’ orders, and could severely affect our ability to conduct normal business operations, the result of which would adversely affect our operating results.
Recent developments relating to the United Kingdom’s referendum vote in favor of leaving the European Union and related actions could adversely affect us.
The United Kingdom held a referendum in June 2016 in which a majority voted for the United Kingdom’s (the “UK”) withdrawal from the European Union (the “EU”). In March 2017, the UK’s ambassador to the EU delivered a letter to the president of the European Council that gave formal notice under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty of Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, commonly referred to as “Brexit.” Negotiations are underway to determine the terms of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU as well as its relationship with the EU going forward, including the terms of trade between the UK and the EU. The effects of Brexit have been and are expected to continue to be far-reaching. Brexit and the perceptions as to its impact may adversely affect business activity and economic conditions in Europe and globally, and could continue to contribute to instability in global financial markets. Brexit could also have the effect of disrupting the free movement of goods, services, and people between the UK and the EU. However, the full effects of Brexit are uncertain and will depend on any agreements the UK may make to retain access to EU markets either during a transitional period or more permanently. Brexit could also lead to legal uncertainty and potentially divergent national laws and regulations as the UK determines which EU laws to replace or replicate. Lastly, as a result of the Brexit, other European countries may seek to conduct referenda with respect to their continuing membership with the EU. Given these possibilities and others we may not anticipate, as well as the lack of comparable precedent, the full extent to which our business, results of operations, and financial condition could be adversely affected by Brexit is uncertain.
The conflict minerals provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act could result in additional costs and liabilities.
In accordance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the SEC established disclosure and reporting requirements for those companies that use “conflict minerals” mined from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries, whether or not these products are manufactured by third parties. These new requirements could affect the sourcing of materials used in our products as well as the companies we use to manufacture our products. In circumstances where conflict minerals in our products are found to be sourced from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or surrounding countries, we may take actions to change materials or designs to reduce the possibility that our purchase of conflict minerals may fund armed groups in the region. These actions could add engineering and other costs to the manufacture of our products.
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We expect to incur costs on an ongoing basis to comply with the requirements related to the discovery of the origin of the tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold used in our products, including components we purchase from third parties, and to audit our conflict minerals disclosures. Our reputation may also suffer if we have included conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or surrounding countries in our products.
Anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law, and any stockholders’ rights plan we may adopt in the future, make an acquisition of us, which may be beneficial to our stockholders, more difficult.
We are incorporated in Delaware. Certain anti-takeover provisions of Delaware law and our charter documents as currently in effect may make a change in control of our company more difficult, even if a change in control would be beneficial to the stockholders. Our anti-takeover provisions include provisions in our certificate of incorporation providing that stockholders’ meetings may only be called by our Board of Directors and provisions in our bylaws providing that the stockholders may not take action by written consent and requiring that stockholders that desire to nominate any person for election to our Board of Directors or to make any proposal with respect to business to be conducted at a meeting of our stockholders be submitted in appropriate form to our Secretary within a specified period of time in advance of any such meeting. Delaware law also prohibits corporations from engaging in a business combination with any holders of 15% or more of their capital stock until the holder has held the stock for three years unless, among other possibilities, our Board of Directors approves the transaction. Our Board of Directors may use these provisions to prevent changes in the management and control of our company. Also, under applicable Delaware law, our Board of Directors may adopt additional anti-takeover measures in the future.
The stockholder rights plan adopted by our Board of Directors in February 2003 expired by its terms in February 2013. Our Board of Directors could adopt a similar plan in the future if it determines that such action is in the best interests of our stockholders. Such a plan may have the effect of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control of our company that may be beneficial to our stockholders.
ITEM 1B. | UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS |
There are currently no unresolved issues with respect to any SEC staff’s written comments.
ITEM 2. | PROPERTIES |
Our headquarters are located in leased facilities in Mountain View, California. The following is a list of our leased facilities and their primary functions.
Site | Major Activity | Segment | Approximate Square Footage | |||
St. Petersburg, Florida | Administration, marketing, research and development and manufacturing | Medication Adherence | 132,500 | |||
Cranberry, Pennsylvania | Administration, marketing, and research and development | Automation and Analytics | 116,300 | |||
Warrendale, Pennsylvania | Manufacturing and Administration | Automation and Analytics | 107,400 | |||
Mountain View, California | Administration, marketing, and research and development | Automation and Analytics | 99,900 | |||
Raleigh, North Carolina | Administration, marketing, and research and development | Medication Adherence | 65,700 | |||
Irlam, United Kingdom | Administration, sales, marketing and distribution center | Medication Adherence | 61,000 | |||
Milpitas, California | Manufacturing | Automation and Analytics | 46,300 | |||
Waukegan, Illinois | Technical support, training and repair center | Automation and Analytics | 38,500 | |||
Bochum, Germany | Administration, sales, marketing, distribution and manufacturing center | Automation and Analytics | 11,000 | |||
We also have smaller rented offices in Strongsville, Ohio, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, the People’s Republic of China, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
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We believe that these facilities are sufficient for our current operational needs and that suitable additional space will be available on commercially reasonable terms to accommodate expansion of our operations, if necessary.
For additional information regarding our obligations pursuant to operating leases, see Note 10, Commitments and Contingencies, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this annual report.
ITEM 3. | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS |
Refer to the information set forth under “Legal Proceedings” in Note 10, Commitments and Contingencies, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this annual report.
ITEM 4. | MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES |
Not applicable.
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PART II
ITEM 5. | MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES |
Market for Our Common Stock
Our common stock is traded on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “OMCL.”
Stockholders
There were 90 registered stockholders of record as of December 31, 2018. A substantially greater number of stockholders are beneficial holders, whose shares of record are held by banks, brokers, and other financial institutions.
Dividend Policy
We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock. We currently expect to retain any future earnings for use in the operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.
Performance Graph
The following graph compares total stockholder returns for Omnicell’s common stock for the past five years to three indexes: the NASDAQ Composite Index, the NASDAQ Health Care Index, and the NASDAQ Health Services Index. The graph assumes $100 was invested in each of the Company’s common stock, the NASDAQ Composite Index, the NASDAQ Health Care Index, and the NASDAQ Health Services Index as of the market close on December 31, 2013. The total return for Omnicell’s common stock and for each index assumes the reinvestment of all dividends, although cash dividends have never been declared on Omnicell’s common stock, and is based on the returns of the component companies weighted according to their capitalization as of the end of each annual period.
The NASDAQ Composite Index tracks the aggregate price performance of equity securities traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market. The NASDAQ Health Care Index and NASDAQ Health Services Index tracks the aggregate price performance of health care and health services equity securities. Omnicell’s common stock is traded on The NASDAQ Global Select Market and is a component of both indexes. The stock price performance shown on the graph is based on historical results and is not necessarily indicative of future price performance.
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COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN (1) (2)
Among Omnicell, Inc., the NASDAQ Composite Index, the NASDAQ Health Care Index, and
the NASDAQ Health Services Index
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(1) | $100 invested on December 31, 2013 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends. |
(2) | This section is not deemed “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Omnicell, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any such filing. |
Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||||
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
Omnicell, Inc. | 100.00 | 129.73 | 121.74 | 132.78 | 189.97 | 239.87 | |||||||||||
NASDAQ Composite | 100.00 | 114.62 | 122.81 | 133.19 | 172.11 | 165.84 | |||||||||||
NASDAQ Health Care | 100.00 | 128.57 | 135.12 | 111.20 | 133.31 | 126.07 | |||||||||||
NASDAQ Health Services | 100.00 | 123.14 | 134.70 | 110.22 | 131.32 | 155.16 | |||||||||||
Stock Repurchase Program
There were no stock repurchases during 2018. Refer to Note 12, Stock Repurchase Program, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this annual report for additional information.
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Equity Offerings
For the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company received gross proceeds of $40.3 million from sales of its common stock under our Distribution Agreement and incurred issuance costs of $0.7 million on sales of approximately 557,000 shares of its common stock at an average price of approximately $72.40 per share. Refer to Note 13, Equity Offerings, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this annual report for additional information.
ITEM 6. | SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA |
The following selected consolidated financial data is derived from our Consolidated Financial Statements. This data should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes included in this annual report and with Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Historical results may not be indicative of future results.
Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
2018 (6) | 2017 (1) (5) | 2016 (2) (5) | 2015 (3) | 2014 (4) | |||||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per share amounts) | |||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data | |||||||||||||||||||
Total revenue | $ | 787,309 | $ | 712,714 | $ | 695,908 | $ | 484,559 | $ | 440,900 | |||||||||
Gross profit | 372,330 | 318,637 | 317,085 | 247,930 | 233,860 | ||||||||||||||
Income from operations | 44,392 | 11,145 | 21,405 | 48,632 | 49,583 | ||||||||||||||
Net income | 37,729 | 30,518 | 9,756 | 30,760 | 30,518 | ||||||||||||||
Net income per share: | |||||||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.96 | $ | 0.81 | $ | 0.27 | $ | 0.86 | $ | 0.86 | |||||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.93 | $ | 0.79 | $ | 0.26 | $ | 0.84 | $ | 0.83 | |||||||||
Shares Used in Per Share Calculations | |||||||||||||||||||
Basic | 39,242 | 37,483 | 36,156 | 35,857 | 35,650 | ||||||||||||||
Diluted | 40,559 | 38,712 | 36,864 | 36,718 | 36,622 | ||||||||||||||
December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
2018 | 2017 (1) (5) | 2016 (2) (5) | 2015 (3) (5) | 2014 (4) | |||||||||||||||
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Consolidated Balance Sheet Data | |||||||||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 1,081,242 | $ | 1,016,362 | $ | 966,884 | $ | 602,022 | $ | 560,214 | |||||||||
Long-term debt, net | 135,417 | 194,917 | 245,731 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Total liabilities | 401,625 | 462,021 | 508,048 | 181,558 | 170,116 | ||||||||||||||
Total stockholders’ equity | $ | 679,617 | $ | 554,341 | $ | 458,836 | $ | 420,464 | $ | 390,098 | |||||||||
(1) | Includes InPharmics financial results as of April 2017, the acquisition date. |
(2) | Includes Aesynt and Ateb financial results as of the acquisition dates of January 2016 and December 2016, respectively. |
(3) | Includes Avantec and Mach4 financial results as of April 2015, the acquisition date. |
(4) | Includes Surgichem financial results as of August 2014, the acquisition date. |
(5) | As adjusted for full retrospective adoption of Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. |
(6) | Refer to Note 1, Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, for the out-of-period adjustments included in the year ended December 31, 2018. |
ITEM 7. | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes in this annual report. This discussion may contain forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results and the timing of selected events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of several factors, including those set forth under Item 1A “Risk
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Factors” and elsewhere in this annual report. Unless otherwise stated, references in this report to particular years or quarters refer to our fiscal year and the associated quarters of those fiscal years.
OVERVIEW
Our Business
We are a leading provider of medication and supply dispensing automation, central pharmacy automation, analytics software, and medication adherence solutions. As we build on our vision of the Autonomous Pharmacy - a more fully automated and digitized system of medication management - we believe we will further help enable healthcare providers to improve patient safety, increase efficiency, lower costs, tighten regulatory compliance and address population health challenges.
In 2018, we managed our business as two operating segments, Automation and Analytics and Medication Adherence:
• | Automation and Analytics. The Automation and Analytics segment is organized around the design, manufacturing, selling and servicing of medication and supply dispensing systems, pharmacy inventory management systems and related software and services. Our Automation and Analytics products are designed to enable our customers to improve the effectiveness of the medication-use process and the efficiency of the medical-surgical supply chain, and contribute to better patient care and financial outcomes of medical facilities. The products in this segment are primarily sold to acute care (hospital) facilities. |
• | Medication Adherence. The Medication Adherence segment primarily includes the development, manufacturing and selling of solutions to assist patients in becoming and remaining adherent to their medication regimens. These solutions comprise a variety of tools and aids that may be directly used by a pharmacist or a healthcare provider in their direct care for a patient, or used by patients themselves. Products include software-based systems, medication adherence packaging, equipment for fulfilling the packaging and ancillary products and services. These products, which are sold under the brand names SureMed® and Omnicell, are used to manage medication administration outside of the hospital setting. |
For further description of our operating segments, please refer to Note 14, Segment and Geographical Information, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this annual report.
We sell our product and consumable solutions together with related service offerings. Revenue generated in the United States represented 87% of our total revenues in 2018. We have not sold in the past, and have no future plans to sell our products either directly or indirectly, to customers located in countries that are identified as state sponsors of terrorism by the U.S. Department of State, or those subject to economic sanctions and export controls.
Strategy
The healthcare market is experiencing a period of substantive change. In recent years, healthcare providers and facilities have faced increased spending on medication management, rising pharmaceutical costs and substantial increases in healthcare administration. These factors, combined with continuing consolidation in the healthcare industry, have increased the need for the efficient delivery of healthcare in order to control costs and improve patient safety, and have elevated the strategic importance of medication management across the continuum of care. Furthermore, the adoption of electronic healthcare records, new regulatory constraints, and changes in the reimbursement structure have caused healthcare institutions to re-examine their operating structures, re-prioritize their investments, and seek efficiencies. We believe our customers’ evolving operating environment creates challenges for any supplier, but also affords opportunities for suppliers that are able to partner with customers to help them meet the changing demands. We have and intend to continue to invest in the strategies which we believe have generated and will continue to generate our revenue and earnings growth, while supporting our customers’ initiatives and needs. These strategies include:
• | Development of a differentiated platform. We intend to continue our focus on further penetrating existing markets through technological leadership and our differentiated platform by consistently innovating our product and service offerings and maintaining our customer-oriented product installation process. We have developed numerous technologies that solve significant challenges for our customers. For example, our XR2 Automated Central Pharmacy System is designed to allow pharmacies to more fully automate medication dispensing, and help to reduce labor cost, decrease medication waste, and improve patient safety; our IVX Workflow solution is designed to reduce medication compounding errors compared to manual compounding methods; and our Performance Center offering leverages predictive analytics to help pharmacies be more proactive in addressing drug shortages. |
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• | Deliver our solutions to new markets. We seek to increase penetration of new markets, such as non-acute care and international markets by: launching new products and technologies that are specific to the needs of those markets; building and establishing direct sales, distribution or other capabilities when and where it is appropriate; partnering with companies that have sales, distribution, or other capabilities that we do not possess; and increasing customer awareness of safety issues in the administration of medications. Consistent with this strategy, we have made investments in expanding our sales team and marketing to new customers. Our international efforts have focused primarily on two markets: Western Europe and the Middle East. We have also expanded our sales efforts to medication adherence customers in the United States. |
• | Expansion of our solutions through acquisitions and partnerships. We believe that expansion of our product lines through acquisitions and partnerships to meet our customers’ changing and evolving expectations is a key component to our historical and future success. Building on the successful acquisitions of the past few years, we intend to continue to explore acquisition and partnership opportunities that are a strategic fit for our business, including in support of our Autonomous Pharmacy vision described above. We have also developed relationships with major providers of hospital information management systems with the goal of enhancing the interoperability of our products with their systems. |
Among other financial measures, we utilize product bookings to assess the current success of our strategies. Product bookings consist of all firm orders, as evidenced generally by a non-cancellable contract and purchase order for equipment and software, and by a purchase order for consumables. Equipment and software bookings are generally installable within twelve months and, other than subscription services based sales, generally recorded as revenue upon customer acceptance of the installation. Consumables are recorded as revenue upon shipment to a customer or receipt by the customer, depending upon contract terms. Consumable bookings are generally recorded as revenue within one month. Product bookings increased by 26%, from $568 million in 2017 to $716 million in 2018, driven by the success of our growth strategies in differentiated products, new markets and, by the contributions from our acquisitions of Aesynt, Ateb, and InPharmics.
In addition to product solution sales, we provide services to our customers. We provide installation planning and consulting as part of every product sale which is included in the initial price of the solution. To help assure the maximum availability of our systems, our customers typically purchase maintenance and support contracts in increments of one to five years. As a result of the growth of our installed base of customers, our service revenues have also grown.
The growth in the Medication Adherence revenue was primarily driven by further market penetration and adoption of our automated and semi-automated packaging equipment within the United States and Europe, Middle East and Africa, as well as modest price increases across the product lines.
In the future, we expect our strategies to evolve as the business environment of our customers evolves, but for our focus to remain on improving outcomes for healthcare providers and patients. We expect our investment in differentiated products, new markets, and acquisitions and partnerships to continue.
In fiscal year 2017, we created Centers of Excellence (“COE”) for product development, engineering and manufacturing with the Point of Use COE located at our facilities in California, the Robotics and Central Pharmacy COE located at our facilities near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Medication Adherence Consumables COE located at our facilities in St. Petersburg, Florida. As part of this initiative, we reduced our workforce in the first half of 2017 by approximately 100 full-time employees, or about 4% of the total headcount, and closed our Nashville, Tennessee, and Slovenia facilities.
Our full-time headcount of approximately 2,480 on December 31, 2018, an increase of approximately 130 from December 31, 2017, reflects our efforts to drive profitability and optimize resources allocation.
2017 Acquisitions
On April 12, 2017, we completed the acquisition of InPharmics, a technology and services company that provides advanced pharmacy informatics solutions to hospital pharmacies. The purchase price consideration was $5.0 million, net of cash acquired of $0.3 million. The results of InPharmics’ operations have been included in our consolidated results of operations beginning April 13, 2017, and presented as part of the Automation and Analytics segment.
2016 Acquisitions
On January 5, 2016, we completed the acquisition of all of the membership interests of Aesynt. Aesynt is a provider of automated medication management systems, including dispensing robots with storage solutions, medication storage and dispensing carts and cabinets, I.V. sterile preparation robotics and software, including software related to medication management. The purchase price consideration was $271.5 million net of cash acquired of $8.2 million. The results of Aesynt’s
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operations have been included in our consolidated results of operations since January 6, 2016, and presented as part of the Automation and Analytics segment.
On December 8, 2016, we completed our acquisition of Ateb, Inc., and Ateb Canada Ltd. (together, “Ateb”). Ateb is a provider of pharmacy-based patient care and medication synchronization solutions to independent and chain pharmacies. The purchase price consideration was $40.7 million, net of cash acquired of $0.9 million. The results of Ateb’s operations have been included in our consolidated results of operations beginning December 9, 2016, and presented as part of the Medication Adherence segment.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our Consolidated Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of any contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. We regularly review our estimates and assumptions, which are based on historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of certain assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates and assumptions. We believe the following critical accounting policies are affected by significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements:
Revenue Recognition
We earn revenues from sales of our medication and supply dispensing automation systems, along with consumables and related services, which are sold in the healthcare industry, our principal market. The transaction price of each contract with a customer is allocated to the identified performance obligations based on the relative fair value of each obligation. Our customer arrangements typically include one or more of the following performance obligations:
Products. Software-enabled equipment that manages and regulates the storage and dispensing of pharmaceuticals, consumable blister cards and packaging equipment and other medical supplies.
Software. Additional software applications that enable incremental functionality of our equipment or services.
Installation. Installation of equipment as integrated systems at customer sites.
Post-installation technical support. Phone support, on-site service, parts, and access to unspecified software updates and enhancements, if and when available.
Professional services. Other customer services, such as training and consulting.
Prior to recognizing revenue, we identify the contract, performance obligations, and transaction price, and allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations. All identified contracts meet the following required criteria:
Parties to the contract have approved the contract (in writing, orally, or in accordance with other customary business practices) and are committed to perform their respective obligations. A majority of our contracts are evidenced by a non-cancelable written agreement. Contracts for consumable products are generally evidenced by an order placed via phone or a manual purchase order.
Entity can identify each party’s rights regarding the goods or services to be transferred. Contract terms are documented within the written agreements. Where a written contract does not exist, such as for consumable products, the rights of each party are understood as following our standard business process and terms.
The entity can identify the payment terms for the goods or services to be transferred. Payment terms are documented within the agreement and are generally net 30 days from shipment of tangible product or services performed. Where a written contract does not exist, our standard payment terms are net 30 day terms.
The contract has commercial substance (that is the risk, timing, or amount of the entity’s future cash flows is expected to change as a result of the contract.) Our agreements are an exchange of cash for a combination of products and services which result in changes in the amount of our future cash flows.
It is probable the entity will collect the consideration to which it will be entitled in exchange for the goods or services that will be transferred to the customer. We perform a credit check for all significant customers or transactions and
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where collectability is not probable, payment in full or a substantial down payment is typically required to help assure the full agreed upon contract price will be collected.
We often enter into change orders which modify the product to be received by the customer pursuant to certain contracts. Changes to any contract are accounted for as a modification of the existing contract to the extent the goods and services to be delivered as part of the contract are generally consistent with the nature and type of those to be provided under the terms of the original contract. Examples of such change orders include the addition or removal of units of equipment or changes to the configuration of the equipment where the overall nature of the contract remains intact. Our change orders generally result in the change being accounted for as modifications of existing contracts given the nature of the impacted orders.
Distinct goods or services are identified as performance obligations. A series of distinct goods or services that are substantially the same and that have the same pattern of transfer to the customer are considered a single performance obligation. Where a good or service is determined not to be distinct, we combine the good or service with other promised goods or services until a bundle of goods or services that is distinct is identified. To identify our performance obligations, we consider all of the products or services promised in the contract regardless of whether they are explicitly stated or are implied by customary business practices. When performance obligations are included in separate contracts, we consider an entire customer arrangement to determine if separate contracts should be considered combined for the purposes of revenue recognition. Most of our sales, other than renewals of support and maintenance, contain multiple performance obligations, with a combination of hardware systems, consumables and software products, support and maintenance, and professional services.
The transaction price of a contract is determined based on the fixed consideration, net of an estimate for variable consideration such as various discounts or rebates provided to customers. As a result of our commercial selling practices, contract prices are generally fixed with minimal, if any, variable consideration.
The transaction price is allocated to separate performance obligations proportionally based on the standalone selling price of each performance obligation. Standalone selling price is best evidenced by the price we charge for the good or service when selling it separately in similar circumstances to similar customers. Other than for the renewal of annual support services contracts, our products and services are not generally sold separately. We use an amount discounted from the list price as a best estimated selling price.
We recognize revenue when the performance obligation has been satisfied by transferring a promised good or service to a customer. The good or service is transferred when or as the customer obtains control of the good or service. Determining when control transfers requires management to make judgments that affect the timing of revenues recognized. Generally, for products requiring a complex implementation, control passes when the product is installed and ready for use. For all other products, control generally passes when product has been shipped and title has passed. For maintenance contracts and certain other services provided on a subscription basis, control passes to the customer over time, generally ratably over the service term as we provide a stand-ready service to service the customer’s equipment. Time and material services transfer control to the customer at the time the services are provided. The portion of the transaction price allocated to our unsatisfied performance obligations are recorded as deferred revenues.
Revenues, contract assets, and contract liabilities are recorded net of associated taxes.
The payment terms associated with our contracts vary, however, payment terms for product revenues are generally based on milestones tied to contract signing, shipment of products, and/or customer acceptance. Payment terms associated with the service portion of agreements are generally periodic and can be billed on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis. In certain circumstances multiple years are billed at one time. The portion of these contract liabilities not expected to be recognized as revenue within twelve months of the balance sheet date are considered long term.
In the normal course of business, we typically do not accept product returns unless the item is defective as manufactured or the configuration of the product is incorrect. We establish provisions for estimated returns based on historical product returns. The allowance for sales returns is not material to our Consolidated Financial Statements for any periods presented.
A portion of our sales are made through multi-year lease agreements. Under sales-type leases, we recognize revenue for our hardware and software products net of lease execution costs, such as post-installation product maintenance and technical support, at the net present value of the lease payment stream once our installation obligations have been met. We optimize cash flows by selling a majority of our non-U.S. government leases to third-party leasing finance companies on a non-recourse basis. We have no obligation to the leasing company once the lease has been sold. Some of our sales-type leases, mostly those relating to U.S. government hospitals which comprise approximately 49% of the lease receivable balance, are retained in-house. Interest income in these leases is recognized in product revenues using the effective interest method.
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Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities
A contract asset is a right to consideration in exchange for goods or services that we have transferred to a customer when that right is conditional and is not just subject to the passage of time. A receivable will be recorded on the balance sheet when we have unconditional rights to consideration. A contract liability is an obligation to transfer goods or services for which we have received consideration, or for which an amount of consideration is due from the customer. Contract liabilities include customer deposits under non-cancelable contracts, and current and non-current deferred revenue balances. Our contract balances are reported in a net contract asset or liability position on a contract-by-contract basis at the end of each reporting period.
Contract Costs
We have determined that the incentive portions of our sales commission plans require capitalization since these payments are directly related to sales achieved during a time period. These commissions are earned on the basis of the total purchase order value of new product bookings. Since there are not commensurate commissions earned on renewal of the service bookings, we concluded that the capitalized asset is related to services provided under both the initial contract and renewal periods. We apply a practical expedient to account for the incremental costs of obtaining a contract as part of a portfolio of contracts with similar characteristics as we expect the effect on the financial statements of applying the practical expedient would not differ materially from applying the accounting guidance to the individual contracts within the portfolio. A pool of contracts is defined as all contracts booked in a particular quarter. The amortization for the capitalized asset is an estimate of the pool’s original contract term, generally one to five years, plus an estimate of future customer renewal periods resulting in a total amortization period of ten years. Costs to obtain a contract are allocated amongst performance obligations and recognized as sales and marketing expense consistent with the pattern of revenue recognition. Capitalized costs are periodically reviewed for impairment. A portion of the pool’s capitalized asset is recorded as an expense over the first two quarters after booking, which represents the estimated period during which the product revenue associated with the contract is recorded. The remaining contract cost is recorded as expense ratably over the ten year estimated initial and renewal service periods. The commission expenses paid as of the consolidated balance sheet date to be recognized in future periods are recorded in long-term prepaid commissions on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Notes Receivables from Investment in Sales-Type Leases
We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. We record a specific allowance based on an analysis of individual past-due balances. Additionally, based on historical write-offs and our collection experience, we record an additional allowance based on a percentage of outstanding receivables. We perform credit evaluations of our customers’ financial condition. These evaluations require significant judgment and are based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, current economic trends, payment history and a financial review of the customer. Actual collection losses may differ from management’s estimates, and such differences could be material to our financial position and results of operations.
The retained in-house leases discussed above are considered financing receivables. Our credit policies and our evaluation of credit risk and write-off policies are applied alike to trade receivables and the net investment in sales-type leases. For both, an account is generally past due after thirty days. The financing receivables also have customer-specific reserves for accounts identified for specific impairment and a non-specific reserve applied to the remaining population, based on factors such as current trends, the length of time the receivables are past due and historical collection experience. The retained in-house leases are not stratified by portfolio or class.
Inventory
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost, computed using the first-in, first-out method, and net realizable value. Inbound shipping costs are included in cost of inventory. We regularly monitor inventory quantities on hand and record write-downs for excess and obsolete inventories based on our estimate of demand for our products, potential obsolescence of technology, product life cycles, and whether pricing trends or forecasts indicate that the carrying value of inventory exceeds its estimated selling price. These factors are impacted by market and economic conditions, technology changes, and new product introductions and require estimates that may include elements that are uncertain. Actual demand may differ from forecasted demand and may have a material effect on gross margins. If inventory is written down, a new cost basis is established that cannot be increased in future periods. Shipments from suppliers or contract manufacturers before we receive them are recorded as in-transit inventory when title and the significant risks and rewards of ownership have passed to us.
Software Development Costs
We capitalize software development costs in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 985-20, Costs of Software to Be Sold, Leased, or Marketed, under which certain software development costs incurred subsequent to the
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establishment of technological feasibility may be capitalized and amortized over the estimated lives of the related products. We establish feasibility when we complete a working model and amortize development costs over the estimated lives of the related products ranging from three to five years. All development costs prior to the completion of a working model are recognized as research and development expense.
Business Combinations
We use the acquisition method of accounting under the authoritative guidance on business combinations. Each acquired company’s operating results are included in our Consolidated Financial Statements starting on the date of acquisition. The purchase price is equivalent to the fair value of consideration transferred. Tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the date of acquisition are recorded at the acquisition date fair value. Goodwill is recognized for the excess of purchase price over the net fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed.
Amounts allocated to assets and liabilities are based upon fair values. Such valuations require management to make significant estimates and assumptions, especially with respect to the identifiable intangible assets. Management makes estimates of fair value based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable and that of a market participant. These estimates are based on historical experience and information obtained from the management of the acquired companies and the estimates are inherently uncertain. The separately identifiable intangible assets generally include customer relationships, technology, and trade names.
Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets
Goodwill. We review goodwill for impairment on an annual basis on the first day of the fourth quarter of each year at the reporting unit level. This assessment is also performed whenever there is a change in circumstances that indicates the carrying value of goodwill may be impaired. Our reporting units are the same as our operating segments, which are Automation and Analytics and Medication Adherence. A qualitative assessment is initially made to determine whether it is necessary to perform quantitative testing. A qualitative assessment includes, among others, consideration of: (i) past, current and projected future earnings and equity; (ii) recent trends and market conditions; and (iii) valuation metrics involving similar companies that are publicly-traded and acquisitions of similar companies, if available. If this qualitative assessment indicates that it is more likely than not that impairment exists, or if we decide to bypass this option, we proceed to the quantitative assessment. The quantitative assessment involves a comparison between the estimated fair values of our reporting units with their respective carrying amounts including goodwill. If the carrying value exceeds estimated fair value, we will record an impairment charge based on that difference. The impairment charge will be limited to the amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.
To determine each reporting unit’s fair value under the quantitative approach, we use a combination of income and market approaches, equally weighting the two approaches, such as estimated discounted future cash flows of that reporting unit, multiples of earnings or revenues, and analysis of recent sales or offerings of comparable entities. We also consider our market capitalization on the date of the analysis to ensure the reasonableness of the sum of its reporting units’ fair value.
We performed a quantitative impairment analysis as of October 1, 2018 for our Medication Adherence reporting unit. We determined that the fair value of this reporting unit exceeded the carrying value by more than 41%, and thus no impairment was indicated. Additionally, we performed a qualitative impairment assessment analysis as of October 1, 2018 for our Automation and Analytics reporting unit taking into consideration past, current and projected future earnings, recent trends and market conditions; and valuation metrics involving similar companies that are publicly-traded. Based on the result of this analysis, the fair value of this reporting unit exceeded the carrying value, and thus no impairment was indicated.
Intangible assets. In connection with our acquisitions, we generally recognize assets for customer relationships, backlog, developed technology, and trade names. Intangible assets are carried at cost less accumulated amortization. Such amortization is provided on a straight-line basis or on an accelerated basis based on a pattern of economic benefit that is expected to be obtained over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets, generally from one to 30 years. Amortization for developed technology and backlog is recognized in cost of revenues, and amortization for customer relationships, non-compete agreements, and trade names is recognized in selling, general, and administrative expenses.
We assess the impairment of identifiable intangible assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that an asset’s carrying amount may not be recoverable. Recoverability of an asset is measured by the comparison of the carrying amount to the sum of the undiscounted estimated future cash flows the asset is expected to generate, offset by estimated future costs to dispose of the product to which the asset relates. If an asset is considered to be impaired, the amount of such impairment would be measured as the difference between the carrying amount of the asset and its fair value. Our cash flow assumptions are based on historical and forecasted future revenue, operating costs, and other relevant factors. Assumptions and estimates about the remaining useful lives of our intangible assets are subjective and are affected by changes to our business strategies. If management’s estimates of future operating results change, or if there are changes to other assumptions, the
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estimate of the fair value of our assets could change significantly. Such change could result in impairment charges in future periods, which could have a significant impact on our operating results and financial condition.
Valuation of Share-Based Compensation
We account for share-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, Stock Compensation. We recognize compensation expense related to share-based compensation based on the grant date estimated fair value.
The fair value of stock options (“options”) on the grant date is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which requires the following inputs: expected life, expected volatility, risk-free interest rate, expected dividend yield rate, exercise price, and closing price of its common stock on the date of grant. The expected volatility is based on a combination of historical and market-based implied volatility, and the expected life of the awards is based on our historical experience of employee stock option exercises, including forfeitures. Expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.
The fair value of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) is based on the stock price on the grant date. The fair value of restricted stock awards (“RSAs”) is their intrinsic value, which is the difference between the fair value of the underlying stock at the measurement date and the purchase price. The RSUs and RSAs are subject to a service vesting condition and are recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.
The fair value of performance-based stock unit awards (“PSUs”) with service and market conditions is estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation model applying multiple awards approach. Expense is recognized when it is probable that the performance condition will be met using the accelerated attribution method over the requisite service period.
The valuation assumptions used in estimating the fair value of employee share-based awards may change in future periods.
Accounting for Income Taxes
We record an income tax provision for (benefit from) the anticipated tax consequences of the reported results of operations. In accordance with U.S.GAAP, the provision for (benefit from) income taxes is computed using the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined on the basis of the differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities, and for operating losses and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates in effect for the periods in which those tax assets and liabilities are expected to be realized or settled. In the event that these tax rates change, we will incur a benefit or detriment on our income tax expense in the period of change. If we were to determine that all or part of the net deferred tax assets are not realizable in the future, we will record a valuation allowance that would be charged to earnings in the period such determination is made.
In accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes, we recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such positions are then measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The calculation of tax liabilities involves significant judgment in estimating the impact of uncertainties in the application of U.S. GAAP and complex tax laws. Resolution of these uncertainties in a manner inconsistent with management’s expectations could have a material impact on our financial condition and operating results.
Recently Issued Authoritative Guidance
Refer to Note 1, Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this annual report for a description of recently issued accounting pronouncements, including the expected dates of adoption and estimated effects on our results of operations, financial position and cash flows.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Total Revenues
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Product revenues | $ | 569,595 | $ | 59,394 | 12% | $ | 510,201 | $ | (17,526 | ) | (3)% | $ | 527,727 | ||||||||||
Percentage of total revenues | 72% | 72% | 76% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Service and other revenues | 217,714 | 15,201 | 8% | 202,513 | 34,332 | 20% | 168,181 | ||||||||||||||||
Percentage of total revenues | 28% | 28% | 24% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues | $ | 787,309 | $ | 74,595 | 10% | $ | 712,714 | $ | 16,806 | 2% | $ | 695,908 | |||||||||||
2018 compared to 2017
Revenues were $787.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to $712.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2017, representing an increase of approximately 10%. The year-over-year revenue increase was primarily attributed to an increase in product revenues of $59.4 million and an increase in service and other revenues of $15.2 million.
Product revenues represented 72% of total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017. Product revenues increased by $59.4 million due to increased sales of $55.0 million in our Automation and Analytics segment and increased sales of $4.4 million in our Medication Adherence segment. The increase in the Automation and Analytics segment was attributed to an increase in sales of XT series products as the sales for the year ended December 31, 2017 had a slower conversion of bookings and backlog into revenues due to the introduction of the new XT series of products in the fourth quarter of 2016, an increase in sales of Performance Center, and an increase in sales of other products. The increase in the Medication Adherence segment was primarily attributed to higher completed installations of our VBM products compared to the year ended December 31, 2017.
Service and other revenues represented 28% of total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017. Service and other revenues include revenues from service and maintenance contracts, and rentals of automation systems. The increase in service and other revenues of $15.2 million was attributable to year-over-year increases of $13.8 million and $1.4 million in our Automation and Analytics and Medication Adherence segments, respectively. The increase in revenue growth in our Automation and Analytics segment was a result of higher service renewal fees driven mainly by an increase in our installed customer base. The increase in the Medication Adherence segment was primarily a result of our investing in the acquired Ateb business.
Our international sales represented 13%, 14%, and 15% of total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2018, December 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, respectively, and are expected to be affected by foreign currency exchange rates fluctuations. The decrease in international revenues as a percentage of our total revenues was primarily related to our acquired companies, Aesynt and Ateb, which have a greater market presence in United States compared to international markets. We are unable to predict the extent to which revenue in future periods will be impacted by changes in foreign currency exchange rates.
Our ability to continue to grow revenue is dependent on our ability to continue to obtain orders from customers, our ability to produce quality products and consumables to fulfill customer demand, the volume of installations we are able to complete, our ability to meet customer needs by providing a quality installation experience, and our flexibility in manpower allocations among customers to complete installations on a timely basis. The timing of our product revenues for equipment is primarily dependent on when our customers’ schedules allow for installations.
2017 compared to 2016
Revenues were $712.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to $695.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2016, representing an increase of approximately 2%. The year-over-year revenue increase was primarily attributed to an increase in service and other revenues of $34.3 million, offset by a decrease in product revenues of $17.5 million.
Product revenues represented 72% and 76% of total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. Product revenues decreased by $17.5 million due to decreased sales in our Automation and Analytics segment of $26.1 million, offset by increased sales of $8.6 million in our Medication Adherence segment. The decrease in the Automation and Analytics segment was attributed to a slower conversion of bookings and backlog into revenue due to the introduction of the new XT series of products in the fourth quarter of 2016. While we have experienced larger deal sizes, the
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administrative process of converting our existing bookings of G4 products into XT series products decreased revenue recognition for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase in the Medication Adherence segment was partially attributed to Ateb, acquired in the fourth quarter of 2016, which contributed $4.2 million to the increase in the product revenue during the year ended December 31, 2017. The remainder of the increase is primarily attributed to the introduction of the VBM product series in the fourth quarter of 2016.
Service and other revenues represented 28% and 24% of total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. Service and other revenues include revenues from service and maintenance contracts, and rentals of automation systems. The increase in service and other revenues of $34.3 million was attributable to year-over-year increases of $16.1 million and $18.2 million in our Automation and Analytics and Medication Adherence segments, respectively. The increase in revenue growth in our Automation and Analytics segment was a result of higher service renewal fees driven mainly by an increase in installed customer base. The increase in the Medication Adherence segment was primarily attributed to Ateb, which contributed $18.7 million to the increase in the service revenue during the year ended December 31, 2017.
Our ability to continue to grow revenue is dependent on our ability to continue to obtain orders from customers, our ability to produce quality products and consumables to fulfill customer demand, the volume of installations we are able to complete, our ability to meet customer needs by providing a quality installation experience, and our flexibility in manpower allocations among customers to complete installations on a timely basis. The timing of our product revenues for equipment is primarily dependent on when our customers’ schedules allow for installations.
Financial Information by Segment
Revenues
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Automation and Analytics | $ | 655,679 | $ | 68,738 | 12% | $ | 586,941 | $ | (9,970 | ) | (2)% | $ | 596,911 | ||||||||||
Percentage of total revenues | 83% | 82% | 86% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medication Adherence | 131,630 | 5,857 | 5% | 125,773 | 26,776 | 27% | 98,997 | ||||||||||||||||
Percentage of total revenues | 17% | 18% | 14% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues | $ | 787,309 | $ | 74,595 | 10% | $ | 712,714 | $ | 16,806 | 2% | $ | 695,908 | |||||||||||
2018 compared to 2017
The increase in Automation and Analytics revenues of $68.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2017 was primarily related to an increase in product revenues of $55.0 million and an increase in service revenue of $13.8 million. The increase in product revenues was attributed to an increase in sales of XT series products as the sales for the year ended December 31, 2017 had a slower conversion of bookings and backlog into revenues due to the introduction of the XT series of products in the fourth quarter of 2016, an increase in sales of Performance Center, and an increase in sales of other product mixes. The increase in service revenues was primarily attributed to higher service renewal fees driven mainly by an increase in our installed customer base.
The increase in Medication Adherence revenues of $5.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2017 was primarily attributed to increases in product revenues of $4.4 million and service revenues of $1.4 million. The increase in product revenues was primarily attributed to higher completed installations of our VBM products compared to the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in service revenues was primarily a result of our investing in the acquired Ateb business.
2017 compared to 2016
The decrease in Automation and Analytics revenues of $10.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2016 was primarily related to a decrease in product revenues of $26.1 million partially offset by an increase in service revenue of $16.1 million. The decrease in revenues in the Automation and Analytics segment was attributed to a slower conversion of bookings and backlog into revenue due to the introduction of the new XT series of products in the fourth quarter of 2016. While we have experienced larger deal sizes, the administrative process of converting our existing bookings of G4 products into XT series products decelerated revenue recognition for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase in service revenues in the Automation and
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Analytics segment was primarily attributed to higher service renewal fees driven mainly by an increase in installed customer base.
The increase in Medication Adherence revenues of $26.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2016 was primarily attributed to increases in service revenues of $18.2 million and product revenues of $8.6 million. The increase in service revenues was primarily attributed to Ateb, which contributed $18.7 million to the increase during the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in product revenues was primarily attributed to Ateb, which contributed $4.2 million to the increase, as well as the introduction of the VBM product series in the fourth quarter of 2016.
Cost of Revenues and Gross Profit
Cost of revenues is primarily comprised of three general categories: (i) standard product costs which accounts for the majority of the product cost of revenues that are provided to customers, and are inclusive of purchased material, labor to build the product and overhead costs associated with production; (ii) installation costs as we install our equipment at the customer site and include costs of the field installation personnel, including labor, travel expense, and other expenses; and (iii) other costs, including variances in standard costs and overhead, scrap costs, rework, warranty, provisions for excess and obsolete inventory and amortization of software development costs and intangibles.
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Automation and Analytics | $ | 319,257 | $ | 10,814 | 4% | $ | 308,443 | $ | (2,524 | ) | (1)% | $ | 310,967 | ||||||||||
As a percentage of related revenues | 49% | 53% | 52% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medication Adherence | 95,722 | 10,088 | 12% | 85,634 | 17,778 | 26% | 67,856 | ||||||||||||||||
As a percentage of related revenues | 73% | 68% | 69% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total cost of revenues | $ | 414,979 | $ | 20,902 | 5% | $ | 394,077 | $ | 15,254 | 4% | $ | 378,823 | |||||||||||
As a percentage of total revenues | 53% | 55% | 54% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Automation and Analytics | $ | 336,422 | $ | 57,924 | 21% | $ | 278,498 | $ | (7,446 | ) | (3)% | $ | 285,944 | ||||||||||
Automation and Analytics gross margin | 51% | 47% | 48% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medication Adherence | 35,908 | (4,231 | ) | (11)% | 40,139 | 8,998 | 29% | 31,141 | |||||||||||||||
Medication Adherence gross margin | 27% | 32% | 31% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total gross profit | $ | 372,330 | $ | 53,693 | 17% | $ | 318,637 | $ | 1,552 | —% | $ | 317,085 | |||||||||||
Total gross margin | 47% | 45% | 46% | ||||||||||||||||||||
2018 compared to 2017
Automation and Analytics. Cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2018 increased by $10.8 million compared to the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in cost of revenues is primarily due to the increase in revenues of $68.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to the year ended December 31, 2017, partially offset by the efficiencies, economies of scale, and cost savings on the XT series of products, as we ramped up from their introduction in the fourth quarter of 2016, as well as the increase in sales of Performance Center, which have higher gross margins. Our gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $336.4 million as compared to $278.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2017.
Medication Adherence. Cost of revenues increased by $10.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in cost of revenues is primarily due to the increase in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to the year ended December 31, 2017, and $2.1 million of excess and obsolete reserve for slower moving inventory. Our gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $35.9 million as compared to $40.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017.
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2017 compared to 2016
Automation and Analytics. Cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017 decreased by $2.5 million compared to the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily due to a decrease in product costs of $9.1 million, partially offset by an increase in service costs of $6.5 million. The decrease in product costs is primarily due to the decrease in product revenues of $26.1 million partially offset by costs attributed to the XT series manufacturing ramp up, including costs related to design refinement and lower overhead absorption due to the decrease of revenues from the XT conversion. The increase in service costs is primarily due to the increase in service revenues of $16.1 million, which is offset by a slight decrease in costs due to efficiencies from scaling and cost saving activities. Our gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $278.5 million as compared to $285.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2016.
Medication Adherence. Cost of revenues increased by $17.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily due to the increase in product costs and service costs of $11.5 million and $6.3 million, respectively. The increase in product costs was attributed to (i) increase in product revenues of $8.6 million, (ii) increase in product costs of $5.4 million related to Ateb, and (iii) product mix from higher volume of sales of lower margin products. The increase in service costs was primarily attributed to the increase in service costs of $6.3 million related to Ateb. Our gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $40.1 million as compared to $31.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2016.
Operating Expenses and Income from Operations
Change in | Change in | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $ | % | 2017 | $ | % | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Research and development | $ | 64,843 | $ | (1,179 | ) | (2)% | $ | 66,022 | $ | 8,223 | 14% | $ | 57,799 | ||||||||||
As a percentage of total revenues | 8% | 9% | 8% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Selling, general, and administrative | 263,095 | 21,625 | 9% | 241,470 | 3,589 | 2% | 237,881 | ||||||||||||||||
As a percentage of total revenues | 33% | 34% | 34% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total operating expenses | $ | 327,938 | $ | 20,446 | 7% | $ | 307,492 | $ | 11,812 | 4% | $ | 295,680 | |||||||||||
As a percentage of total revenues | 42% | 43% | 42% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from operations: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Automation and Analytics | $ | 148,119 | $ | 54,478 | 58% | $ | 93,641 | $ | (5,431 | ) | (5)% | $ | 99,072 | ||||||||||
Operating margin | 23% | 16% | 17% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medication Adherence | (5,522 | ) | (3,926 | ) | 246% | (1,596 | ) | (7,894 | ) | (125)% | 6,298 | ||||||||||||
Operating margin | (4)% | (1)% | 6% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Corporate expenses (“Common”) | (98,205 | ) | (17,305 | ) | 21% | (80,900 | ) | 3,065 | (4)% | (83,965 | ) | ||||||||||||
Total income from operations | $ | 44,392 | $ | 33,247 | 298% | $ | 11,145 | $ | (10,260 | ) | (48)% | $ | 21,405 | ||||||||||
Total operating margin | 6% | 2% | 3% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest and other income (expense), net | $ | (8,776 | ) | $ | (2,143 | ) | 32% | $ | (6,633 | ) | $ | 1,796 | (21)% | $ | (8,429 | ) | |||||||
2018 compared to 2017
Research and Development. Research and development expenses decreased $1.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to year ended December 31, 2017, primarily driven by a decrease in research and development expenses of $3.9 million in our Automation and Analytics segment, offset by an increase in research and development expenses of $0.7 million in our Medication Adherence segment and an increase of $2.0 million in corporate-related research and development expenses. The decrease in the Automation and Analytics segment was primarily attributed to several research and development projects reaching capitalization stage during the period ended December 31, 2018 as we are allocating additional resources to software projects, resulting in lower research and development expenses. The increase in corporate-related expenses was primarily due to an increase in consulting fees related to a key engineering product management project.
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Selling, General, and Administrative. Selling, general, and administrative expenses increased $21.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to year ended December 31, 2017, due to overall growth of operations and an increase in employee-related expenses due to the increase in headcount, as well as an increase in commissions of $3.2 million attributable to increases in bookings, and severance and consulting costs related to organizational realignment of $1.3 million, partially offset by out-of-period adjustments of $2.6 million as discussed in Note 1, Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.
Interest and Other Income (Expense), Net. The $2.1 million increase in interest and other income (expense), net for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to year ended December 31, 2017 was due to an increase in expenses related to foreign currency fluctuations, interest, bank charges, and amortization of debt fees and issuance costs, partially offset by a contingent gain of $2.5 million recognized in the second quarter of 2018 related to a settlement agreement associated with the Ateb acquisition.
2017 compared to 2016
Research and Development. Research and development expenses increased $8.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to year ended December 31, 2016, primarily driven by increases of $0.2 million and $6.8 million in our Automation and Analytics and Medication Adherence segments, respectively. In addition, corporate-related research and development expenses increased by $1.2 million. The increase in our Medication and Adherence segment was primarily attributable to Ateb, which contributed $5.5 million to the increase year over year. The remaining increase in the Medication Adherence segment is primarily related to continued investment in the segment. The increase in the corporate-related expenses related to new and ongoing research and development projects.
Selling, General, and Administrative. Selling, general, and administrative expenses increased $3.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to year ended December 31, 2016 due to an increase in our Medication Adherence segment of $10.1 million, offset by decreases from our Automation and Analytics segment of $2.3 million and corporate-related expenses of $4.3 million. The increase from our Medication Adherence segment is primarily attributed to Ateb, which contributed $9.1 million to the increase. The remaining increase is primarily due to normal growth to support the business and attributed to higher commissions, benefits and salaries, and other investment in the business. The decrease in our Automation and Analytics segment was mainly due to lower amortization expense related to intangible assets of $2.4 million and a decrease in professional fees of $1.8 million related to Aesynt. The decreases are offset by normal growth of operations. The decrease in our corporate-related expenses was mainly due to lower integration and acquisition related cost as well as an overall reduction in cost as part of cost saving initiatives.
Interest and Other Income (Expense), Net. The $1.8 million decrease in interest and other income (expense), net for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to year ended December 31, 2016 was due to a decrease in expenses related to foreign currency fluctuations, interest and bank charges.
Provision for (Benefit from) Taxes
Change in | Change in | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $ | % | 2017 | $ | % | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | $ | (2,113 | ) | $ | 23,893 | (92)% | $ | (26,006 | ) | $ | (29,226 | ) | (908)% | $ | 3,220 | ||||||||
Effective tax rate on earnings | (6)% | (576)% | 25% | ||||||||||||||||||||
2018 compared to 2017
We recorded a benefit from income taxes of $2.1 million and a negative effective tax rate of 6% for the year ended December 31, 2018, compared to a tax benefit of $26.0 million and a negative effective tax rate of 576% for the year ended December 31, 2017. The 2018 annual effective tax rate differed from the statutory tax rate of 21%, primarily due to a favorable impact from the excess tax benefit from equity-based compensation, favorable impact of research and development credits, and a tax benefit recorded due to restructuring entity reclassification. The increase in the annual effective tax rate in 2018 as compared to 2017 was primarily due to the increase in our earnings and the one-time nature of the $20.0 million benefit from enactment of the U.S. tax reform entitled the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) recorded in 2017.
2017 compared to 2016
We recorded a benefit from income taxes of $26.0 million and a negative effective tax rate of 576% for the year ended December 31, 2017, compared to a tax expense of $3.2 million and an effective tax rate of 25% for the year ended
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December 31, 2016. The 2017 annual effective tax rate differed from the statutory tax rate of 35%, primarily due to a favorable impact from the U.S. tax reform legislation that resulted in the recognition of a one-time benefit of $20.0 million from the revaluation of deferred tax assets and liabilities, as well as recording of the excess tax benefit from the equity-based compensation within income tax expense effective 2017, and favorable impact of research and development credits, the domestic production activities deduction, offset by unfavorable impact of geographic mix of earnings. The increase in the annual effective tax rate as compared to 2016 was primarily due to the favorable impact from enactment of the Tax Act.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
We had cash and cash equivalents of $67.2 million at December 31, 2018, compared to $32.4 million at December 31, 2017. All of our cash and cash equivalents are invested in demand deposits only.
Our cash position and working capital at December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 were as follows:
December 31, | |||||||
2018 | 2017 | ||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||
Cash | $ | 67,192 | $ | 32,424 | |||
Working Capital | $ | 192,554 | $ | 147,066 | |||
Our ratio of current assets to current liabilities was 1.9:1 at December 31, 2018 and 1.7:1 at December 31, 2017.
Sources of Cash
On January 5, 2016, we entered into a $400.0 million secured credit facility pursuant to a credit agreement, by and among us, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as sole lead arranger and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement provides for a $200.0 million term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”), and prior to the amendment discussed below, a $200.0 million revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility” and together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Facilities”). In addition, the Credit Agreement includes a letter of credit sub-limit of up to $10.0 million and a swing line loan sub-limit of up to $10.0 million.
On December 26, 2017 and April 11, 2017, we entered into the amendments to the Credit Agreement. Under these amendments, the Revolving Credit Facility was increased from $200.0 million to $315.0 million and certain other modifications were made. Refer to Note 8, Debt and Credit Agreements, of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this annual report. We expect to use future loans under the Revolving Credit Facility, if any, for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions.
As of December 31, 2018, the outstanding balance from the Facilities was $140.0 million and we were in full compliance with all covenants.
On November 3, 2017, we entered into a Distribution Agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., as our sales agents (collectively, the “Sales Agents”), pursuant to which we may offer and sell from time to time through the Sales Agents up to $125.0 million maximum aggregate offering price of our common stock. Sales of the common stock pursuant to the Distribution Agreement may be made in negotiated transactions or transactions that are deemed to be “at the market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, including sales made directly on the Nasdaq Stock Market, or sales made to or through a market maker other than on an exchange. We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale, if any, of common stock in the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include, without limitation, the acquisition of complementary businesses, the repayment of outstanding indebtedness, capital expenditures and working capital.
For the year ended December 31, 2017, we received gross proceeds of $14.7 million from sales of our common stock under the Distribution Agreement and incurred issuance costs of $0.8 million on sales of approximately 294,000 shares of our common stock at an average price of approximately $49.85 per share.
For the year ended December 31, 2018, we received gross proceeds of $40.3 million from sales of our common stock under the Distribution Agreement and incurred issuance costs of $0.7 million on sales of approximately 557,000 shares of our common stock at an average price of approximately $72.40 per share. As of December 31, 2018, we had an aggregate of $70.0 million available to be offered under the Distribution Agreement.
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Uses of Cash
Our future uses of cash are expected to be primarily for working capital, capital expenditures, loan principal and interest payments, and other contractual obligations. We also expect a continued use of cash for potential acquisitions and acquisition-related activities.
On April 12, 2017, we completed the acquisition of all of the membership interest of InPharmics. The total consideration for the transaction was $5.0 million, net of cash on hand at signing of $0.3 million.
On January 5, 2016, we completed the acquisition of all of the membership interests of Aesynt. The purchase price paid by us was $271.5 million, net of cash on hand of $8.2 million.
On December 8, 2016, we completed the acquisition of Ateb. The purchase price paid by us was $40.7 million, net of cash on hand of $0.9 million. These acquisitions were funded with cash-on-hand and borrowings under the Credit Agreement.
In accordance with the share purchase agreement entered into on April 30, 2015 under which we acquired Avantec, we agreed to pay potential earn-out payments of up to $3.0 million payable after December 31, 2015 and an additional $3.0 million payable after December 31, 2016, based on bookings targets. The fair value of these potential earn-out payments as of the acquisition date was $5.6 million. Additionally we retained $1.8 million of the purchase consideration to be held to settle any future indemnification claims within an 18-month period following the closing. During the year ended December 31, 2016, we paid out $3.0 million in earn-out payments, $1.8 million in held back payments for future indemnifications, and recognized $0.6 million of contingent gain as certain booking targets were not met. During the year ended December 31, 2017, we concluded that the final payout had been earned and paid out $2.4 million during the third quarter of 2017.
Our stock repurchase programs have a total of $54.9 million remaining for future repurchases as of December 31, 2018, which may result in additional use of cash. See Note 12, Stock Repurchase Program, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this annual report. There were no stock repurchases during the years ended December 31, 2018, December 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016.
Based on our current business plan and revenue backlog, we believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, our anticipated cash flows from operations, cash generated from the exercise of employee stock options and purchases under our employee stock purchase plan, along with the availability of funds under the Facilities will be sufficient to meet our cash needs for working capital, capital expenditures, potential acquisitions, and other contractual obligations for at least the next twelve months. For periods beyond the next twelve months, we also anticipate that our net operating cash flows plus existing balances of cash and cash equivalents will suffice to fund the continued growth of our business.
Cash Flows
The following table summarizes, for the periods indicated, selected items in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows:
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2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in): | |||||||||||
Operating activities | $ | 103,966 | $ | 24,834 | $ | 49,900 | |||||
Investing activities | (54,374 | ) | (34,987 | ) | (341,323 | ) | |||||
Financing activities | (13,597 | ) | (9,877 | ) | 263,752 | ||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | (1,227 | ) | (2,034 | ) | (58 | ) | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | $ | 34,768 | $ | (22,064 | ) | $ | (27,729 | ) | |||
Operating activities
We expect cash from our operating activities to fluctuate in future periods as a result of a number of factors, including the timing of our billings and collections, our operating results and the timing of other liability payments.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $104.0 million for 2018, primarily consisting of net income of $37.7 million adjusted for non-cash items of $77.0 million offset by changes in assets and liabilities of $10.7 million. The non-cash items primarily consisted of depreciation and amortization expense of $51.4 million, share-based compensation expense of $28.9 million, $2.3 million of amortization of debt financing fees, and an increase in deferred income taxes of $5.7 million.
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Changes in assets and liabilities include cash outflows from (i) a decrease in accounts payables of $9.2 million due to cash conservation efforts in 2017, which resulted in higher payable balances, and timing of payments, (ii) an increase of other long-term assets of $7.1 million due an increase in unbilled receivables, (iii) an increase in inventories of $6.8 million for inventory buildup in support of forecasted sales, (iv) an increase in accounts receivable and unbilled receivables of $6.2 million due to increased billings and the timing of billings and collections, and (v) an increase of prepaid commissions of $4.7 million due to an increase in bookings. These cash outflows were partially offset by an increase of accrued compensation of $14.4 million, an increase in other accrued liabilities of $8.2 million, and an increase in deferred revenue of $3.0 million due to the increased billings and the timing of orders and revenue being recognized for installed product.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $24.8 million for 2017, primarily consisting of net income of $30.5 million adjusted for non-cash items of $44.1 million offset by changes in assets and liabilities of $49.8 million. The non-cash items primarily consisted of depreciation and amortization expense of $51.5 million, share-based compensation expense of $21.9 million, $1.6 million of amortization of debt financing fees, and an increase in deferred income taxes of $31.4 million. Changes in assets and liabilities include cash outflows from (i) an increase in accounts receivable and unbilled receivables of $40.6 million due to the timing of billings and collections, (ii) an increase in inventories of $26.8 million for inventory buildup in support of forecasted sales, (iii) an increase in prepaid expenses of $4.9 million, (iv) an increase in prepaid commissions of $4.0 million, (v) a decrease in deferred revenue of $2.3 million due to the timing of orders and revenue being recognized for installed product, and (vi) an increase in other current assets of $2.1 million. These cash outflows were partially offset by an increase in accounts payable of $19.7 million primarily due to the increase in inventory and timing of payments, a decrease in the investment in sales-type leases of $6.6 million, and an increase in other accrued liabilities of $4.4 million.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $49.9 million for 2016, primarily consisting of net income of $9.8 million adjusted for non-cash items $75.4 million offset by changes in assets and liabilities of $35.3 million. The non-cash items primarily consisted of depreciation and amortization expense of $58.4 million, share-based compensation expense of $19.5 million, and an increase in deferred income taxes of $5.1 million. Changes in assets and liabilities include cash outflows from (i) a $9.6 million increase in investment in sales-type leases due to additional lease transactions entered into during the year, (ii) a $7.2 million increase in prepaid commissions, (iii) a $6.3 million decrease in other long-term liabilities, (iv) a $5.1 million increase in other long-term assets, (v) a $5.0 million decrease in accounts payable due to timing of payments, (vi) a $3.4 million increase in inventories to support sales forecast, and (vii) a decrease in the deferred revenue of $1.9 million. These cash outflows were partially offset by a decrease of $9.9 million in accounts receivable and unbilled receivables as result of higher collections in the fourth quarter of 2016.
Investing activities
Net cash used in investing activities was $54.4 million for 2018, which consisted of capital expenditures of $23.7 million for property and equipment and $30.7 million for costs of software development for external use.
Net cash used in investing activities was $35.0 million for 2017, which consisted of capital expenditures of $15.3 million for property and equipment, $15.0 million for costs of software development for external use, $0.2 million for purchase of intangible assets, and $4.4 million attributable to the acquisition of InPharmics.
Net cash used in investing activities was $341.3 million for 2016, $312.2 million of which was attributable to the acquisitions of Aesynt and Ateb. Capital expenditures related to software development costs for external use, purchases of property and equipment and, purchases of intangibles contributed $14.3 million, $13.4 million, and $1.4 million, respectively.
Financing activities
Net cash used in financing activities was $13.6 million for 2018, primarily due to the repayment of $77.0 million of the Facilities and $6.8 million in employees’ taxes paid related to restricted stock unit vesting, partially offset by $30.6 million in proceeds from employee stock option exercises and employee stock plan purchases, and $39.6 million proceeds from sales of our common stock under the Distribution Agreement.
Net cash used in financing activities was $9.9 million for 2017, primarily due to the repayment of $102.5 million of the Facilities and $5.9 million in employees’ taxes paid related to restricted stock unit vesting, partially offset by $30.1 million in proceeds from employee stock option exercises and employee stock plan purchases, and $56.9 million proceeds from term loan and revolving credit facilities.
Net cash provided by financing activities was $263.8 million for 2016, as a result of $287.1 million of net proceeds from debt, $17.7 million in proceeds from employee stock option exercises and employee stock plan purchases, partially offset by $34.5 million of repayments of debt and revolving credit facility, $3.5 million in employees taxes paid in relation to restricted stock units and $3.0 million of payment for contingent consideration.
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Contractual Obligations
Contractual obligations as of December 31, 2018 were as follows:
Payments Due by Period | |||||||||||||||||||
Total | 2019 | 2020-2021 | 2022-2023 | 2024 and thereafter | |||||||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||
Operating leases (1) | $ | 87,418 | $ | 14,153 | $ | 25,833 | $ | 20,143 | $ | 27,289 | |||||||||
Purchase obligations (2) | 52,183 | 50,185 | 1,225 | 764 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Term loan facility (3) | 140,000 | — | 140,000 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Total (4) (5) | $ | 279,601 | $ | 64,338 | $ | 167,058 | $ | 20,907 | $ | 27,298 | |||||||||
(1) | Commitments under operating leases relate primarily to leased property and office equipment. Rent expense was $12.7 million, $11.5 million and $9.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, December 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, respectively. |
(2) | We purchase components from a variety of suppliers and use contract manufacturers to provide manufacturing services for our products. During the normal course of business, we issue purchase orders with estimates of our requirements several months ahead of the delivery dates. These amounts are associated with agreements that are enforceable and legally binding. The amounts under such contracts are included in the table above because we believe that cancellation of these contracts is unlikely and we expect to make future cash payments according to the contract terms or in similar amounts for similar materials. |
(3) | Amounts shown for term loan facility are principal repayments only. Due to use of interest rate swaps, the cash interest expense is partly variable and partly fixed, and is not reflected in the above table. Refer to Note 8, Debt and Credit Agreements, of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this annual report. |
(4) | We have recorded $5.8 million for uncertain tax positions under long-term liabilities as of December 31, 2018 in accordance with the authoritative guidance summarized in the section entitled “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” above. As these liabilities do not reflect actual tax assessments, the timing and amount of payments we might be required to make will depend upon a number of factors. Accordingly, as the timing and amount of payment cannot be estimated, $5.8 million in uncertain tax position liabilities have not been included in the table above. See Note 15, Income Taxes, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this annual report. |
(5) | See Note 10, Commitments and Contingencies, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this annual report. |
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of December 31, 2018, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements as defined under Regulation S-K 303(a)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the instructions thereto.
ITEM 7A. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK |
We are exposed to market risks related to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates.
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk
We operate in foreign countries which expose us to market risk associated with foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and various foreign currencies, the most significant of which are the British Pound and the Euro. In order to manage foreign currency risk, at times we enter into foreign exchange forward contracts to mitigate risks associated with changes in spot exchange rates of mainly non-functional currency denominated assets or liabilities of our foreign subsidiaries. In general, the market risk related to these contracts is offset by corresponding gains and losses on the hedged transactions. By working only with major banks and closely monitoring current market conditions, we seek to limit the risk that counterparties to these contracts may be unable to perform. We do not enter into derivative contracts for trading purposes. At December 31, 2018, we did not have any outstanding foreign exchange forward contracts.
Interest Rate Fluctuation Risk
We are exposed to interest rate risk through our borrowing activities. As of December 31, 2018, we had total debt under the Credit Agreement of $140.0 million. See Note 8, Debt and Credit Agreements, of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this annual report.
We use interest rate swap agreements to protect ourselves against adverse fluctuations in interest rates by reducing our exposure to variability in cash flows relating to interest payments on a portion of our outstanding debt. Our interest rate swaps, which are designated as cash flow hedges, involve the receipt of variable amounts from counterparties in exchange for us
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making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements. We do not hold or issue any derivative financial instruments for speculative trading purposes. During 2016, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement with a combined notional amount of $100.0 million with one counterparty that became effective beginning on June 30, 2016 and matures on April 30, 2019. At December 31, 2018, the total debt under the Facilities exposed to interest rate fluctuation risk was $40.0 million. An immediate increase of 1% in interest rate would result in $0.4 million of interest expense per year.
ITEM 8. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA |
The following tables presenting our quarterly results of operations should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures included in Part IV, Item 15 of this annual report and are incorporated by reference into this Item 8. We have prepared the unaudited information on the same basis as our audited consolidated financial statements. Our operating results for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of results for any future quarters or for a full year.
SUPPLEMENTARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)
Quarter Ended | |||||||||||||||
December 31, 2018 (1) | September 30, 2018 | June 30, 2018 | March 31, 2018 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per share data) | |||||||||||||||
2018 Consolidated Statements of Operations Data | |||||||||||||||
Total revenue | $ | 211,750 | $ | 204,267 | $ | 188,673 | $ | 182,619 | |||||||
Gross profit | 102,183 | 98,909 | 88,783 | 82,455 | |||||||||||
Income from operations | 18,930 | 17,495 | 7,334 | 633 | |||||||||||
Net income | $ | 14,793 | $ | 13,628 | $ | 6,588 | $ | 2,720 | |||||||
Net income per share: | |||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.37 | $ | 0.35 | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.07 | |||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.36 | $ | 0.33 | $ | 0.16 | $ | 0.07 | |||||||
Quarter Ended | |||||||||||||||
December 31, 2017 | September 30, 2017 | June 30, 2017 | March 31, 2017 | ||||||||||||
(In thousands, except per share data) | |||||||||||||||
2017 Consolidated Statements of Operations Data | |||||||||||||||
Total revenue | $ | 196,371 | $ | 186,748 | $ | 181,042 | $ | 148,553 | |||||||
Gross profit | 93,495 | 84,819 | 78,132 | 62,191 | |||||||||||
Income (loss) from operations | 16,201 | 12,197 | (701 | ) | (16,552 | ) | |||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 31,225 | $ | 7,748 | $ | 1,880 | $ | (10,335 | ) | ||||||
Net income (loss) per share: | |||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.82 | $ | 0.21 | $ | 0.05 | $ | (0.28 | ) | ||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.79 | $ | 0.20 | $ | 0.05 | $ | (0.28 | ) | ||||||
(1) | In the fourth quarter of 2018, we recorded out-of-period adjustments to correct errors originating in previous periods. For the three months ended December 31, 2018, the adjustments increased income before provision for income taxes by $3.7 million and net income by $2.9 million. Included in the out-of-period adjustments is a $2.6 million decrease in selling, general, and administrative expenses to correct purchase price accounting and integration activity for businesses acquired prior to 2018, and a $1.1 million increase in revenues and decrease in deferred revenues to correct misstatements originating in the first nine months of 2018. Management concluded the out-of-period adjustments are not material, individually or in the aggregate, to the three months ended December 31, 2018, or to any previously issued interim consolidated financial statements. |
ITEM 9. | CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE |
None.
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ITEM 9A. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.
Based on that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2018 to provide reasonable assurance that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act). Our internal control system is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations and can provide only reasonable assurance that the objectives of the internal control system are met.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018 using the criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting as described in “Internal Control—Integrated Framework,” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organization of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO Criteria). Based on this assessment, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2018.
Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has issued its attestation report on our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, which is included in Part IV, Item 15 of this annual report.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting during the year ended December 31, 2018.
ITEM 9B. | OTHER INFORMATION |
None.
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PART III
Certain information required by Part III is omitted from this annual report because the registrant will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a definitive proxy statement pursuant to Regulation 14A in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders expected to be held in May 2019 (the “Proxy Statement”) not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this annual report, and certain information included therein is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 10. | DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
The information required by this Item with respect to directors and executive officers may be found under the heading “Executive Officers of the Registrant” in Part I, Item 1 of this annual report, and in the sections entitled “Board and Corporate Governance Matters—Election of Directors” and “Board and Corporate Governance Matters—Information about our Directors and Nominees” appearing in the Proxy Statement. Such information is incorporated herein by reference.
The information required by this Item with respect to our audit committee and audit committee financial expert may be found in the section entitled “Board and Corporate Governance Matters—Information Regarding Committees of the Board of Directors—Audit Committee” appearing in the Proxy Statement. Such information is incorporated herein by reference.
The information required by this Item with respect to compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 may be found in the sections entitled “Stock Ownership—Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” appearing in the Proxy Statement. Such information is incorporated herein by reference.
Our written Code of Conduct applies to all of our directors and employees, including executive officers, including without limitation our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions. The Code of Conduct is available on our website at www.omnicell.com under the hyperlink titled “Corporate Governance.” Changes to or waivers of the Code of Conduct will be disclosed on the same website. We intend to satisfy the disclosure requirement under Item 5.05 of Form 8-K regarding any amendment to, or waiver of, any provision of the Code of Conduct by disclosing such information on the same website.
ITEM 11. | EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION |
The information required by this Item with respect to director and executive officer compensation is incorporated by reference to the sections of our Proxy Statement entitled “Executive Compensation” and “Board and Corporate Governance Matters—Director Compensation.”
The information required by this Item with respect to Compensation Committee interlocks and insider participation is incorporated herein by reference to the section of our Proxy Statement entitled “Board and Corporate Governance Matters—Information Regarding Committees of the Board of Directors—Compensation Committee—Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation.”
The information required by this Item with respect to our Compensation Committee’s review and discussion of the Compensation Discussion and Analysis included in the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference to the section of our Proxy Statement entitled “Executive Compensation—Compensation Committee Report.”
ITEM 12. | SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDERS MATTERS |
The information required by this Item with respect to security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management is incorporated herein by reference to the section of our Proxy Statement entitled “Stock Ownership—Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.”
The information required by this Item with respect to securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans is incorporated herein by reference to the section of our Proxy Statement entitled “Equity Plan Information—Equity Compensation Plan Information.”
ITEM 13. | CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS, RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE |
The information required by this Item with respect to related party transactions is incorporated herein by reference to the section of our Proxy Statement entitled “Board and Corporate Governance Matters—Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.”
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The information required by this Item with respect to director independence is incorporated herein by reference to the section of our Proxy Statement entitled “Board and Corporate Governance Matters—Independence of the Board of Directors.”
ITEM 14. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES |
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the section of our Proxy Statement entitled “Audit Matters—Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm—Principal Accountant Fees and Services.”
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PART IV
ITEM 15. | EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE |
The following documents are included as part of this annual report:
(1) | Consolidated Financial Statements: |
Index to Financial Statements | Page Number | |
(2) | Exhibits: The information required by this item is set forth on the exhibit index which precedes the signature page of this report. |
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Omnicell, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Omnicell, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows, for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes and the schedule listed in the Index at Item 15 (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2018, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 27, 2019, expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
Change in Accounting Principles
As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company has changed its method of accounting for revenue in fiscal year 2018 due to the adoption of ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
San Jose, California
February 27, 2019
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2014.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Omnicell, Inc.
Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Omnicell, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO. We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018, of the Company and our report dated February 27, 2019, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
San Jose, California
February 27, 2019
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OMNICELL, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
December 31, | |||||||
2018 | 2017 | ||||||
(In thousands, except par value) | |||||||
ASSETS | |||||||
Current assets: | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 67,192 | $ | 32,424 | |||
Accounts receivable and unbilled receivables, net of allowances of $2,582 and $5,738, respectively | 196,238 | 190,046 | |||||
Inventories | 100,868 | 96,137 | |||||
Prepaid expenses | 20,700 | 20,392 | |||||
Other current assets | 12,136 | 13,273 | |||||
Total current assets | 397,134 | 352,272 | |||||
Property and equipment, net | 51,500 | 42,595 | |||||
Long-term investment in sales-type leases, net | 17,082 | 15,435 | |||||
Goodwill | 335,887 | 337,751 | |||||
Intangible assets, net | 143,686 | 168,107 | |||||
Long-term deferred tax assets | 15,197 | 9,454 | |||||
Prepaid commissions | 46,143 | 41,432 | |||||
Other long-term assets | 74,613 | 49,316 | |||||
Total assets | $ | 1,081,242 | $ | 1,016,362 | |||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |||||||
Current liabilities: | |||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 38,038 | $ | 48,290 | |||
Accrued compensation | 41,660 | 27,241 | |||||
Accrued liabilities | 43,047 | 35,693 | |||||
Long-term debt, current portion, net | — | 15,208 | |||||
Deferred revenues, net | 81,835 | 78,774 | |||||
Total current liabilities | 204,580 | 205,206 | |||||
Long-term deferred revenues | 10,582 | 10,623 | |||||
Long-term deferred tax liabilities | 41,484 | 41,446 | |||||
Other long-term liabilities | 9,562 | 9,829 | |||||
Long-term debt, net | 135,417 | 194,917 | |||||
Total liabilities | 401,625 | 462,021 | |||||
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10) | |||||||
Stockholders’ equity: | |||||||
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000 shares authorized; no shares issued | — | — | |||||
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000 shares authorized; 49,480 and 47,577 shares issued; 40,335 and 38,432 shares outstanding, respectively | 50 | 48 | |||||
Treasury stock at cost, 9,145 shares outstanding, respectively | (185,074 | ) | (185,074 | ) | |||
Additional paid-in capital | 678,041 | 585,755 | |||||
Retained earnings | 197,454 | 159,725 | |||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (10,854 | ) | (6,113 | ) | |||
Total stockholders’ equity | 679,617 | 554,341 | |||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 1,081,242 | $ | 1,016,362 | |||
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS