Quipt Home Medical Corp. (“
Quipt” or the
“
Company”) (NASDAQ: QIPT; TSX: QIPT), a U.S. based
home medical equipment provider, focused on end-to-end respiratory
care, today announced its first quarter fiscal year 2025 financial
results and operational highlights. These results pertain to the
three months ended December 31, 2024 and are reported in U.S.
Dollars.
Conference Call
Quipt will host its Earnings Conference Call on
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. (ET). Interested parties
may participate in the call by dialing 1 (844) 763-8274 or 1 (647)
484-8814.
A live webcast of the call will be accessible
via the Company’s website at
https://quipthomemedical.com/investors/events-presentations/, which
will be available on the Company’s website for at least the first
year following the event.
Financial
Highlights:
- Revenue for Q1 2025 was $61.4 million compared to $62.6 million
for Q1 2024, representing a 2% decrease. Revenue for Q1 2025 was
flat compared to Q4 2024.
- The Medicare 75/25 blended rate, which had been providing rate
relief for certain geographies, was discontinued as of January 1,
2024. Although this change is still under legislative review, and
could return, its immediate cessation had a negative impact on our
revenue and operating results. Moreover, in certain regions, we
also experienced the withdrawal of Medicare Advantage members due
to a capitated agreement engaged with other providers in the
industry. In November 2024, a disposable supply contract was not
renewed. The cumulative annual impact of these three events is
estimated to be approximately $8.0 million, with a reduction of
approximately $1.5 million for the three months ended December 31,
2024 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2023.
- Net income (loss) improved for Q1 2025 to ($1.1) million, or
($0.03) per diluted share, compared to ($1.5) million, or ($0.04)
per diluted share for Q1 2024.
- Cash flow from operations was $9.3 million for Q1 2025,
compared to $10.6 million for Q1 2024.
- The Company reported $15.5 million of cash on hand as of
December 31, 2024, compared to $16.2 million as of September 30,
2024. Total credit availability of $32.4 million as of December 31,
2024, with $11.4 million available towards a revolving credit
facility and $21 million available pursuant to a delayed-draw term
loan facility.
- Recurring Revenue1 for Q1 2025 continues to be strong at 77%
of total revenue.
- Adjusted EBITDA1 for Q1 2025 was $14.0 million (22.8% of
revenue) compared to $15.3 million (24.5% of revenue) for Q1 2024,
representing an 8.7% decrease. Adjusted EBITDA1 sequentially
increased by 4.5% from Q4 2024, in which the Company reported
Adjusted EBITDA1 of $13.4 million (21.8% of revenue).
- The Company maintains a conservative balance sheet with Net
Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Leverage Ratio1 of 1.5.
Operational
Highlights:
- The Company’s customer base increased 1% year over year to
approximately 157,000 unique patients served in Q1 2025 from
approximately 155,000 unique patients in Q1 2024.
- Compared to approximately 215,000 unique set-ups/deliveries in
Q1 2024, the Company completed approximately 221,000 unique
set-ups/deliveries in Q1 2025, an increase of 3%. This includes
approximately 124,000 respiratory resupply set-ups/deliveries for
Q1 2025, compared to approximately 123,000 for Q1 2024, an increase
of 1%, which the Company credits to its continued use of technology
and centralized intake processes.
- The Company’s resupply program is a major proponent of the 77%
Recurring Revenue1 base as the Company has significantly scaled,
now representing 48% of the Recurring Revenue mix, driving higher
margin revenue, and now consists of 174,000 patients for the twelve
months ended December 31, 2024, compared to 172,000 patients for
the twelve months ended September 30, 2024.
- Consistent demand and referral patterns across all major
product categories.
- The Company has approximately 36,000 referring physicians, and
over 140 locations.
1 Non-GAAP financial measure or ratio. See
“Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below for additional information.
Management Commentary
“Our fiscal first quarter results reflect the
tangible progress we've made in strengthening our operations and
positioning the business for long-term growth,” said Gregory
Crawford, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Quipt. “Our
priorities for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 and beyond
are driving organic revenue growth, achieving operational net
profit, generating positive cash flow, and expanding Adjusted
EBITDA1. We are focused on expanding our presence in both existing
and new markets and leveraging our scalable business platform to
broaden our product offerings and service reach. To support these
objectives, we continue to optimize our organizational structure,
enhancing operational efficiencies by reducing redundancies, and
centralizing back-office processes. These measures are streamlining
operations, improving scalability, and positioning the business for
sustainable long-term growth. Furthermore, we remain committed to
exploring and pursing all avenues to drive shareholder value.”
“Our financial results highlight the operational
enhancements we have made as we continue to optimize our cost
structure,” said Hardik Mehta, Chief Financial Officer of Quipt.
“These enhancements are enabling us to operate more efficiently
while maintaining our commitment to high-quality patient care. As
we continue to execute our strategic growth plans, we expect this
operational discipline to support strong margin performance
throughout the year. As we look ahead, our balance sheet
flexibility and disciplined financial management position us to
drive a return towards historical organic growth in calendar 2025
and build long-term shareholder value.”
ABOUT QUIPT HOME MEDICAL CORP.
The Company provides in-home monitoring and
disease management services including end-to-end respiratory
solutions for patients in the United States healthcare market. It
seeks to continue to expand its offerings to include the management
of several chronic disease states focusing on patients with heart
or pulmonary disease, sleep disorders, reduced mobility, and other
chronic health conditions. The primary business objective of the
Company is to create shareholder value by offering a broader range
of services to patients in need of in-home monitoring and chronic
disease management. The Company’s organic growth strategy is to
increase annual revenue per patient by offering multiple services
to the same patient, consolidating the patient’s services, and
making life easier for the patient.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this press
release constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning
of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 or
“forward-looking information” as such term is defined in
applicable Canadian securities legislation (collectively,
“forward-looking statements”). The words “may”, “would”, “could”,
“should”, "potential”, "will”, "seek”, "intend”, “plan”,
“anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “outlook”, or the
negatives thereof or variations of such words, and similar
expressions as they relate to the Company, including: the
Company anticipating strong margin performance throughout the year
and a return to historical organic growth levels in calendar 2025;
are intended to identify forward-looking information. All
statements other than statements of historical fact, including
those that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations,
beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or
performance are not historical facts and may be forward-looking
statements and may involve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties
that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially
from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Such
statements reflect the Company's current views and intentions
with respect to future events, and current information available
to the Company, and are subject to certain risks,
uncertainties and assumptions, including, without limitation: the
Company successfully identifying, negotiating and completing
additional acquisitions; operating and other financial metrics
maintaining their current trajectories, the Company not being
impacted by any further external and unique events like the
Medicare 75/25 rate cut and the Change Healthcare cybersecurity
incident for the remainder of the calendar year and in 2025; and
the Company not being subject to a material change to it cost
structure. Many factors could cause the actual results,
performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements to vary from those described
herein should one or more of these risks or uncertainties
materialize. Examples of such risk factors include, without
limitation: risks related to credit, market (including equity,
commodity, foreign exchange and interest rate), liquidity,
operational (including technology and infrastructure),
reputational, insurance, strategic, regulatory, legal,
environmental, and capital adequacy; the general business and
economic conditions in the regions in which the Company
operates; the ability of the Company to execute on key
priorities, including the successful completion of acquisitions,
business retention, and strategic plans and to attract, develop
and retain key executives; difficulty integrating newly
acquired businesses; the ability to implement business strategies
and pursue business opportunities; low profit market segments;
disruptions in or attacks (including cyber-attacks) on the
Company's information technology, internet, network access or
other voice or data communications systems or services; the
evolution of various types of fraud or other criminal behavior
to which the Company is exposed; the failure of third parties to
comply with their obligations to the Company or its affiliates;
the impact of new and changes to, or application of, current
laws and regulations; decline of reimbursement rates; dependence
on few payors; possible new drug discoveries; a novel business
model; dependence on key suppliers; granting of permits and
licenses in a highly regulated business; legal proceedings and
litigation, including as it relates to the civil investigative
demand (“CID”) received from the Department of Justice; increased
competition; changes in foreign currency rates; increased
funding costs and market volatility due to market illiquidity
and competition for funding; the availability of funds and
resources to pursue operations; critical accounting estimates and
changes to accounting standards, policies, and methods used by
the Company; the Company’s status as an emerging growth company and
a smaller reporting company; the occurrence of natural and
unnatural catastrophic events or health epidemics or concerns; as
well as those risk factors discussed or referred to in the
Company’s disclosure documents filed with United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and available at
www.sec.gov, including the Company’s most recent Annual Report on
Form 10-K, and with the securities regulatory authorities in
certain provinces of Canada and available at www.sedarplus.com.
Should any factor affect the Company in an unexpected manner, or
should assumptions underlying the forward-looking statement
prove incorrect, the actual results or events may differ
materially from the results or events predicted. Any such
forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their
entirety by this cautionary statement. Moreover, the Company
does not assume responsibility for the accuracy or
completeness of such forward-looking statements. The
forward-looking statements included in this press release is
made as of the date of this press release and the Company
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, other than as required by applicable
law.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release refers to “Adjusted EBITDA”,
“Recurring Revenue,” and “Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Leverage
Ratio”, which are non-GAAP financial measures that do not have
standardized meanings prescribed by generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States (“GAAP”). The Company’s
presentation of these financial measures may not be comparable to
similarly titled measures used by other companies. These financial
measures are intended to provide additional information to
investors concerning the Company’s performance.
Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as net loss, and
adding back depreciation and amortization, right-of-use operating
lease amortization and interest, interest expense, net, provision
(benefit) for income taxes, professional fees related to CID and
loss of foreign private issuer status, stock-based compensation,
acquisition-related costs, loss (gain) on foreign currency
transactions, change in fair value of derivative liability –
interest rate swaps, and share of loss in equity method investment.
The following table shows our non-GAAP measure, Adjusted EBITDA,
reconciled to our GAAP net loss for the following indicated
periods (in $millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the three |
|
For the three |
|
months ended |
|
months ended |
|
December 31, 2024 |
|
December 31, 2023 |
Net loss |
$ |
(1.1) |
|
$ |
(1.5) |
Add back: |
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
11.0 |
|
|
11.2 |
Right-of-use operating lease amortization and interest |
|
1.5 |
|
|
1.5 |
Interest expense, net |
|
1.6 |
|
|
1.6 |
Provision for income taxes |
|
— |
|
|
0.2 |
Professional fees related to CID |
|
0.4 |
|
|
0.4 |
Professional fees related to loss of foreign private issuer
status |
|
0.4 |
|
|
— |
Stock-based compensation |
|
0.2 |
|
|
1.0 |
Acquisition-related costs |
|
— |
|
|
0.2 |
Change in fair value of derivative liability - interest rate
swaps |
|
(1.0) |
|
|
0.9 |
Loss (gain) on foreign currency transactions |
|
0.9 |
|
|
(0.3) |
Share of loss in equity method investment |
|
0.1 |
|
|
0.1 |
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
14.0 |
|
$ |
15.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recurring Revenue for Q1 2025 is calculated as
rentals of medical equipment of $24.3 million plus sales of
respiratory resupplies of $22.9 million for a total of $47.2
million, divided by total revenues of $61.3 million, or 77%.
Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Leverage Ratio is
calculated as Net Debt, divided by (Adjusted EBITDA for Q4 times
four), and is reconciled as follows (in $millions):
|
|
|
|
As of and for the three months ended ended December
31, 2024 |
Senior credit facility,
principal |
$ |
70.6 |
Equipment loans |
|
12.4 |
Lease liabilities |
|
19.0 |
Cash |
|
(15.5) |
Net Debt |
|
86.5 |
Adjusted EBITDA for Q4 times
four |
$ |
56.0 |
Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA
Leverage Ratio |
|
1.5x |
|
|
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For further information please visit our website
at www.Quipthomemedical.com, or contact:
Cole StevensVP of Corporate DevelopmentQuipt Home Medical
Corp.859-300-6455cole.stevens@myquipt.com
Gregory CrawfordChief Executive OfficerQuipt Home Medical
Corp.859-300-6455investorinfo@myquipt.com
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