J.J. Pellegrino
Chief Financial Officer
Thanks, Dave. Our Q3, 2019 gross margin was 69.3%, down 2.1% versus the prior year period. The decline was driven by the 2018 acquisitions and strong U.S. dollar. Going forward, the recently acquired CardioCel and VascuCel product lines will carry a lower gross margin as we saw inventory purchased under the transition services agreement. This margin will improve when we relocate to Burlington. Over the coming months, the margins of Omniflow, Syntel and Python will improve as we complete their product transfers. In Q3 2019 operating income was $5.9 million, up 28% from Q3 2018. The operating margin in the 20%. In Q4, we expect operating income to increase 5% over the prior year adjusted for special items, and 9% excluding the effects of CardioCel. More specifically, in Q4 2019, we anticipate that CardioCel will generate approximately $700,000 in revenues, and be dilutive to operating income by approximately $200,000. We ended Q3 with $44.9 million in cash, a decrease or $3.3 million during the quarter. The decrease was driven by acquisition related payments of $6.8 million, working capital uses of $3.1 million and dividends of $1.7 million, which are largely offset by a record adjusted net income. EBITDA in Q3 was $7 million, up 27% over the prior year. Separately, our Board of Directors approved an $0.085 dividend implying the yield of 0.9%. Our Q4, 2019 sales guidance of $30.1 million to $30.9 million represents a year-over-year increases at the midpoint of 8% on a reported basis, and 4% organically. We also expect Q4 2019 operating income of $5.6 million to $6.1 million, an increase of 5% at the midpoint, excluding special items. We have increased our full year sales guidance to $117.2 million to $118 million, representing a year-over-year increase at the midpoint of 11% on a reported basis and 7% organically. We also expect full your operating income to be $21.9 million to $22.4 million, an increase of 7% excluding one-time items. With that, I'll turn it over to the operator questions.