Deepak Chopra
Analyst · Roth Capital Partners. Your line is open
Thank you, Alan. And again, good morning and welcome to the OSI Systems earnings conference call for the third quarter of fiscal 2021. I'm happy with our third quarter results where we achieved, as Alan mentioned, record adjusted EPS and strong cash flow, on slightly lower revenues from the prior year. The significant revenue growth in the Healthcare and Opto divisions was offset by Security division that continues to be impacted by the pandemic. The bookings have been solid in each division, and I'm proud that we have grown our backlog in each of the first three quarters, and ended Q3 with a backlog of $1.1 billion. I will discuss a few of our third quarter highlights at each division and then turn it back over to Alan to provide further detail on our financial performance. Starting with the Security, where although revenues were impacted by the pandemic, we did an admirable job of managing the challenging environment and expanded adjusted operating margins by controlling expenses and improving operating efficiencies. The Q3 book-to-bill for Security was 1.1. The booking levels, combined with ongoing customer introductions suggest that Security is well positioned for a strong Q4 and to end the year in a strong fashion. Going through some of the few highlights of the Security division. All though passenger traffic was lower when compared to our pre-pandemic time, airports in various regions internationally are preparing for a return to more normal levels. In Q3, we capitalized on several opportunities at major airports, to provide our latest technology for inspection solutions for checkpoint and hold baggage. During the quarter, we announced a strategic win of $15 million order from a key international airport to provide our RTT 110 Hold Baggage Screening Systems, along with a range of checkpoint security systems, including the Rapiscan 920CT and Orion baggage scanners, Itemiser 5x Trace Detection units and Metor walk-through metal detectors. Our broad range of solutions helps differentiate us in the marketplace, especially at large airports where there are multiple requirements to upgrade or expand their screening infrastructure. During the quarter, we also announced a $16 million order to maintain and support our installed base at US aviation checkpoints. Air cargo, as we have mentioned before, business continues to be very strong for Rapiscan products. At port and border cargo screening, we have experienced delays in revenue recognition with some customers as our cargo screening projects typically require on-site testing and final customer sign-off, which has been impacted by the travel restrictions. Many of the equipment for cargo has already been manufactured and even shipped to the customer site. There are also certain delivery schedules that have been pushed to the right. Our turnkey programs in Albania and Puerto Rico have been running as expected and our latest turnkey in Guatemala is ramping up and performing well. On the bookings front, the cargo sales teams did a great job of booking several opportunities in our pipeline, both domestic and international, to provide mobile and fixed cargo screening systems. In Q3, we were one of the three vendors awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract called IDIQ, by the US Customs and Border Protection for multi-energy portal X-ray systems including installation and training. Upon receipt of delivery orders under this IDIQ, we expect to provide our state-of-the-art Eagle P60 ZBx drive-through cargo and vehicle inspection systems; the CarView, which utilizes multi-technology screening of passenger vehicles; the CertScan, software integration platform, including some civil works installation and Operator training and support. This IDIQ contract has a potential value of up to $480 million and contains a five-year ordering period for systems and up to 10 years for potential maintenance support. Please note that because the contract is an IDIQ, it is not reflected in our backlog until we get firm delivery orders are received. During the quarter, we announced $5 million order from a US-based customer to service cargo screening and BPI systems. In addition, shortly after the quarter end, we announced orders totaling $22 million for cargo related services, a $16 million contract from an international customer to provide maintenance and support services for several platforms of cargo, vehicle and baggage inspection systems that are currently deployed at certain customer checkpoints. And a $6 million order for operating and servicing cargo systems at a critical infrastructure facility. We are seeing signs of the Security business beginning to emerge from the pandemic related challenges, with numerous recent awards and working on numerous other significant global opportunities that we expect to capitalize on in the next few months. The pipeline for business continues to be very strong, both domestically and international. Moving to the Healthcare division. Revenues were about 18% higher than the prior year's Q3. The division delivered significant operating margin expansion, that in addition to a high contribution margin from revenue growth was helped by operational improvements that should continue in the future. We saw strength across multiple geographic channels, announced a couple of key wins. Of note, we received $6 million order from a US hospital to provide patient monitoring solutions and related accessories. We also announced $4 million order from a US-based medical center for patient monitoring and diagnostic cardiology products. During the quarter, we made significant investments in research and development, as we focused on enhancing our core offerings and developing new products to help caregivers deliver patient care more effectively and efficiently. Overall, the Healthcare division has made great strides in many areas through the first three quarters. Bookings continued to be strong in the Healthcare division. Moving to our Optoelectronics and Manufacturing division. Q3 overall revenues were $19 million, including intercompany, 29% higher than the prior year. Q3 revenues and operating income were the highest of any quarter in Opto's history and Opto ended the quarter with a record backlog. To deliver this type of performance amidst a pandemic is quite an achievement as the team has worked through global logistics challenges and longer electronic component delivery lead times. Opto saw growth across several product groups and we are increasingly seeing customers increase order quantities. We believe that these customers recognize the benefit of the global presence of our sales, customer service and operational infrastructure, which can help limit their supply chain disruptions in this pandemic challenging environment. Specifically, we are seeing strong activity with defense and space communication customers, industrial infrastructure related OEMs, and OEMs that primarily serve the automotive industry, which has been a very good growth for us this quarter. We announced a nice win, an order of approximately $8 million to manufacture electronic sub-assemblies for a leading provider of GPS tracking solutions to the automotive industry. Building on the momentum, we expect Opto to finish the year very strong. The strength continues to show even toward fiscal 2022. I'm grateful for the efforts throughout our organization to serve our customers while maintaining a focus to provide our employees with safe working conditions. Looking further ahead, we will continue to focus on executing our strategy and our mission for a safer and healthier world. With an expanding opportunity pipeline, we expect to finish fiscal Q4 strong and we are building the foundation for a successful growing fiscal 2022. As always, I would like to thank our employees, customers and stockholders for continued support. With that, I'm going to turn the call back over to Alan to talk in more detail about our financial results and updated guidance, before we open the call for questions. Thank you.