Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the OSI Systems First Quarter 2024 Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, today's program is being recorded. And now I'd like to introduce your host for today's program, Alan Edrick, Chief Financial Officer. Please go ahead, sir.

Good morning, and thank you for joining us. I'm Alan Edrick, Executive Vice President and CFO of OSI Systems, and I'm here today with Deepak Chopra, OSI's President and CEO. Welcome to the OSI Systems Fiscal 2024 First Quarter Conference Call. We are pleased that you can join us as we review our financial and operational results. Earlier today, we issued a press release announcing our 2024 fiscal year first quarter financial results. And before we discuss our results, however, I'd like to remind everyone that today's discussion will include forward-looking statements, and the company wishes to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements made on this call are based on currently available information, and the company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement based on subsequent events or new information or otherwise. During today's call, we will refer both to GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures when describing the company's results. For further information regarding non-GAAP measures and comparable GAAP measures of the company's results and a quantitative reconciliation of those figures, please refer to today's earnings release. I will begin with a high-level summary of our financial performance for the first quarter of fiscal '24 and then turn the call over to Deepak for a discussion of our business and operational performance. We will then finish with more detail regarding our financial results and a discussion of our outlook for fiscal year '24. Our first quarter financial results were generally solid with the Security Division again generating double-digit revenue growth and significant year-over-year operating margin expansion, and the Opto division performing very well, while the Healthcare division experienced a challenging quarter. We are enthusiastic about the overall significant revenue and earnings growth anticipated for the balance of fiscal '24. Let's start with a high-level summary of our Q1 results. First, we reported Q1 revenues of $279 million, representing a year-over-year increase of 4%, driven by revenue growth of 14% in our Security Division and 2% in the Opto Division, which were partially offset by a 13% decrease in revenue in the Healthcare division. Second, we reported Q1 non-GAAP adjusted earnings per share of $0.91, up 5% from Q1 of the prior fiscal year, as strong operating results overcame the impact of approximately $0.11 per share of additional interest expense associated with higher interest rates in our borrowings. Third, we ended the quarter with a backlog of nearly $1.8 billion. The strong backlog provides outstanding visibility for the full fiscal year. Before diving more deeply into our financial results and discussing the fiscal 2024 outlook, I will turn the call over to Deepak.

Thank you very much, Alan. Good morning to everyone. I'm pleased to report that our fiscal 2024 first quarter performance aligned with our expectations. We achieved 4% revenue growth with increased margins. With a strong backlog, coupled with a significant recent awards and high visibility into the opportunity pipeline, we expect significant revenue and adjusting -- adjusted earnings per share growth through fiscal '24 and beyond. So let's dive into the performance and highlights of each division during the quarter and begin with the Security Division, which saw an increase of 14% in Q1 revenues and operating margin expansion. The division had bookings of 174 million during the quarter, resulting in a book-to-bill ratio of 1.1. During the quarter, we made considerable progress on the ramp-ups for our recently awarded port and border security initiatives with Mexico's Defense Agency SEDENA and the other international customers. We anticipate that both programs will contribute substantial revenues in this fiscal year. During Q1, we successfully captured several port and border security customer opportunities in the U.S. and internationally. On the international front, we announced an award for $14 million from a Latin America-based customer to provide multiple units of our Eagle P60 high-energy drive-through cargo and vehicle inspection system. Also, the VM250 radiation portal monitors and the MINI Z handheld backscatter devices, along with our proprietary CertScan integration installation software and training and maintenance service and support. In addition, we also announced a $10 million contract from an international customs agency to provide dual energy X-ray cargo and vehicle inspection solution, including multiyear maintenance service and support. In the U.S., we announced a $14 million award from an existing U.S. customer to provide civil works and installation support for our cargo and vehicle inspection systems. And wrapping it up in the ports and…

Well, thank you, Deepak. Now I will review in greater detail the financial results for our fiscal '24 first quarter. Again, our Q1 revenues were up 4% compared with that of the first quarter in the prior fiscal year. Q1 Security Division revenues were up 14%, largely due to the growth in our cargo and vehicle inspection products and related service revenue. This included modest shipments from the $200 million plus cargo contract announced in January. Aviation-related revenues increased as well. The book-to-bill ratio in the Security Division for Q1 was 1.1, leading to a record backlog in this division. Opto sales increased 2% year-over-year, driven primarily by strong intercompany sales to support anticipated Security Division growth, which was partially offset by reduced third-party revenues as certain Opto customers are rightsizing inventory levels or had programs delayed. The Healthcare division, as Deepak mentioned, had a challenging first quarter with year-over-year revenues down 13%, driven primarily by reduced patient monitoring product sales. The fiscal '24 Q1 gross margin of 35.4% was up significantly over the 32.6% gross margin in Q1 last year, despite the reduction in sales in Healthcare, which is the division which is the highest gross margin among our 3 divisions. The gross margin expansion was led by the Security Division, which experienced a favorable mix of sales, along with the execution of certain operational improvements. Our gross margin will generally fluctuate from period to period based on revenue mix and volume, inflation and impacts of changes in supply chain costs, among other factors. Moving to operating expenses. We continue to work diligently across each of our divisions to improve efficiency and to prudently manage our SG&A cost structure. Q1 SG&A expenses were $59.8 million, representing a 12% increase over the prior year, driven by less favorable FX and…

[Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from the line of Josh Nichols from B. Riley.

And it's really good to see the company with a new turnkey Security award here in Uruguay. A couple of questions there. These have been historically high-margin awards for the company. One, how long do you expect for this to ramp up and any context you could give us in terms of the potential size of the award?

This is Deepak here. This is not a very large contract, and it will take us about 6, 8 months to get it going. And basically, it's in the similar kind of sizes as the other contracts that we have. And we're very, very excited about it because one of the things that we are very proud about it when we get these kind of turnkey contracts in different areas, they become like center piece for the rest of the area to look at it. And all these turnkey contracts, basically, we are making it a point to say this helps the trade between Uruguay and, for example, North America or Europe. So we continue to look at it at these kind of big successes of going forward. Alan, do you want to add something to it?

No. I think that was good. And Josh, while we don't talk about margins on specific deals, generally speaking, the margins on our turnkey contracts are nicely north of our overall corporate average.

Well, thanks for confirming that the company has really been building out its Security portfolio. You've been granted approval for ETD with the TSA now to, how should we think about the timing and opportunities specifically for ETD over the next, like, 12 to 18 months and how that could ramp up?

Again, we are very proud about the certification. We think it's a great product. And we do definitely know that in air cargo, there's a big revamp going on for new technology. And we are very well poised for it. In the international sector, we think that the growth will come even faster. So we are very excited about it. And as we go back and look at and the performance of these units compared to the present existing products there, we think that we'll continue to get a lot of success in this.

And our next question comes from the line of Jeff Martin from ROTH Capital Partners.

I wanted to get a sense in terms of the timing on these 2 large orders that are going to be ramping up here pretty significantly. How much has your visibility on timing improved over the last -- well, since the Q4 call? And I also wanted to ask in terms of supply chain if you were able to get components that you need? I know you're ordering significantly more than normal. Just an update there on both those time lines and experiences would be helpful.

Jeff, this is Alan. I'll take the first part of that question. Our visibility continues to improve as we go month by month on these 2 large contracts. There are, as you would imagine, on large contracts, often evolving changes, but we're really excited about it. We do anticipate starting to see a real ramp-up in revenues on these contracts beginning now in this quarter in Q2, which is really going to generate some significant revenue growth, we believe, over the balance of fiscal '24. So we expect that there will always be some changes to the timing and the schedule. That's the nature of the beast in this industry, but the visibility continues to improve and the ramp-up is happening as we speak.

Just to add on to it, this is Deepak here. Basically, in the supply chain issue, we are handling it well. And again, I've said in the last conference call, too, we are well positioned compared to other competitors because we have intercompany resources also. But definitely, we cannot ignore the fact that when you ramp up so significantly so fast that there are definitely challenges in the supply chain. We are addressing it. And as Alan has mentioned that we will start seeing big growth from both these contracts in Q2, almost into Q3 and Q4.

Great. And then my other question is with the unrest in the Middle East, does that create potential opportunities for you? Are you seeing increased inquiries from countries and surrounding area for stepping up their port and border equipment inspection capabilities or other areas?

Well, first, I would like to say that we are very saddened what what's happened there. We continue to pray it for everybody's well-being. I haven't seen any changes on this Middle East thing because, obviously, this is something new. But on the Ukraine project and stuff, definitely as things mature in that area, common sense is that countries around that area are all going to need more security equipment. And we continue to look at opportunities. We're working with it. At the same time, funding is very important. And as you know that the U.S. has been in a tough situation with what's happening in Washington. As that opens up both for the Middle East challenges and in Ukraine-Russia challenges, we are very well positioned for any equipment to be procured.

And our next question comes from the line of Larry Solow from CJS Securities.

Just, I guess, a follow-up to the last question just on how the contracts are ramping. And just specifically, Alan, just in terms of the increase in guidance, I know you don't guide, but to the sectors or the segments. But, I guess, it's sort of the increase, I feel like is that coming from Security? Is that just increased confidence there? Or what typically drives you to increase your EPS outlook this year?

Yes. Great question, Larry. And your hunch is correct. The growth in the EPS guidance is coming from our Security business. You saw in our Q1 that we just reported, we saw some nice operating margin expansion, which led to some stronger earnings. And as we look out through the balance of the year and some of the strength in that business, that is really what's driven us to increase the overall EPS guidance. We expect Opto to continue to perform well in addition to that, but Security that's leading to the growth in the EPS guidance.

Okay. And I don't know if you gave -- you quantified the book-to-bill for Security. But if you have that, that would be great. But just also just kind of qualitatively, obviously, the world is not getting to be a safer place, but opportunities in terms of your [ SKU ] opportunities, your funnel of opportunities, I think you usually like to refer that, both within vehicle inspection borders and outside of that and other areas, how are those trending? And if you had the book-to-bill for the quarter, that would be great?

Yes. So Larry, this is Alan. The book-to-bill in security was 1.1, positions us in a record backlog. So our highest backlog of all time for our Security Division. The visibility is strong. The funnel of opportunities is real strong and robust throughout the -- really throughout the world and the nature of our product lines. Maybe Deepak, do you want to add to that?

Yes. I just want to emphasize on to it. The opportunities are growing, both in the border area, air cargo and also in the aviation sector. That had been on pretty much hold during the COVID time. And as it's coming out, the traffic is increasing. And there is a lot of interest to upgrade to new products in technology, both in the Itemiser and the RTT checkpoint and checked baggage area. And we continue to look at it, and we are very optimistic about the funnel.

Okay. And just lastly, just shifting gears real fast on the Healthcare, slower start to the year than I think you had expected. I guess two questions. And again, I'm not -- if you can share with us your thoughts. But maybe I know you had thought that the segment would be up on both a revenue and an operating profit basis on a full year basis. Do you still feel like that's attainable? And then second part of that question is, you mentioned sort of a shift to more of a leasing versus upfront sale of the equipment. Is that like in its infancy? Is that still pretty small today? And does that kind of coincide at all with your perhaps I think you're planning on next-generation product coming out soon over the next couple of years. Is that those two kind of correlate with one and another? That would be great if you put any color on that.

Well, good question. Good analysis you've done. On the equipment side, definitely, we were disappointed, especially in U.S. with the equipment sale. As you, I'm sure, know, the hospitals are going through a tough time. There are two other things that what you asked. One is, we continue to do the R&D investment to develop a new platform of the patient monitoring. At the same time, this new model that is in the infancy that we have started, the subscription and the software model, the SaaS model, it's a little different model. But interestingly, thing is this is catching on. There's a lot of interest, though, it's something in the infancy new that we are doing. But just think of it, we've been doing this thing in the Security side. So now to do that in the Healthcare side, we at least know the building blocks. Now the question is how to educate the customers and how to be able to prove to them. But I think longer term, we are quite excited about this new model of ongoing revenue, what we call like the turnkey model that we have on the Security side. Alan, do you want to add something?

Sure. And to your questions, Larry, yes, those new models are in their infancy, and we think they're going to be growing nicely over the coming years. And our expectation -- the team's expectation is that the Healthcare division will grow for the full fiscal year in '24, both on the top line and the bottom line.

[Operator Instructions] Our next question comes from the line of Christopher Glynn from Oppenheimer.

A lot has been asked. One follow-up. I think you said you expect on Healthcare, some nice improvement starting sequentially really for the balance of the year relative to the first quarter. It sounds like you were caught off guard a little bit in the first quarter after some fourth quarter strength. So wondering how you describe the visibility to the expected pickup there?

Well, yes, we are disappointed in the first quarter. But keep in mind that over the years, firstly, it's a single-digit growth area, and it's booked and shipped. It's not a backlog driven. So some orders came in Q4. In Q1, we were expecting some, it didn't happen. So it is a little bit disappointing, but the team feels very much focused onto it that the remainder of the year will get better. And the innovation that we are doing both in the software SaaS model and our continued development of the new product portfolio, that's not going to have what I would call a significant impact in 2024. It's for a longer years. Focus right now is to be able to capture the accounts that we have and be able to work with the hospitals of alternates to them of making them more efficient. Alan?

No, I think that describes it well.

Okay. And it was nice to see positive free cash flow in the first quarter. It's often a challenging seasonal quarter and in particular, this year, just ahead of significant ramps at Security. So wondering if you could give some color on what sort of levels, range, metrics around free cash flow we should be looking for this year?

Chris, this is Alan. Good question. So while we don't provide free cash flow guidance, we would agree with your statement in light of growing our inventory by $80 million to support the large Security contracts still generating $17 million or so of operating cash flow was quite strong in Q1. As we look out, there'll be some continued buildup in inventory for these contracts. We think where the real, real significant free cash flow could be driven is in fiscal '25, fiscal '26 and beyond. I mean we've historically been a very strong generator of free cash flow. We think that strength will only increase as we move beyond this fiscal year. We do expect to generate nice free cash flow this year, but the real strength in the free cash flow will begin in the subsequent fiscal year is our current expectation.

Okay. And then just one on Opto and manufacturing, really looking very sturdy, a lot of short-cycle volatility out there from OEMs and distribution impacting a lot of names. And just so curious if you could describe a little bit about what's giving that stability, particularly how externals performed? And if you're seeing a regular cadence of wallet share additions with your global customers as they try to derisk supply chain?

Well, again, a very good question. It's a different marketplace. Basically, in some cases, is a very predictable customer base. We work with the OEMs, and we continue to look at it. But they're also going through basically inventory increase, stop it, go longer term. So it's a continuing evolving matter. The thing that really makes us very, very good compared to our competitors, one is, we've a very broad customer base from aerospace, defense, to automotive, medical, consumer, name it, we're in all spaces. So as a group, all those areas, some are weak, some are strong. And the second thing that we keep saying it, and I've said it before, and I said it again, our global presence of manufacturing is a big advantage. And lately, you've heard it everywhere that there's a lot of talk about alternate to China. And we have the ability, both in Asia and in U.S. and in Europe to manufacture products from our customers. So we look at this business as a very well thought out business, predictable business. But like I said, this is a focus of the business depending on our customer base. Alan?

No, I think that says it well.

This does conclude the question-and-answer session of today's program. I'd like to hand the program back to management for any further remarks.

Well, thank you very much, and we again want to thank all the employees of the company and all the customers and everybody else, including the stockholders and not to forget the analysts. We are very excited about the rest of the year. Backlog is there to support it. And we are looking at a lot of other opportunities. And we think that the balance of the year starting in Q2 into Q3, Q4 will be very strong. Thank you very much. Talk to you in January.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your participation in today's conference. This does conclude the program. You may now disconnect. Good day.