Masimo to take actions to reduce costs in 2H23

The company said, “With second quarter revenues below expectations, the Company is taking actions to reduce costs in the second half of the year. Management will share more details on these actions when the company announces complete second quarter 2023 financial results on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. Despite the second quarter revenue shortfall, the fundamentals of both businesses remain strong. Notably, on the healthcare side, new hospital customers continue to switch to Masimo technology faster than ever, increasing Masimo’s share of the hospital market. Masimo drove record contracting in the first half of the year, both in the U.S. and worldwide. Masimo’s Unrecognized Contract Revenue (as defined in Masimo’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 1, 2023) is expected to range from $1.37 billion to $1.38 billion at the end of the second quarter, representing growth of 11% to 12% in Unrecognized Contract Revenue versus the end of the second quarter of 2022. On the consumer side, it is unclear when the softness in the premium and luxury categories will improve. However, initial demand for the Stork baby monitor has been strong, as major retailers are placing stocking orders for the product. In addition, hearables sales doubled this quarter versus the same quarter last year, helped by the launch of the Denon PerL earbuds with Masimo AAT… Management plans to discuss Masimo’s complete second quarter 2023 financial results and provide updated fiscal year 2023 financial guidance after the market closes on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. We currently expect to reduce the lower end of full year revenue guidance for the healthcare business to $1.30 billion from $1.45 billion. We are still evaluating the upper end of revenue guidance for the healthcare business, but it could be materially higher than the lower end of the range, as we are still targeting our original guidance. We also expect to reduce annual revenue guidance for the non-healthcare business to $800 million to $850 million from $965 million to $995 million.”