John R. Deren
Thanks, Liam, and good morning. Given the previous discussion of the company's revenue performance, I'll begin with margins. For the quarter, adjusted gross margin was 59.7%, a 110 basis point decrease year-over-year, which was in line with our expectations, was primarily due to continued cost inflation from macroeconomic factors, specifically with respect to labor and raw materials, an increase in logistics and distribution costs and unfavorable product mix, partially offset by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. Adjusted operating margin was 26.9% in the second quarter. The 20 basis point year-over-year increase was better than expected as we offset year-over-year gross margin pressure with prudent operating expense control and a positive benefit from foreign exchange rates. Adjusted net interest expense totaled $19.9 million in the second quarter, a slight increase from the $19.4 million in the prior period. The year-over-year increase is primarily due to a higher average debt outstanding, partially offset by lower interest rates on floating rate debt. Our adjusted tax rate for the second quarter of 2025 was 13.1% compared to 12.3% in the prior year period. The year-over-year increase is primarily due to additional costs arising from the enactment of Pillar 2 tax reform. At the bottom line, second quarter adjusted earnings per share was $3.73. The 9.1% increase year-over-year is primarily due to higher adjusted operating income, a lower share count and a positive benefit of foreign exchange. Turning now to selected balance sheet and cash flow highlights. Cash flow from operations for the 6 months was $81.2 million compared to $204.5 million in the comparable prior period. The $123.3 million decrease was primarily attributable to unfavorable changes in working capital, including payments for recently enacted tariffs, the year-over-year change also includes payments related to the proposed separation, payments related to due diligence and transition planning costs associated with the Vascular Intervention acquisition as well as outflows related to cloud computing arrangement expenditures as part of our ongoing development of our new ERP solution. Moving to the balance sheet. At the end of the second quarter, our cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash equivalents balance was $283.9 million compared to $327.7 million as of year-end 2024. Net leverage at quarter end was approximately 1.8x and 2.6x pro forma for the Vascular Intervention acquisition. Turning to our updated financial guidance for 2025. After giving effect to the June 30 closing of the acquisition of the Vascular Intervention business, we now expect total constant currency growth for 2025 to be in the range of 7.7% to 8.7% versus our prior guidance of 1% to 2%. The constant currency revenue for 2025 growth reflects assumptions that are unchanged from our previous outlook, plus an estimated $204 million in revenue contribution associated with the Vascular Intervention acquisition in the second half of the year. We now expect a positive impact from foreign exchange of $26 million, representing an approximately 85 basis point tailwind to GAAP revenue growth in 2025. This compares to our prior guidance of approximately $5 million or 17 basis point headwind for 2025. The updated foreign exchange guidance assumes approximately a $1.15 average euro exchange rate for the second half of 2025. For 2025, we now expect GAAP revenue growth to be in the range of 9% to 10% versus our prior guidance of 1.3% to 2.3%, implying a dollar range of $3.322 billion to $3.352 billion. The outlook for 2025 includes the previous assumptions plus updated foreign exchange rates and the contribution from the Vascular Intervention acquisition. The year-over-year growth rate reflects the $13.8 million impact from the Italian measure in the second quarter of 2024. On the topic of tariffs, the situation remains highly dynamic and may change further over the coming months. There remains significant uncertainty on the positioning, timing and magnitude of the administration's tariff policy as well as the impact of any retaliatory action from other countries. Consistent with the methodology discussed at the time of our first quarter earnings call, our outlook is based on tariffs currently enacted, including country-specific reciprocal tariff rates as well as the status of certain tariff exemptions primarily in Mexico related to the current USMCA rules and regulations. The outlook does not contemplate future tariffs that are not yet enacted. Any future changes could change the anticipated impact on our adjusted EPS in 2025. We now estimate the impact from tariffs of approximately $29 million in 2025 or $0.55 a share versus a previous outlook of $55 million or $1.05 a share. The reduction in expected tariff impact for 2025 is driven by changes in tariff rates, primarily associated with China as well as the early benefit of expanding mitigation efforts with the additional opportunities to come as we progress through the second half of 2025. We continue to actively explore strategies to mitigate our exposure to tariffs in 2025, including optimizing our supply chain, increasing our mix of USMCA compliant products which provides tariff waivers for products assembled in Mexico and Canada using U.S. components and continued and diligent control of our spending. Since our last earnings report, we have made progress increasing our percentage of USMCA compliant products entering the U.S. from our manufacturing facility in Mexico. We will also begin to implement increased customer pricing as contracts come up for renewal. Additionally, for modeling purposes, you should consider the following: We are increasing 2025 adjusted gross margin guidance to be in the range of 58.75% to 59.5%, which represents an increase of 50 basis points at the low and high end of the range. The increase in our 2025 gross margin guidance expectation is primarily driven by lower-than-expected tariffs partially offset by an adverse impact from foreign exchange. We expect adjusted operating margin to be in the range of 24.5% to 25%, which reflects a 10 basis point reduction at the low end of the range versus our prior guidance. Our updated guidance reflects the benefit of lower-than-expected tariff, offset by incremental expenses associated with the acquisition of the Vascular Intervention business and an adverse impact from foreign exchange. Moving to items below the line. Net interest expense is now expected to be approximately $95 million for 2025 as compared to $75 million previously. The incremental net interest expense is primarily due to the financing associated with the acquisition of the Vascular Intervention business. We have refined our tax assumption for 2025 and now expect our tax rate to be 13.25% versus our previous expectation of 13.5%. Turning to adjusted earnings per share. We are raising the low and high end of our 2025 guidance by $0.70, of which $0.50 is associated with a lower-than-expected tariff impact. Although the acquisition of the Vascular Intervention business is expected to be slightly dilutive in 2025, we expect to offset any negative impact of adjusted EPS through operational performance. As such, we now expect 2025 adjusted earnings per share to be in the range of $13.90 to $14.30. For the third quarter, adjusted constant currency growth is expected to be in the range of 15% to 16.5%, excluding a foreign exchange benefit of approximately $8 million. As a reminder, the third quarter revenue outlook includes $99 million in revenue associated with the Vascular Intervention acquisition. That concludes my prepared remarks, and I would now like to turn the call back over to Liam for closing commentary.