Zimmer Biomet Swings to 2Q Loss Amid Elective-Surgery Decline
August 04 2020 - 6:27AM
Dow Jones News
By Matt Grossman
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. on Tuesday swung to a second-quarter
loss as revenue declined amid lower volumes of elective surgeries
during the Covid-19 pandemic.
However, the company reported a small per-share adjusted profit,
beating analysts' expectations for an adjusted loss.
The Warsaw, Ind.-based company, which makes orthopedic medical
products, recorded a second-quarter loss of $206.6 million, or $1 a
share, compared with a profit of $133.7 million, or 65 cents a
share, in the same three-month period a year earlier.
On an adjusted basis, Zimmer Biomet earned a profit of 5 cents a
share. Analysts had expected an adjusted loss of 71 cents a share,
according to FactSet.
Revenue in the latest quarter declined to $1.23 billion, from
$1.99 billion in the year-earlier period. Analysts had forecast
revenue of $921 million.
Zimmer Biomet declined to offer forward-looking guidance.
Despite a recovery in elective-surgery volumes, the pandemic's
continued impact is uncertain, it said.
Write to Matt Grossman at matt.grossman@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 04, 2020 07:12 ET (11:12 GMT)
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