SurModics (NASDAQ: SRDX) reported Q1 EPS of $. Revenue for the quarter came in at $17 million versus the consensus estimate of $17.25 million.

Fiscal 2018 Outlook

Surmodics continues to expect fiscal year 2018 revenue to range from $72.0 million to $75.0 million. The Company expects diluted loss in the range of ($0.45) to ($0.70) per share as compared with the prior guidance of ($0.50) to ($0.75) per share. Non-GAAP diluted (loss) earnings per share guidance range is now ($0.20) to $0.05 as compared with the prior guidance of ($0.16) to ($0.41) per share.

Total revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 was $17.0 million, as compared with $17.8 million in the prior-year period. Medical Device revenue was $12.8 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2018, as compared with $13.8 million the year-ago period, a decrease of 7.2%. In Vitro Diagnostics revenue was $4.2 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 as compared with $4.0 million in the same prior-year quarter, an increase of 5.9%.

Diluted GAAP loss per share in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 was $(0.12) as compared with earnings per share of $0.17 in the year-ago period. On a non-GAAP basis, first quarter earnings per share were $0.10 in 2018 versus $0.19 last year. As a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, fiscal 2018 first quarter net loss included a one-time tax expense of $1.2 million, or $0.09 per share, from the Company’s net deferred tax asset revaluation based on the newly enacted U.S. federal tax rate of 21%, as compared with the previous rate of 35%. Additionally, the decrease in earnings in the current quarter period reflects previously announced increased investments in research, development and other operating expenses to support the Company’s whole-product solutions strategy, including the SurVeil DCB and other proprietary products, anticipated lower hydrophilic royalty revenue as well as increased contingent consideration expense.

GUIDANCE:

SurModics sees FY2018 EPS of ($0.16)-($0.41), versus the consensus of ($0.36). SurModics sees FY2018 revenue of $72-75 million, versus the consensus of $73.93 million.

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