Medtronic Beats Fourth-Quarter Estimates But Shares Down 2.44%

23 May

Medtronic (MDT), a health tech firm, has beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and revenue in Q4 due to a pickup in surgical volumes at hospitals. The company's financial performance has grown due to a resurgence in demand as people, especially older adults, opted for medical procedures deferred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Medtronic forecasts fiscal 2025 adjusted per-share profit in the range of $5.40 to $5.50, with its midpoint in line with analysts' average estimate of $5.45.

Medtronic (MDT) joins medical device makers such as Abbott Laboratories and Boston Scientific that have also benefited from soaring demand for non-urgent surgeries. The company took an adjusted charge of $439 million in the fourth quarter, higher than its previously disclosed estimate of between $350 million and $425 million, related to its decision to exit its unprofitable ventilator product line and reorganize the respiratory and patient monitoring businesses.

Sales at the company's diabetes unit, which returned to growth in the U.S. last quarter, rose 10.9% in the quarter ended April 26. However, sales at Medtronic's heart devices unit, its biggest revenue driver, fell 5.2% to $3.13 billion, missing analysts' estimate of $3.14 billion. The second-biggest unit by revenue, neuroscience, which makes medical devices and implants used in the treatment of the spine and musculoskeletal system, posted a 5.6% rise in sales, topping analysts' expectations.

Medtronic (MDT) reported Q4 worldwide revenue of $8.589 billion, an increase of 0.5% as reported and 5.4% on an organic basis. The organic revenue results reflect broad-based growth across the company, with mid-single digit or higher organic revenue growth in all four segments.

FY24 worldwide revenue of $32.364 billion, an increase of 3.6% as reported and 5.2% on an organic basis, was reported. The company's momentum is building into the new fiscal year, with new product cycles in some of MedTech's most attractive markets and enhanced as AI is applied across the portfolio.

Technical Outlook
Despite profit beat, Medtronic (MDT) stock is down 2.44% as of the time of writing trading with a Relative Strength Index (RSI) of 52.24 which is poised for a trend reversal in the near to long term. The daily price charts depicts a long wick Doji which means indecision among buyers and sellers.