Top-Line Growth and Revenue Beat
Q1 revenue of $5.1B, +2.9% organic YoY, came in at the high end of guidance; product and service revenues showed strong reported growth of +7.3% and +7.5% respectively.
Record Backlog and Healthy Orders
Record backlog of $21.8B, up $1.2B YoY; orders grew +1.1% and company delivered a solid book-to-bill of 1.07x, supporting the maintained full-year organic sales guidance of +3% to +4%.
Strong Segment Performers
Pharmaceutical Diagnostics delivered robust organic growth of +9.7% YoY; Imaging grew +3.8% organic YoY and Advanced Visualization Solutions grew +4.4% organic YoY with AVS EBIT margin up ~120 bps YoY.
Services and Recurring Revenue Strength
High-margin services business performed well with reported service revenue growth of +7.5%, contributing to recurring revenue and cash generation.
Product and Regulatory Milestones
Regulatory clearances for Photonova Spectra (Photon-counting CT) in the U.S. and Japan and multiple FDA clearances in MR (including new 3T, reduced helium platform and AI workflow); majority of NPIs moved from clearance to early commercial orders.
Radiopharmaceutical Momentum (Flyrcado)
Flyrcado ramped meaningfully with nearly +80% increase in doses since late January and ~390 doses delivered in the week ended April 17; company reaffirmed medium-term target of $500M+ annual revenue for the molecule by 2028.
Strategic M&A and Portfolio Moves
Completed Intelerad acquisition in Q1 to strengthen cloud/enterprise imaging capabilities; announced organizational realignment combining Imaging and ABS into a new Advanced Imaging Solutions segment to accelerate commercialization and R&D alignment.
Cash & Capital Deployment
Q1 free cash flow of $112M (up $13M YoY); repaid $500M of debt and repurchased ~ $100M of shares while maintaining dividend; updated FY free cash flow target ~ $1.6B.