BRUKER CORPORATION (NASDAQ: BRKR)
Q3 2025 Earnings Presentation November 3, 2025Frank H. Laukien, President & Chief Executive Officer
Gerald Herman, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Joe Kostka, Director, Investor Relations
Q3 2025
Business UpdateQ3 2025: Organic revenue, non-GAAP operating margin, and EPS decline on research instrument demand headwinds in H1-25
Q3 Financials
Q3 2025 Performance; Year-over-Year Changes
Revenue decrease of -$3.9M, or -0.5%
Organic decline -4.5%, with BSI -5.4%, and BEST up +6.9%
M&A contribution of +1.1%
FX tailwind of +2.9%
Non-GAAP gross margin: 50.1%, down -110 bps
Non-GAAP operating margin: 12.3%, down -260 bps
Revenues [$M]
-0.5%
860.5
864.4
Q3-25 Q3-24
Non-GAAP EPS
GAAP Loss per Share: -$0.41
Non-GAAP EPS: $0.45, down -25%
Q3-25
Q3-24
-25.0%
Q3-25 YTD: Revenue growth driven by M&A; non-GAAP operating margin and EPS down on YTD demand, tariff and FX headwinds
Q3-YTD Financials
Q3 2025 YTD Performance; Year-over-Year Changes
Revenue increase of $72.5M, or 3.0%
Organic revenue down -3.1%, with BSI down -2.9%, BEST down -5.5%
M&A contribution of +4.5%
FX tailwind of +1.6%
Non-GAAP gross margin: 50.0%, down -120 bps
Non-GAAP operating margin: 11.4%, down -290 bps
GAAP Loss per Share: -$0.25
Non-GAAP EPS: $1.23, down -25.5%
- including FX headwind of $0.09
Revenues [$M]
+3.0%
2386.8 | |||
2459.3
YTD-25 YTD-24
-25.5%
Non-GAAP EPS
YTD-25
YTD-24
GROUP OVERVIEW
Bruker Group YTD CER Revenue Performance (yoy)Bruker BIOSPIN Group
BIOSPIN YTD CER revenue down mid-single digits %
Growth from lab automation and services
Challenging Q3-25 comparison with two GHz-class NMRs (>$25m) in Q3-24 revenue
Bruker CALID Group
CALID YTD CER revenue up low-DD %, including growth in all divisions
Strong Microbiology & Infection Diagnostics growth, driven by ELITech MDx
Life Science Mass Spectrometry traction for recently launched products
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Stable molecular spectroscopy business, with strong orders in Applied markets in Q3-25
GROUP OVERVIEW
Bruker Group YTD CER Revenue Performance (yoy)Bruker NANO Group
NANO YTD CER revenue down low single digits %
Softness in X-Ray Semi and NanoAnalysis industrial research tools
Solid growth in Spatial Biology, including NanoString
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Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST) Segment
BEST YTD CER revenue down mid-single digits %, net of intercompany eliminations
Soft superconductor demand for clinical MRI, with improvements in Q3-25
Strong prior year comparison for Research Instruments (RI)
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Strengthening industrial and applied markets in Japan and North America in Q3-25
US ACADEMIC ORDER EXAMPLES IN Q 3 - 25
Recent NIH- and NSF-funded Orders for Advanced NMR Instruments
Enabling breakthroughs across scientific research, drug discovery and disease biology research
Aggregate value of ~$10M, expected to be installed in 2026
BSI ACA/GOV orders up mid-teens % organically yoy in Q3-25, despite lingering US weakness
NIH-funded 800 MHz NMR ordered by Northwestern University
NIH-funded NMR Relaxometry System ordered by the New York Structural Biology Center
NSF-funded 600/89 MHz NMR with Dynamic Polarization (DNP) ordered by University of Delaware
CBRNE DETECTION
Recent Multi-Year Contracts for Explosives and Chemical Trace Detection in Aviation Security and Defense SectorsBruker Detection provides solutions for airline safety, airport passenger and cargo security, and chemical reconnaissance, including after-market consumables and service
>$30M in orders YTD, growing >30% yoy, including:
>350 Explosive Trace Detectors (ETD) for airports in Brussels, Scandinavia, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea
adding to ETDs, consumable and service contracts at
Frankfurt, Zuerich, Geneva and other European airports
Order for >500 chemical reconnaissance systems from
a Central European Ministry of Defense
Detector-Flex delivers fast, reliable explosives trace detection for air cargo and passenger screening
Q3 2025
Financial UpdateQ3 2025 YEAR-OVER-YEAR COMPARISON
Q3 2025 Selected Non-GAAP Financial Measures1Comments (year-over-year)
Revenue decline of -0.5%
BSI organic revenue -5.4%; growth in CALID offset by declines in NANO and BioSpin; BEST 6.9% organic revenue growth
Gross margin decline -110 bps
Operating margin decline -260 bps due to weaker volume leverage, mix, tariffs and FX
Non-GAAP tax rate 24.4%, with favorable
discrete items
[$ m, except EPS]
Q3 2025
Q3 2024
Δ
Total Revenues
860.5
864.4
(0.5%)
Gross Profit
430.9
442.2
(2.6%)
argin (% of revenues)50.1%
51.2%
-110 bps
SG&A
(227.1)
(215.2)
5.5%
(% of revenues)
26.4%
24.9%
R&D
(98.3)
(98.1)
0.2%
(% of revenues)
11.4%
11.3%
Operating Income
105.9
129.1
(18.0%)
argin (% of revenues)12.3%
14.9%
-260 bps
Tax Rate
24.4%
24.9%
-50 bps
Net Income2
68.0
91.0
(25.3%)
EPS
$0.45
$0.60
(25.0%)
Shares Outstanding
152.0
152.0
0.0%
Non-GAAP EPS of $0.45, decline of 25%
2Attributable to Bruker, Sum of items may not total due to rounding
1Reconciliations of non-GAAP to GAAP financial measures are available in our earnings press release and at the end of this presentation.
YTD 2025 YEAR-OVER-YEAR COMPARISON
Q3-25 YTD Selected Non-GAAP Financial Measures1[$ m, except EPS]
YTD 2025
YTD 2024
Δ
Total Revenues
2,459.3
2,386.8
3.0%
Gross Profit
1,229.0
1,222.7
0.5%
argin (% of revenues)50.0%
51.2%
-120 bps
SG&A
(654.4)
(610.5)
7.2%
(% of revenues)
26.6%
25.6%
R&D
(295.6)
(272.1)
8.6%
(% of revenues)
12.0%
11.4%
Operating Income
279.6
340.5
(17.9%)
argin (% of revenues)11.4%
14.3%
-290 bps
Tax Rate
25.5%
26.6%
-110 bps
Net Income2
187.0
245.1
(23.7%)
EPS
$1.23
$1.65
(25.5%)
Shares Outstanding
151.9
148.7
2.2%
Comments (year-over-year)
Revenue growth of 3.0%
BSI organic revenue decline of -2.9% with growth in CALID offset by declines in BNANO and BBIO; BEST -5.5% organic revenue decline
Gross margin decline -120 bps
Operating margin decline -290 bps on mix, tariffs and FX
Non-GAAP tax rate 25.5%
Non-GAAP EPS of $1.23, decline of -25.5%, including -$0.09 FX headwind
1Reconciliations of non-GAAP to GAAP financial measures are available in our earnings press release and at the end of this presentation.
2Attributable to Bruker, Sum of items may not total due to rounding
YTD 2025 YEAR-OVER-YEAR COMPARISON
YTD Q3 2025 Selected Cash Flow And Balance Sheet Measures[$M]
YTD 2025
YTD 2024
Δ
GAAP Net Income
(37.5)
99.9
(137.4)
Depreciation & amortization
162.2
130.9
31.3
Changes in working capital
(79.7)
(91.2)
11.5
Other items
(140.7)
(78.3)
(62.4)
Operating cash flow
(95.7)
61.3
(157.0)
Capital expenditures
(68.2)
(78.6)
10.4
Free cash flow (non-GAAP)
(163.9)
(17.3)
(146.6)
Comments (year-over-year)
Free cash flow down -$146.6M, impacted by:
Reduced net income, timing of tax and key vendor payments, and FX headwinds
Cash and debt balances reflect $672M in net proceeds from mandatory convertible preferred in Sept '25, used for debt paydown
[$M] | Q3 2025 | Q2 2025 | Δ |
Cash, Equivalents & Short-term Investments | $293.1 | $92.0 | $201.1 |
Net (Debt)/ Cash | $ (1,717.9) | $ (2,346.1) | -26.8% |
WC-to-revenue ratio | 0.46 | 0.44 | 4.5% |
Updated FY 2025 Financial Outlook (as of November 3rd, 2025)
FY 2025 Guidance (year-over-year %s)
Non-GAAP Assumptions & YoY Estimates
FY25 operating margin down ~250 bps
Organic -65bps; M&A -60bps; Tariffs -60bps; FX -65bps
FX impact from significant decline in USD:
Tailwind to revenue of ~2.5%
Headwind to non-GAAP EPS of approximately -5%
Effective tax rate: ~27%
CAPEX: $80M to $90M
FX assumptions (rates as of September 30, 2025):
EUR = 1.18 USD; CHF = 1.26 USD; JPY = 0.0068 USD
Revenue $3.41B to $3.44B
Reported Revenue Growth +1% to +2%
Organic revenue decline -4% to -5% M&A revenue contribution approx. +3.5%
Non-GAAP EPS
Reported EPS Decline
$1.85 to $1.90
-21% to -23%
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Supplementary Financial Information** - For preliminary financial statements, GAAP to Non-GAAP reconciliations, and other supplementary financial information, please refer to our Q3 2025 Earnings Press Release issued November 3rd, 2025.
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