IQVIA Holdings Inc. ('IQVIA') (NYSE: IQV), a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry, today reported financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2022.
Fourth-Quarter 2022 Operating Results
Revenue for the fourth quarter of $3,739 million increased 2.8 percent on a reported basis and 7.0 percent at constant currency, compared to the fourth quarter of 2021. Technology & Analytics Solutions (TAS) revenue of $1,499 million grew 0.2 percent on a reported basis and 4.7 percent at constant currency. Research & Development Solutions (R&DS) revenue of $2,058 million grew 5.9 percent on a reported basis and 9.3 percent at constant currency. Excluding the impact of pass throughs, R&DS revenue grew 8.6 percent year-over-year on a reported basis. Contract Sales & Medical Solutions (CSMS) revenue of $182 million decreased 7.1 percent on a reported basis and grew 2.0 percent at constant currency.
As of December 31, 2022, R&DS contracted backlog, including reimbursed expenses, was $27.2 billion, growing 9.6 percent year-over-year and 11.6 percent at constant currency. The company expects approximately $7.3 billion of this backlog to convert to revenue in the next twelve months. The fourth-quarter book-to-bill ratio was 1.51x including reimbursed expenses and 1.30x excluding reimbursed expenses. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the book-to-bill ratio was 1.36x including reimbursed expenses and 1.33x excluding reimbursed expenses.
We closed the year with strong results and record bookings and backlog,' said Ari Bousbib, chairman and CEO of IQVIA. 'For the full year, we delivered strong underlying revenue growth in all three segments, expanded margins, and again grew Adjusted EPS double digits. The year also marked the end of a very successful Vision 22 plan; we exceeded our three-year goals despite the volatile macro environment over the period. As we begin 2023, the fundamentals of our business and the outlook for our end markets remain healthy. We expect continued robust demand for our differentiated offerings, solid organic growth and sustained operating momentum across the portfolio.'
Fourth-quarter GAAP Net Income was $227 million, down 28.6 percent year-over-year, and GAAP Diluted Earnings per Share was $1.20, decreasing 26.4 percent year-over-year. Adjusted Net Income was $524 million, up 5.6 percent year-over-year, and Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share was $2.78, up 9.0 percent year-over-year. Adjusted EBITDA was $920 million, increasing 11.1 percent year-over-year.
Full-Year 2022 Operating Results
Revenue of $14,410 million for the full year of 2022 grew 3.9 percent on a reported basis and 7.8 percent at constant currency, compared to 2021. TAS revenue was $5,746 million, up 3.8 percent on a reported basis and 8.7 percent at constant currency. R&DS revenue was $7,921 million, up 4.8 percent on a reported basis and 7.7 percent at constant currency. CSMS revenue was $743 million, down 5.2 percent on a reported basis and up 2.7 percent at constant currency.
For the full year of 2022, GAAP Net Income was $1,091 million, up 12.9 percent year-over-year, and GAAP Diluted Earnings per Share was $5.72, up 15.6 percent year-over-year. Adjusted Net Income was $1,937 million, increasing 10.1 percent year-over-year, and Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share was $10.16, up 12.5 percent year-over-year. Adjusted EBITDA for the full year of 2022 was $3,346 million, up 10.7 percent year-over-year.
Financial Position
As of December 31, 2022, cash and cash equivalents were $1,216 million and debt was $12,747 million, resulting in net debt of $11,531 million. IQVIA's Net Leverage Ratio was 3.45x trailing twelve-month Adjusted EBITDA. For the fourth quarter of 2022, Operating Cash Flow was $560 million and Free Cash Flow was $389 million. For the full year of 2022, Operating Cash Flow was $2,260 million and Free Cash Flow was $1,586 million.
During the fourth quarter, the company retired $510 million of a variable rate U.S. dollar term loan, which was scheduled to mature in early 2024.
Share Repurchase
During the fourth quarter of 2022, the company repurchased $25 million of its common stock, resulting in full-year share repurchases of $1,168 million. IQVIA had $1,355 million of share repurchase authorization remaining as of December 31, 2022.
Full-Year 2023 Guidance
For the full year of 2023, the company expects revenue to be between $15,150 million and $15,400 million, representing growth of 5.1 to 6.9 percent on a reported basis and 5.0 to 6.8 percent at constant currency. This revenue guidance assumes about 100 basis points of contribution from acquisitions and approximately $600 million of COVID-related revenue step down versus 2022. The guidance represents 9 to 11 percent revenue growth at constant currency excluding acquisitions and COVID-related work. On the same basis, we expect TAS to grow 7 to 9 percent, R&DS to grow 10 to 12 percent and CSMS approximately 2 percent.
The company expects Adjusted EBITDA to be between $3,625 million and $3,695 million, representing growth of 8.3 to 10.4 percent.
Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share is expected to be between $10.26 and $10.56, up 1.0 to 3.9 percent. This Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share guidance includes the year-over-year impact of the step-up in interest rates and the increase in the UK corporate tax rate. Together, these non-operational items impact the year-over-year growth rate by approximately 10 percentage points. Excluding these items, Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share is expected to grow 11 to 14 percent.
All financial guidance assumes foreign currency exchange rates as of February 8, 2023 remain in effect for the forecast period.
Webcast & Conference Call Details
IQVIA will host a conference call at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time today to discuss its fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 results and 2023 guidance. To listen to the event and view the presentation slides via webcast, join from the IQVIA Investor Relations website at http://ir.iqvia.com. To participate in the conference call, interested parties must register in advance by clicking on this link. Following registration, participants will receive a confirmation email containing details on how to join the conference call, including the dial-in and a unique passcode and registrant ID. At the time of the live event, registered participants connect to the call using the information provided in the confirmation email and will be placed directly into the call.
About IQVIA
IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. IQVIA creates intelligent connections across all aspects of healthcare through its analytics, transformative technology, big data resources and extensive domain expertise. IQVIA Connected Intelligence delivers powerful insights with speed and agility - enabling customers to accelerate the clinical development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments that improve healthcare outcomes for patients. With approximately 86,000 employees, IQVIA conducts operations in more than 100 countries.
IQVIA is a global leader in protecting individual patient privacy. The company uses a wide variety of privacy-enhancing technologies and safeguards to protect individual privacy while generating and analyzing information on a scale that helps healthcare stakeholders identify disease patterns and correlate with the precise treatment path and therapy needed for better outcomes. IQVIA's insights and execution capabilities help biotech, medical device and pharmaceutical companies, medical researchers, government agencies, payers and other healthcare stakeholders tap into a deeper understanding of diseases, human behaviors and scientific advances, in an effort to advance their path toward cures.
Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation, our full-year 2023 guidance. In this context, forward-looking statements often address expected future business and financial performance and financial condition, and often contain words such as 'expect,' 'assume,' 'anticipate,' 'intend,' 'plan,' 'forecast,' 'believe,' 'seek,' 'see,' 'will,' 'would,' 'target,' similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words that are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from our expectations due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the following: business disruptions caused by natural disasters, pandemics such as the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, including any variants, and the public health policy responses to the outbreak, international conflicts or other disruptions outside of our control such as the current situation in Ukraine and Russia; our ability to accurately model or forecast the impact of the spread and/or containment of COVID-19, including any variants, among other sources of business interruption, on our operations and financial results; most of our contracts may be terminated on short notice, and we may lose or experience delays with large client contracts or be unable to enter into new contracts; the market for our services may not grow as we expect; we may be unable to successfully develop and market new services or enter new markets; imposition of restrictions on our use of data by data suppliers or their refusal to license data to us; any failure by us to comply with contractual, regulatory or ethical requirements under our contracts, including current or changes to data protection and privacy laws; breaches or misuse of our or our outsourcing partners' security or communications systems; failure to meet our productivity or business transformation objectives; failure to successfully invest in growth opportunities; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights and our susceptibility to claims by others that we are infringing on their intellectual property rights; the expiration or inability to acquire third party licenses for technology or intellectual property; any failure by us to accurately and timely price and formulate cost estimates for contracts, or to document change orders; hardware and software failures, delays in the operation of our computer and communications systems or the failure to implement system enhancements; the rate at which our backlog converts to revenue; our ability to acquire, develop and implement technology necessary for our business; consolidation in the industries in which our clients operate; risks related to client or therapeutic concentration; government regulators or our customers may limit the number or scope of indications for medicines and treatments or withdraw products from the market, and government regulators may impose new regulatory requirements or may adopt new regulations affecting the biopharmaceutical industry; the risks associated with operating on a global basis, including currency or exchange rate fluctuations and legal compliance, including anti-corruption laws; risks related to changes in accounting standards; general economic conditions in the markets in which we operate, including financial market conditions, inflation, and risks related to sales to government entities; the impact of changes in tax laws and regulations and our ability to successfully integrate, and achieve expected benefits from, our acquired businesses. For a further discussion of the risks relating to our business, see the 'Risk Factors' in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC'), as such factors may be amended or updated from time to time in our subsequent periodic and other filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in this release and in our filings with the SEC. We assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement after the date of this release, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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