Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) shares are down after hours on second-quarter results that missed the consensus forecast on Wall Street, with the cardio device company reducing 2022 guidance amid foreign exchange headwinds and hospital staffing challenges.
The Irvine, California–based company earned $406.4 million, or 65¢ per share, off $1.37 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2022, for a slide of 17% on the bottom line and 0.1% on the top line.
Adjusted to exclude one-time items, EPS were 63¢, a penny behind The Street, where analysts on average expected EPS of 64¢ on $1.4 billion in sales.
“Although hospital staffing remains uncertain, we continue to have confidence in our longer-term outlook,” Edwards Lifesciences CEO Michael A. Mussallem said in a news release. “We remain aggressive investors in research and development and clinical research, and we look forward to sharing new, groundbreaking clinical trial results later this year.”
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