Integer (NYSE: ITGR) + stock declined by 10% today despite posting Street-beating first-quarter earnings.
Investors were likely reacting to the medtech contract manufacturing giant’s full-year guidance, which was less than the analyst consensus.
Plano, Texas–based Integer earned $20.5 million, or 59¢ per share, off of $414.8 million in sales for the quarter ended March 29, 2024. Compared to Q1 2023, net income grew 57% and sales grew 9.5%.
Adjusted to exclude one-time items, Integer’s EPS was $1.14. The result was 3¢ ahead of The Street, where analysts on average expected EPS of $1.11 and revenue of $412.8 million.
“Integer started the year strong with first quarter 2024 sales growing 10% versus a year ago and adjusted operating income growing 26%, more than two and a half times the rate of sales growth,” Integer CEO Joseph Dziedzic said in a news release.
Integer said Card…