On September 10, 2020 Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX), the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, reported its financial outlook for full year 2020 (Press release, Quest Diagnostics, SEP 10, 2020, View Source [SID1234564982]).
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Since the company reported its financial performance for the second quarter of 2020 on July 23, 2020, organic testing volumes in its base business (excluding COVID-19 molecular and antibody testing and the impact of acquisitions), continued to recover faster than anticipated through the end of August. Organic base testing volumes declined high single digits in July and mid-to-high single digits in August on a percentage basis versus the prior year. COVID-19 molecular and antibody testing volumes remain consistent with the company’s previous outlook.
Updated Outlook for Full Year 2020
Net revenues increase
The company is scheduled to participate in the Wells Fargo Virtual Healthcare Conference today at 1:20 p.m. Eastern Time. The presentation will be webcast live during the conference and will be available on the company’s investor relations page which can be accessed at ir.QuestDiagnostics.com. During the discussion, the company’s management plans to discuss its current perspective on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Management continues to believe that the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on its future operating results, cash flows and/or financial condition will be primarily driven by a number of factors beyond the company’s knowledge and control, including: the pandemic’s severity and duration; the pandemic’s impact on the U.S. healthcare system and the U.S. economy; and the timing, scope and effectiveness of federal, state and local governmental responses to the pandemic.
Note on Non-GAAP Financial Measures
As used in this press release the term "reported" refers to measures under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"). The term "adjusted" refers to non-GAAP operating performance measures that exclude special items such as restructuring and integration charges, certain financial impacts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, amortization expense, excess tax benefits ("ETB") associated with stock-based compensation, a gain on the remeasurement of an equity interest, and other items.
Non-GAAP adjusted measures are presented because management believes those measures are useful adjuncts to GAAP results. Non-GAAP adjusted measures should not be considered as an alternative to the corresponding measures determined under GAAP. Management may use these non-GAAP measures to evaluate our performance period over period and relative to competitors, to analyze the underlying trends in our business, to establish operational budgets and forecasts; and for incentive compensation purposes. We believe that these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors and analysts to evaluate our performance period over period and relative to competitors, as well as to analyze the underlying trends in our business and to assess our performance. The additional table attached below includes a reconciliation of non-GAAP adjusted measures to GAAP measures.