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CardioNet Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

Nov 09, 2011 | About:
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CardioNet Inc. (BEAT) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2011-09-30.

Cardionet Inc. has a market cap of $72.4 million; its shares were traded at around $2.97 with and P/S ratio of 0.6.


This is the annual revenues and earnings per share of BEAT over the last 10 years. For detailed 10-year financial data and charts, go to 10-Year Financials of BEAT.


Highlight of Business Operations:

Revenues. Total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2011 decreased to $26.6 million from $27.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, a decrease of $0.9 million or 3.2%. The decrease in MCOT™ revenue of $4.9 million was primarily due to lower MCOT™ volume resulting from lower patient census at physician and clinic offices. The decline in MCOT™ revenue was partially offset by Biotel revenue of $3.0 million, as well as an increase in other patient revenue of $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2010.

Revenues. Total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased to $92.2 million from $91.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, an increase of $1.0 million, or 1.1%. The increase was primarily due to $10.2 million generated from product sales, product repairs and contract research services related to the Biotel acquisition, and due to an increase in event and Holter revenue of $2.1 million related to higher volume. The increase was offset by a decrease in MCOT™ patient service revenue of $11.3 million, due primarily to lower patient census at physician and clinic offices.

General and Administrative Expense. General and administrative expense was $27.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $26.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The increase of $0.4 million, or 1.4%, was due primarily to higher payroll and other employee related expenses of $2.1 million, of which $1.0 million was related to acquired Biotel operations. The increase was offset by lower legal expenses of $0.8 million, lower professional fees of $0.4 million, and a decrease in other miscellaneous expenses of $0.5 million related to CardioNet operations. As a percent of total revenues, general and administrative expense was 29.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to 29.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

Sales and Marketing Expense. Sales and marketing expense was $22.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $22.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The decrease of $0.1 million, or 0.4%, was due primarily to a decrease in outside consulting services of $0.6 million offset by higher employee related expenses of $0.5 million related to the acquisition of Biotel. As a percent of total revenues, sales and marketing expense was 23.9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to 24.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

Research and Development Expense. Research and development expense was $4.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $3.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The increase of $0.7 million, or 17.8%, was primarily due to the inclusion of Biotel’s expenses of $1.1 million, offset by $0.4 million of miscellaneous CardioNet related costs. As a percent of total revenues, research and development expense was 4.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to 4.1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

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