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VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC

No Longer Reporting

The company has not filed an annual or quarterly report since its Q1 FY2021 10-Q, filed Feb 9, 2021. Its latest SEC filing is a 15-12B from Apr 26, 2021.

The sections below describe the company as of the FY2020 annual report.

What Did They Do?

Sells radiation-therapy equipment and software to hospitals, cancer clinics and medical practices, and provides cancer-care services and interventional oncology products.

How Did They Make Money?

Hardware is the largest revenue line: hospitals and clinics buy radiotherapy and proton-therapy systems, often with software and installation, and invoices follow milestones such as signing, shipment, delivery, acceptance or service start. Varian also sells software licenses and earns service income from repairs, replacement parts and support contracts.

FY2020 revenue by product or service revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Hardware
Sold outright

42%
FY2017: 46%
Software
19%
FY2017: 18%
Service
39%
FY2017: 36%

Who Were Their Customers?

Hospitals and cancer clinics, healthcare agencies, and physicians’ and oncology practices buy its systems. Sales are direct in the United States and Canada, while international sales use a mix of direct sales and independent distributors; Siemens also represents products in agreed countries.

Did Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 8 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2020 and turned 13 cents into free cash flow.

Operating income, FY2020
10% of revenue
▼ −16% vs FY2019 ($386.2M, 12%)
Net income, FY2020
8% of revenue
▼ −8% vs FY2019 ($291.9M, 9%)
Free cash flow, FY2020
13% of revenue
▲ +27% vs FY2019 ($313.8M, 10%)

How Were They Changing?

Since the FY2020 annual report
Latest quarter: Q1 FY2021, the three months to Jan 1, 2021
Revenue
▼ −6%
vs $828.9M in Q1 FY2020
Net income
▲ +9%
vs $88.2M in Q1 FY2020
Hardware share of revenue
  • Apr 15, 2021 Siemens Healthineers completed its acquisition of Varian Varian became a wholly owned subsidiary, and its shares were delisted from the NYSE.
  • Mar 8, 2021 Chief financial officer resigned The chief accounting officer took over as interim CFO.
  • Mar 2, 2021 CEO Dow Wilson planned to depart at merger closing Chris Toth was to lead Varian’s business segment within Siemens Healthineers after the transaction closed.

Grew. Revenue grew 22% in 4 years, from $2.6B in FY2016 to $3.2B in FY2020, about 5% a year.

Interventional products The older description focuses on radiation and proton therapy systems; the latest also describes interventional oncology and radiology products, including ablation and embolization.

Direct cancer-care operations The older overview presents Varian as a maker and seller of cancer-care systems; the latest also describes operating cancer centers and a hospital and providing clinical services to healthcare providers.

Revenue over time
Hardware Software Service
$5B$2.5B$0

Who Did They Compete With?

Competes with Elekta, Accuray, ViewRay, Sun Nuclear, Standard Imaging, Vision RT, Brainlab, C-RAD, Philips Medical Systems, MIM Software, RaySearch Laboratories, Best Theratronics, Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG, Hitachi Heavy Industries, Ion Beam Applications, Mevion Medical Systems, Boston Scientific, Cook Medical, Medtronic, and Merit Medical Systems

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