$UTHR
UNITED THERAPEUTICS Corp Stock $uthr

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2012 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000104746913001660 Filed on February 26, 2013

Income Statement

Concept	2012	2011 Q4	2011 Q3
Revenue	$916.1M	$195.2M	$201.7M
YoY Change	23.26%	19.23%	19.66%
Cost Of Revenue	$119.3M	$25.30M	$22.68M
YoY Change	34.19%	36.76%	12.26%
Gross Profit	$786.8M	$169.0M	$178.3M
YoY Change	20.64%	16.38%	20.18%
Gross Profit Margin	85.89%	86.58%	88.4%
Selling, General & Admin	$201.7M	$57.70M	$16.66M
YoY Change	28.93%	-15.02%	-63.47%
% of Gross Profit	25.64%	34.15%	9.34%
Research & Development	$173.4M	$48.60M	$59.43M
YoY Change	-3.68%	-21.49%	47.48%
% of Gross Profit	22.04%	28.76%	33.32%
Depreciation & Amortization	$27.15M	$4.900M	$5.000M
YoY Change	32.19%	32.43%	0.0%
% of Gross Profit	3.45%	2.9%	2.8%
Operating Expenses	$375.1M	$106.4M	$76.09M
YoY Change	11.48%	-18.09%	-11.42%
Operating Profit	$421.6M	$62.58M	$103.0M
YoY Change	32.68%	309.04%	64.76%
Interest Expense	$16.64M	-$4.100M	$5.416M
YoY Change	-22.13%	-16.33%	-225.95%
% of Operating Profit	3.95%	-6.55%	5.26%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$19.03M	$600.0K	-$4.721M
YoY Change	-201.93%	100.0%	-4821.0%
Pretax Income	$440.7M	$60.00M	$98.26M
YoY Change	47.32%	455.56%	68.54%
Income Tax	$136.2M	$16.80M	$17.64M
% Of Pretax Income	30.91%	28.0%	17.95%
Net Earnings	$304.4M	$43.20M	$84.40M
YoY Change	39.7%	354.74%	112.59%
Net Earnings / Revenue	33.23%	22.13%	41.84%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$5.84	$0.79	$1.45
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$5.71	$0.77	$1.38
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	52.09M shares		58.32M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	53.28M shares		61.21M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2012	2011 Q4	2011 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$479.2M	$403.5M	$694.6M
YoY Change	18.76%	-35.66%	50.44%
Cash & Equivalents	$154.0M	$162.7M	$344.0M
Short-Term Investments	$325.2M	$240.8M	$350.6M
Other Short-Term Assets	$35.40M	$6.188M	$18.40M
YoY Change	45.68%	-78.06%	-33.81%
Inventory	$37.30M	$45.98M	$45.80M
Prepaid Expenses		$9.928M
Receivables	$116.6M	$88.68M	$87.40M
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$668.5M	$562.5M	$846.1M
YoY Change	18.84%	-26.43%	41.37%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$453.7M	$366.0M	$333.2M
YoY Change	23.96%	19.61%	9.89%
Goodwill		$8.123M	$5.989M
YoY Change		226.62%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$305.7M	$343.9M	$250.0M
YoY Change	-11.11%	158.96%	52.25%
Other Assets	$182.3M	$27.72M	$218.3M
YoY Change	-18.47%	-87.31%	8.99%
Total Long-Term Assets	$958.1M	$955.6M	$821.0M
YoY Change	0.26%	43.25%	19.98%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$668.5M	$562.5M	$846.1M
Total Long-Term Assets	$958.1M	$955.6M	$821.0M
Total Assets	$1.627B	$1.518B	$1.667B
YoY Change	7.15%	6.04%	29.96%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$10.20M	$47.26M	$17.20M
YoY Change	-78.44%	193.52%	52.21%
Accrued Expenses	$67.90M	$57.23M	$69.60M
YoY Change	18.71%	13.77%	52.97%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$1.300M	$0.00	$248.5M
YoY Change		-100.0%	7.16%
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$176.8M	$212.6M	$425.0M
YoY Change	-16.84%	-50.41%	6.92%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$275.0M	$265.6M	$68.90M
YoY Change	3.54%	285.49%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$80.00M	$80.50M	$77.30M
YoY Change	-0.62%	104.83%	129.38%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$355.0M	$80.50M	$146.2M
YoY Change	2.57%	-25.6%	333.83%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$176.8M	$212.6M	$425.0M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$355.0M	$80.50M	$146.2M
Total Liabilities	$531.7M	$558.7M	$571.2M
YoY Change	-4.83%	4.06%	32.47%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings		$249.0M
YoY Change
Common Stock		$993.3M
YoY Change
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)		$283.0M
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares		7.896M shares
Shareholders Equity	$1.095B	$948.5M	$1.096B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$1.627B	$1.518B	$1.667B
YoY Change	7.15%	6.04%	29.96%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2012	2011 Q4	2011 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$304.4M	$43.20M	$84.40M
YoY Change	39.7%	354.74%	112.59%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$27.15M	$4.900M	$5.000M
YoY Change	32.19%	32.43%	0.0%
Cash From Operating Activities	$323.6M	$51.60M	$80.70M
YoY Change	29.35%	31.63%	-21.5%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	$111.9M	$700.0K	-$17.80M
YoY Change	211.04%	-112.96%	334.15%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$51.50M	$15.40M	-$40.10M
YoY Change	-39.7%	-126.6%	-78.56%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$163.4M	$16.20M	-$58.00M
YoY Change	34.64%	-125.59%	-69.65%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net	$188.0M
YoY Change	-11.32%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-$169.1M	-248.5M	400.0K
YoY Change	-22.44%	-490.72%	-96.72%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	$323.6M	51.60M	80.70M
Cash From Investing Activities	-$163.4M	16.20M	-58.00M
Cash From Financing Activities	-$169.1M	-248.5M	400.0K
Net Change In Cash	-$8.875M	-180.7M	23.10M
YoY Change	-90.05%	-557.47%	-130.35%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$323.6M	$51.60M	$80.70M
Capital Expenditures	$111.9M	$700.0K	-$17.80M
Free Cash Flow	$211.7M	$50.90M	$98.50M
YoY Change	-1.16%	14.13%	-7.86%

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CY2010	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Expense IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidExpense	587000	USD
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CY2010	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	211532000	USD
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CY2010	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Available For Sale Securities ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities	36200000	USD
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CY2010	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-209236000	USD
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CY2010	us-gaap	Payments Of Financing Costs PaymentsOfFinancingCosts	1055000	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	24398000	USD
CY2010	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	85427000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Excess Tax Benefit From Share Based Compensation Financing Activities ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities	11347000	USD
CY2010	us-gaap	Excess Tax Benefit From Share Based Compensation Financing Activities ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities	23826000	USD
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CY2010	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	146756000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	-169140000	USD
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CY2010	us-gaap	Interest Paid Net InterestPaidNet	1818000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid Net IncomeTaxesPaidNet	46510000	USD
CY2010	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid Net IncomeTaxesPaidNet	22683000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Net Nonmonetary Assets Acquired Liabilities Assumed1 NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionNetNonmonetaryAssetsAcquiredLiabilitiesAssumed1	5873000	USD
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CY2010	us-gaap	Capital Expenditures Incurred But Not Yet Paid CapitalExpendituresIncurredButNotYetPaid	2445000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div style='font-size:10.0pt;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;'> <p style="FONT-FAMILY: times"><font size="2"><b>1. Organization and Business Description</b></font></p> <p style="FONT-FAMILY: times"><font size="2">        United Therapeutics Corporation is a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of unique products to address the unmet medical needs of patients with chronic and life-threatening conditions.</font></p> <p style="FONT-FAMILY: times"><font size="2">        Our lead product, Remodulin® (treprostinil) Injection (Remodulin), was first approved for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in 2002 by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and has also been approved for use in countries outside of the United States. We sell Remodulin in the United States and in various other countries around the world. In 2009, we received FDA approval for Tyvaso® (treprostinil) Inhalation Solution (Tyvaso) and Adcirca® (tadalafil) tablets (Adcirca), both of which we market in the United States for the treatment of PAH.</font></p></div>
CY2012	us-gaap	Description Of New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted DescriptionOfNewAccountingPronouncementsNotYetAdopted	<div style='font-size:10.0pt;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;'> <p style="FONT-FAMILY: times"><font size="2"><b>3. Recently Issued Accounting Standards</b></font></p> <p style="FONT-FAMILY: times"><font size="2">        In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2011-05,</font> <font size="2"><i>Comprehensive Income (Topic 220)—Presentation of Comprehensive Income</i></font> <font size="2">(ASU 2011-05). ASU 2011-05 requires entities to report all non-owner changes in stockholders' equity in either a single continuous statement of comprehensive income, or in two separate, but consecutive statements. ASU 2011-05 does not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income, or when an item must be reclassified to net income. In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-12,</font> <font size="2"><i>Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income—Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05</i></font> <font size="2">(ASU 2011-12). ASU 2011-12 defers indefinitely provisions contained in ASU 2011-05 that revise existing presentation requirements for reclassification adjustments from comprehensive income as the FASB further deliberates this issue. During the deferral period, reporting entities will continue to follow existing guidance prior to ASU 2011-05 under ASC Topic 220,</font> <font size="2"><i>Comprehensive Income</i></font><font size="2">, with respect to the disclosure of reclassifications adjustments. Both ASU 2011-12 and ASU 2011-05 became effective for us on January 1, 2012 and required retrospective application. Other than the presentational changes to our basic consolidated financial statements required under ASU 2011-05 (as amended by ASU 2011-12), adoption of ASU 2011-05 did not have any impact on our consolidated financial statements.</font></p> <p style="FONT-FAMILY: times"><font size="2">        In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-02,</font> <font size="2"><i>Comprehensive Income (Topic 220)—Reporting Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (ASU 2013-02).</i></font> <font size="2">ASU 2013-02 provides guidance about disclosing reclassification adjustments, which was previously deferred for further deliberation by ASU 2011-12. ASU 2013-02 provides financial statement issuers the option to disclose significant amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income separately by each component in either (1) a single note to the financial statements, or (2) parenthetically on the face of the income statement for each line item(s) affected by the reclassification adjustment. ASU 2013-02 will be effective for all interim and annual financial statement reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012, with early adoption permitted. We do not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2013-02 will have any impact on our consolidated financial statements.</font></p></div>
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CY2012	us-gaap	Depreciation Depreciation	25000000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<div style='font-size:10.0pt;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;'> <ul> <li style="list-style: none"> <p style="FONT-FAMILY: times"><font size="2"><b><i>Use of Estimates</i></b></font></p></li></ul> <p style="FONT-FAMILY: times"><font size="2">        The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. We base our estimates on assumptions regarding historical experience, currently available information and anticipated developments that we believe are reasonable and appropriate. However, because the use of estimates involves an inherent degree of uncertainty, actual results could differ from those estimates. Our significant accounting policies that require use of subjective and/or complex judgment and estimates impact the following financial statement areas: revenue recognition, share-based compensation, marketable investments, fair value measurements (including those relating to our acquisitions), income taxes, goodwill and other intangible assets, and obligations related to our Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.</font></p></div>
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CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Work In Process Net Of Reserves InventoryWorkInProcessNetOfReserves	14222000	USD
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CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Finished Goods Net Of Reserves InventoryFinishedGoodsNetOfReserves	22588000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Interest Costs Incurred InterestCostsIncurred	17544000	USD
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CY2010	us-gaap	Interest Costs Incurred InterestCostsIncurred	19813000	USD
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