Neogen Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results

• Fiscal third quarter 2026 revenue of $211.2 million
• Food Safety revenue growth of 2.6%, Core Growth¹ of 4.0%; Animal Safety revenue growth of (20.1%), Core Growth¹ of (8.7%) due primarily to third-party supplier challenges in the quarter
• Net loss of $17.0 million in the third quarter 2026 with GAAP EPS of $(0.08), Adjusted Net Income of $19.4 million and Adjusted EPS of $0.09
• Third quarter 2026 cash flow from operations of $22.7 million and free cash flow of $11.1 million
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ of $48.2 million; Adjusted EBITDA margins¹ of 22.8% increases sequentially by 110 basis points
• Petrifilm^® manufacturing transition remains on track for November FY27; Company has initiated operational and performance validation on multiple single kit units (SKUs)
• Divestiture of Genomics business unit announced and anticipated to close in 2Q27; Net cash proceeds support net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA¹ of less than three times by end of CY2026
• Raising fiscal year 2026 revenue outlook and maintaining Adjusted EBITDA guidance

¹ Non-GAAP financial measures; see explanations and reconciliations that follow

Neogen^® Corporation (NASDAQ:NEOG), an innovative leader in food safety solutions, announced its financial results for the fiscal third quarter of 2026 and provided updated full fiscal year 2026 financial guidance.

"We continued to make significant progress on our strategic transformation in the third quarter as we look to stabilize and strengthen our core business. We are emboldened by the continued strength in core growth in our Food Safety segment. Combined with our major strategic sales initiatives such as our go-to-market strategy review, our increasing use of metric-based key performance indicators, and our transition to a standardized global solutions based selling approach, we believe we are well positioned for continued fundamental improvement across the organization," said Mike Nassif, Neogen's Chief Executive Officer and President.

He continued, "In the third quarter our Animal Safety business suffered several third-party, supply-based, setbacks leading to lower-than-anticipated growth, and we are actively engaged in improving these production-related challenges through our supplier qualification and sales and operations planning process. Despite these transient issues, we were able to deliver strong adjusted EBITDA through solid cost control and we continue to see opportunities to drive efficiency through technology and process across the company. We are confident that we will emerge from this fiscal year stronger and more capable as an organization, and increasingly focused on building upon our market leading position in Food Safety through discipline, improved enterprise capabilities, a renewed focus on innovation leadership, and a dramatically improved selling process."

• Revenues for the third quarter were $211.2 million, a decrease of 4.4% when compared to $221.0 million in the prior year. Core revenue, which excludes the impacts of foreign currency translation, as well as divestitures completed and product lines discontinued in the last 12 months, increased by 0.1%.
• Food Safety segment revenue was $156.7 million in the third quarter, increasing 2.6% relative to the third quarter of fiscal year 2025. Core Food Safety revenue increased 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. The company saw especially strong growth in the quarter from indicators and culture media which was up 11.0% and from bacterial and general sanitation which was up 5.5%.
• Animal Safety segment revenue was $54.5 million in the third quarter, decreasing 20.1% relative to the third quarter of fiscal year 2025. Core Animal Safety revenue decreased (8.7%) on a year-over-year basis. The company experienced a number of third-party supplier issues in the quarter, which negatively impacted revenue.
• Domestic revenue in the quarter was $102.3 million and international revenue was $108.9 million. The company saw strong growth in Europe and Latin America, and U.S growth was negatively impacted by the Animal Safety supplier challenges given sales of these products predominately occur in the U.S.

• Gross margin was 46.9% in the third quarter of fiscal 2026. This compares to a gross margin of 49.9% in the same quarter a year ago, with the decrease primarily due to duplicative costs related to the company's Petrifilm manufacturing transition with some impact from tariff costs and inventory write-offs. Excluding integration-related costs, third quarter Adjusted Gross Margin¹ was 51.7% compared to 51.4% in the prior-year quarter.
• Net loss for the third quarter was $17.0 million, or $(0.08) per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $10.9 million, or $(0.05) per diluted share, in the prior-year period. Adjusted Net Income for the third quarter was $19.4 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, compared to $20.9 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, in the prior-year period.
• Third-quarter Adjusted EBITDA was $48.2 million, representing an Adjusted EBITDA Margin of 22.8%, compared to $48.6 million and a margin of 22.0% in the prior-year period. The higher adjusted EBITDA Margin was the result predominantly of cost saving initiatives implemented at the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2027 leading to lower operating expense spend.

Business and Operational Highlights

• Neogen is currently completing a review of its global go-to-market strategy. As part of this review, the company plans to realign resources to higher‑return markets, establish unified solutions‑based selling standards for all global markets, and enhancing performance rigor through metric-based analysis under new commercial leadership
• Neogen advanced the transition to its new Petrifilm^® manufacturing line. The company has completed validation on 100% of Petrifilm equipment and is actively engaged in both operational and performance validation of multiple SKUs. The company remains on track with previous timelines to have its manufacturing transition completed by November 2026.
• Neogen announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its global Genomics business to Zoetis Inc. for a purchase price of $160.0 million, subject to customary closing adjustments. The deal is expected to close by the end of the company's second quarter of fiscal year 2027. Net proceeds from the transaction after closing costs and taxes are anticipated to be approximately $140.0 million.

• The company is increasing its fiscal year 2026 revenue guidance and is now calling for revenue of $857 million to $860 million and is maintaining its adjusted EBITDA guidance of approximately $175 million. This compares with previous revenue guidance which called for revenue of $845 million to $855 million.

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure. The Company is not able to reconcile the Adjusted EBITDA outlook to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, forecasted net income, on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable efforts. This is due to the inherent difficulty in forecasting certain items that are necessary for such reconciliation, including (without limitation) non-cash stock-based compensation expense, integration-related expenses, restructuring and transformation-related costs, impairment charges, and the related tax effects of these items. These items are uncertain, depend on various factors outside of the Company's control, and could be material to the Company's results calculated in accordance with GAAP. Accordingly, the Company is unable to provide a probable significance of the unavailable information, but such unavailable information could have a potentially significant impact on the Company's actual net income for fiscal year 2026.

Conference Call and Webcast

Neogen Corporation will host a conference call today at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the Company's financial results. The live webcast of the conference call and accompanying presentation materials can be accessed through Neogen's website at neogen.com/investor-relations. For those unable to access the webcast, the conference call can be accessed by dialing 1-800-549-8228 (North America) or (+1) 646-564-2877 (International) and requesting the Neogen Corporation Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Call (conference ID 70064). A replay of the conference call and webcast will be available shortly following the conclusion of the call, and can be accessed domestically or internationally by dialing 1-888-660-6264 or (+1) 646-517-3975, respectively, and providing the entry code 70064#, or through Neogen's Investor Relations website at neogen.com/investor-relations.

About Neogen

Neogen Corporation is committed to fueling a brighter future for global food security through the advancement of human and animal well-being. Harnessing the power of science and technology, Neogen has developed comprehensive solutions spanning the Food Safety, Livestock, and Pet Health & Wellness markets. A world leader in these fields, Neogen has a presence in over 140 countries with a dedicated network of scientists and technical experts focused on delivering optimized products and technology for its customers.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, among others, statements regarding our outlook, guidance and objectives; plans and expectations relating to our manufacturing transitions (including Petrifilm), supply chain remediation, commercial initiatives and cost-efficiency programs; expected timing and effects of portfolio actions (including the announced divestiture of the genomics business); capital allocation and deleveraging goals; market conditions and demand trends; and any other statements that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "project," "should," "target," "will," and similar expressions, and their negatives.

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These risks include, but are not limited to risks relating to the integration of the 3M Food Safety business, risks related to potential tax benefits realized through the 3M transaction, risks related to tariffs and other trade measures, risks related to our international operations and expansion into new geographic markets, risks related to identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, risks related to promoting internal growth and identifying and integrating acquisitions, risks related to failure of our systems infrastructure and security breaches of our information systems, risks related to disruption in our manufacturing and service operations, risks related to disruption of third-party package delivery services or pricing increases, risks related to dependence on key suppliers, risks related to the use of distributors for product sales, risks related to the development of new products and technologies, risks related to our ability to maintain a positive reputation, risks related to customer loss, risks related to increased raw material costs, risks related to anti-bribery, trade control, trade sanctions, and anti-corruption laws, risks related to changes in domestic and foreign laws and regulations, risks related to tax audits and changes in tax laws in different jurisdictions, risks related to deterioration in profitability, cash flow, and asset impairments, risks related to competition, risks related to agricultural marketplace, risks related to our substantial indebtedness, risks related to the outcomes of litigation and other legal proceedings, risks related to our ability to obtain and protect intellectual property, risks related to patent infringement challenges, risks related to governmental regulation, risks related to our ability to attract and retain key personnel, risks related to product or service liability claims, risks related to changing political conditions, risks related to climate change, risks related to our inability to meet stakeholder expectations around environmental, social, and governance objectives, risks related to tax legislation, and other factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" contained in Item 1A of the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 30, 2025, as well as any updates to those risk factors filed from time to time in the company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K. Neogen is not under any obligation, and it expressly disclaims any obligation, to update or alter any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as required by law.

Statement regarding use of non-GAAP financial measures

This press release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures, which management believes are useful to investors, securities analysts and other interested parties. Management uses Adjusted EBITDA as a key profitability measure. This is a non-GAAP measure that represents EBITDA before certain items that impact comparison of the performance of our business, either period-over-period or with other businesses. Adjusted EBITDA Margin is Adjusted EBITDA for a particular period expressed as a percentage of revenues for that period.

Management uses Adjusted Gross Profit as an additional measure of profitability. Adjusted Gross Profit is a non-GAAP measure that represents net income before certain items that impact comparison of the performance of our business, either period-over-period or with other businesses.

Management uses Adjusted Operating Income as an additional measure of profitability. Adjusted Operating Income is a non-GAAP measure that represents operating income before certain items that impact comparison of the performance of our business, either period-over-period or with other businesses.

Management uses Adjusted Net Income as an additional measure of profitability. Adjusted Net Income is a non-GAAP measure that represents net income before certain items that impact comparison of the performance of our business, either period-over-period or with other businesses.

Core revenue growth is a non-GAAP measure that represents net sales for the period excluding the effects of foreign currency translation rates and the impacts of acquisitions and discontinued product lines, where applicable. Core revenue growth is presented to allow for a meaningful comparison of year-over-year performance without the volatility caused by foreign currency translation rates, or the incomparability that would be caused by the impact of an acquisition, disposal or product line discontinuation.

These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered only as supplemental to, and not as superior to, financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Please see below for a reconciliation of historical non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

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