Bio-Techne (TECH) 7 Aug 242024 Q4 Earnings call transcript

Good morning, and welcome to the Bio-Techne Earnings Conference Call for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the call over to David Clair, Bio-Techne's Vice President of Investor Relations.

Good morning, and thank you for joining us.

On the call with me this morning are Kim Kelderman, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Jim Hippel, Chief Financial Officer of Bio-Techne.

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verticals. markets continued end and reagent positioned back nonpandemic to are momentum our across growth environment, we to growth of portfolio well our a our across equilibrate X research As reinvigorate

the through cost. our recovery as of market. the team stabilizing by markets I'm With I'll the progress confident end Bio-Techne ability in but to differentiated challenging also our financial turn to that, extremely proud in call still over deliver execution Jim? end the I'm Jim. performance the

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from comes with question next Matt Larew Our Blair. William

attempted Lunaphore. capacity. you our And on house for -- is that start brought in manufactured that demand to some up. and know few wanted I quarters outstripping you to Obviously, I a now, scale reported

from you're just Lunaphore from blot fiscal can in the So how from could in statements you to 'XX? at X And filter you vectoring maybe where you sort perspective? speak those there fixing of think a maybe to what deliver

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The with next Baird. Catherine question Schulte from

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half throughout half. year our So what are, margins the as the most, our Protein segment another improve over the those recover, why end ultimately be will the first basis which believe is than we and second which time recovers Sciences will for markets margins the in will fastest significantly and better be

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question next Justin Our comes Bank. Bowers Deutsche with from

biopharma of outperformance the end notable the pockets that the how And any different then performed and across market growth about underperformance across talk or pillars? you Can different geographies?

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but -- as the importantly, in performance of sequential more consistent was in it was And biopharma QX QX.

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on Lunaphore. follow-up quick A

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our question final with take Ji Nam We'll from Scotiabank. Sung

academic market. that puts easier? If the get recover of I the market. segment expectation takes fiscal comps small. end for relatively to highlight But the that there gradually 'XX key the and on maybe some for Just given it's also end know you could throughout -- year is for

the perspective, an even academic Yes. I post-pandemic. both just pandemic say the and pandemic, during throughout from would

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