Cuộc họp công bố kết quả kinh doanh quý 1 năm tài chính 2027 của OSI Systems (OSIS): Lượng đơn hàng tồn đọng kỷ lục, nâng dự báo EPS

Điểm tin chính

• OSI Systems đã báo cáo doanh thu quý 1 năm tài chính 2027 đạt kỷ lục 403 triệu USD, tăng 5% so với cùng kỳ năm ngoái, trong khi EPS pha loãng điều chỉnh tăng 17% lên mức kỷ lục của quý 1 là 1,66 USD.
• Lượng đơn đặt hàng mới đạt tỷ lệ book-to-bill 1,4. Giá trị đơn hàng tồn đọng đạt mức kỷ lục 2,1 tỷ USD, tăng từ khoảng 1,9 tỷ USD vào ngày 30 tháng 6.
• Dòng tiền từ hoạt động kinh doanh tăng lên 37 triệu USD từ 17 triệu USD. Dòng tiền tự do đạt khoảng 30 triệu USD, tương đương khoảng 120% lợi nhuận ròng theo GAAP.
• Biên lợi nhuận hoạt động điều chỉnh giảm xuống 9,5% từ mức 10,3%, phản ánh kết quả kinh doanh yếu hơn ở mảng Y tế và cơ cấu doanh thu kém thuận lợi hơn ở mảng An ninh. Ban lãnh đạo dự kiến biên lợi nhuận sẽ cải thiện trong phần còn lại của năm tài chính 2027.
• OSI Systems tái khẳng định dự báo doanh thu năm tài chính 2027 ở mức 1,875 tỷ USD đến 1,930 tỷ USD và nâng dự báo EPS điều chỉnh lên 11,28 - 11,64 USD, chủ yếu do việc mua lại cổ phiếu trong quý 1.
• Ban lãnh đạo tiếp tục dự kiến tăng trưởng doanh thu sẽ tập trung vào nửa cuối năm, nhờ việc chuyển đổi đơn hàng tồn đọng và sự tăng tốc của doanh thu dịch vụ An ninh.

Dữ liệu tài chính cốt lõi

Chi phí bán hàng, quản lý doanh nghiệp (SG&A) là 69 triệu USD, tương đương 17,0% doanh thu, so với mức 17,4% của cùng kỳ năm trước. Chi phí nghiên cứu và phát triển (R&D) đạt 19,4 triệu USD, tương đương 4,8% doanh thu. Tổng chi phí hoạt động không bao gồm chi phí tái cấu trúc và các chi phí khác đã giảm xuống 21,8% doanh thu từ mức 22,7%.

Chi phí lãi vay và chi phí khác giảm xuống 3,3 triệu USD từ 7,4 triệu USD, phản ánh chi phí đi vay thấp hơn và thu nhập từ đầu tư cao hơn. Ban lãnh đạo lưu ý rằng chi phí lãi vay giảm cùng với số lượng cổ phiếu sụt giảm đã đóng góp đáng kể vào tăng trưởng EPS.

OSI Systems kết thúc quý với 236 triệu USD tiền và các khoản tương đương tiền, 66 triệu USD đầu tư ngắn hạn và khoảng 1,0 tỷ USD nợ. Hơn 90% nợ là khoản vay lãi suất cố định. Công ty đã mua lại khoảng 306.000 cổ phiếu với giá khoảng 62 triệu USD, ở mức giá trung bình gần 204 USD.

Kết quả hoạt động kinh doanh và vận hành

An ninh

Doanh thu mảng An ninh tăng 4% lên 264 triệu USD bất chấp xung đột ở Trung Đông và sự chuyển giao của chương trình Mexico. Việc chuyển giao tại Mexico đã làm giảm doanh thu quý 1 khoảng 8 triệu USD, phù hợp với triển vọng năm tài chính của ban lãnh đạo.

Bộ phận này kết thúc quý với lượng đơn hàng tồn đọng kỷ lục. OSI Systems đã nhận được hai hợp đồng IDIQ thời hạn 5 năm từ Cơ quan Hải quan và Bảo vệ Biên giới Mỹ: một hợp đồng có giá trị trần khoảng 200 triệu USD cho các hệ thống kiểm tra xe chở khách quét nhanh có thể di dời và một hợp đồng có giá trị trần khoảng 85 triệu USD cho các hệ thống kiểm tra bằng tia X di động gắn trên xe van. Các đơn đặt hàng giao hàng ban đầu đạt tổng cộng khoảng 21 triệu USD. Chỉ các đơn đặt hàng chắc chắn, không phải giá trị trần của hợp đồng, mới được tính vào lượng đơn hàng tồn đọng.

Mảng kinh doanh RF tiếp tục thực hiện hợp đồng radar ngoài chân trời cho Phòng thủ Nội địa với giá trị tối đa khoảng 235 triệu USD. OSI Systems cũng công bố các đơn đặt hàng RF bổ sung trị giá khoảng 90 triệu USD. Ban lãnh đạo cho biết hợp đồng 235 triệu USD đã đóng góp vào doanh thu trong quý 1 và sẽ tiếp tục đóng góp trong năm tài chính 2027, trong khi các đơn đặt hàng mới hơn dự kiến sẽ hỗ trợ cả năm tài chính 2027 và các năm sau đó.

Biên lợi nhuận hoạt động điều chỉnh của mảng An ninh đạt 12,6%. Ban lãnh đạo dự kiến doanh thu dịch vụ có biên lợi nhuận cao hơn sẽ chiếm tỷ trọng lớn hơn trong cơ cấu theo thời gian. Công ty cũng đang chuẩn bị đóng vai trò là nhà cung cấp giải pháp phần cứng/phần mềm công nghệ an ninh và kiểm tra an ninh thực địa chính thức cho Đại hội Thể thao Olympic và Paralympic LA28.

Quang điện tử và Sản xuất

Doanh thu mảng Quang điện tử, bao gồm cả doanh thu nội bộ, đã tăng 9% lên mức kỷ lục quý 1 là 120 triệu USD. Doanh thu từ các khách hàng bên ngoài tăng 16%.

Tăng trưởng đi kèm với việc mở rộng biên lợi nhuận hoạt động, với biên lợi nhuận hoạt động điều chỉnh đạt 12,1%. Lượng đơn đặt hàng mới tăng trưởng mạnh mẽ trên các dòng sản phẩm EMS, mạch dẻo và quang điện tử, và bộ phận này đã khép lại quý với lượng đơn hàng tồn đọng cuối quý đạt mức kỷ lục.

Y tế

Doanh thu mảng Y tế giảm 14%, chủ yếu do các bệnh viện tiếp tục quản lý chi tiêu vốn một cách thận trọng, làm giảm doanh số bán thiết bị theo dõi bệnh nhân. Bộ phận này ghi nhận biên lợi nhuận hoạt động điều chỉnh âm 1,8%.

Ban lãnh đạo đang tập trung vào việc hỗ trợ hệ thống thiết bị đã lắp đặt, cải thiện hiệu quả vận hành và hoàn thiện nền tảng theo dõi thế hệ tiếp theo. Công ty dự kiến mảng Y tế sẽ trở lại tăng trưởng trong các quý tới.

Dự báo của Ban lãnh đạo

OSI Systems tái khẳng định dự báo doanh thu năm tài chính 2027 từ 1,875 tỷ USD đến 1,930 tỷ USD. Dự báo EPS điều chỉnh được nâng lên 11,28 - 11,64 USD, tương đương mức tăng trưởng dự kiến từ 9% đến 12,5% so với cùng kỳ năm ngoái. Ban lãnh đạo cho biết sự gia tăng này chủ yếu do tác động từ việc mua lại cổ phiếu trong quý 1 thay vì do sự thay đổi trong triển vọng hoạt động.

Ban lãnh đạo dự kiến doanh thu quý 2 năm tài chính sẽ giảm nhẹ so với cùng kỳ năm ngoái do mức nền so sánh cao ở Trung Đông và khó khăn dự kiến từ chương trình Mexico khoảng 11 triệu USD. Tăng trưởng doanh thu dự kiến sẽ mạnh nhất trong nửa cuối năm khi các đơn hàng tồn đọng được chuyển đổi và hoạt động dịch vụ An ninh tăng tốc.

Công ty kỳ vọng doanh thu dịch vụ sẽ tăng trưởng mạnh ở mức hai chữ số trong năm tài chính 2027, bắt đầu từ quý 2 và tăng tốc trong nửa cuối năm. Các động lực bao gồm các sản phẩm đã lắp đặt hết hạn bảo hành, dịch vụ hàng không, các sản phẩm SaaS và hoạt động RF gia tăng.

Biên lợi nhuận gộp và biên lợi nhuận hoạt động dự kiến sẽ cải thiện trong phần còn lại của năm tài chính 2027 khi doanh thu tăng và các dịch vụ có biên lợi nhuận cao hơn chiếm tỷ trọng lớn hơn trong cơ cấu. Ban lãnh đạo cũng tiếp tục kỳ vọng dòng tiền tự do cả năm sẽ vượt lợi nhuận ròng.

Rủi ro và các yếu tố cần theo dõi

• Xung đột đang diễn ra và sự không chắc chắn về địa chính trị ở Trung Đông có thể ảnh hưởng đến thời điểm ghi nhận doanh thu và hoạt động của khách hàng.
• Việc chuyển đổi đơn hàng tồn đọng, các đơn đặt hàng mới và tiến độ mua sắm của chính phủ vẫn là những biến số quan trọng đối với triển vọng năm tài chính 2027.
• Thời điểm giải ngân ngân sách của chính phủ Mỹ có thể ảnh hưởng đến CBP, Golden Dome và các chương trình quốc phòng hoặc an ninh nội địa khác, mặc dù ban lãnh đạo cho biết các chương trình trong ngắn hạn đã nhận được hỗ trợ nguồn vốn đáng kể.
• Biên lợi nhuận mảng An ninh có thể biến động theo cơ cấu sản phẩm và chương trình, trong khi sự suy yếu của mảng Y tế vẫn là yếu tố ảnh hưởng tiêu cực đến khả năng sinh lời hợp nhất.
• Các rủi ro khác được ban lãnh đạo xác định bao gồm thời điểm thu hồi tiền, thuế quan, lãi suất, tỷ giá hối đoái, gián đoạn chuỗi cung ứng và việc triển khai chương trình.

Điểm nhấn phần Hỏi & Đáp với các chuyên gia phân tích

Ban lãnh đạo cho biết lượng đơn hàng tồn đọng kỷ lục tạo dư địa tăng trưởng cho doanh thu năm tài chính 2027 và cải thiện tầm nhìn cho năm tài chính 2028 và xa hơn, nhưng sự không chắc chắn về địa chính trị đã khiến công ty duy trì khoảng dự báo doanh thu hiện tại.

Trong số khoảng 50 triệu USD doanh thu ở Trung Đông bị trì hoãn từ quý 4 năm tài chính trước, khoảng 8 triệu USD đã được ghi nhận trong quý 1 năm tài chính này. Ban lãnh đạo tiếp tục kỳ vọng phần lớn số tiền còn lại sẽ được ghi nhận vào nửa cuối năm tài chính 2027 và sang năm tài chính 2028.

Tăng trưởng doanh thu dịch vụ dự kiến sẽ tăng tốc đáng kể từ quý 2 trở đi. Ban lãnh đạo dẫn chứng các sản phẩm hết hạn bảo hành, dịch vụ hàng không, doanh thu SaaS và hoạt động RF là những lĩnh vực có tầm nhìn tương đối rõ ràng.

Về công suất mảng RF, ban lãnh đạo cho biết hai cơ sở mới và lựa chọn bổ sung ca làm việc thứ hai sẽ hỗ trợ lượng dự án tiềm năng hiện tại. Các cơ sở bổ sung có thể được mở rộng nếu cần thiết. Công ty cũng có kế hoạch tiếp tục đầu tư vào nghiên cứu và phát triển RF.

Các ưu tiên phân bổ vốn vẫn là đầu tư tăng trưởng tự thân, thâu tóm chiến lược, mua lại cổ phiếu khi có cơ hội và củng cố bảng cân đối kế toán. Ban lãnh đạo cho biết các thương vụ thâu tóm sẽ cần phải nâng cao khả năng thâm nhập thị trường hoặc bổ sung năng lực hỗ trợ.

Toàn văn Biên bản Cuộc họp Báo cáo Kết quả Kinh doanh

Toàn văn cuộc gọi công bố kết quả kinh doanh

Phần trình bày của ban lãnh đạo

Operator

Thank you. Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the OSI Systems, Inc. First Quarter Fiscal 2027 Earnings Conference Call.

[Operator Instructions]

I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Alan Edrick, Chief Financial Officer. Sir, please go ahead. Thank you.

Alan Edrick

Well, thank you. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us. I'm Alan Edrick, Executive Vice President and CFO of OSI Systems, and I'm here today with Ajay Mehra, OSI's President and CEO. Welcome to the OSI Systems Fiscal '27 First Quarter Conference Call. We are pleased to join you as we review our financial and our operational results. Today's discussion will include forward-looking statements, and the company wishes to take advantage of the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to such statements. All forward-looking statements made in this call are based on currently available information, and the company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement based on subsequent events or new information or otherwise. We will also reference both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures.

Applicable reconciliations are available in today's earnings release. On our August call, we told you three things about fiscal '27: that we had built our guidance factoring in the situation in the Middle East, that we expected growth to be strongest in the second half, and that we expected free cash flow to exceed net income. These three factors will frame our discussion this quarter. First quarter revenues were $403 million, representing a Q1 record up 5% year-over-year. And adjusted earnings per diluted share grew to a first quarter record of $1.66, up 17% year-over-year. Operating cash flow was $3.7 million, more than double the same prior year quarter, and free cash flow, which is operating cash flow less capital expenditures, was approximately $30 million, about 120% of GAAP net income. Q1 bookings were strong. Our book-to-bill ratio was 1.4, and our backlog increased to a record $2.1 billion from approximately $1.9 billion at June 30th. I also want to be direct about certain reported figures for the first fiscal quarter.

A meaningful part of our EPS growth this quarter came from below the operating line, with lower net interest expense and a lower share count, and I'll quantify those for you later in this call. Margins were impacted by a revenue decline in the Healthcare division and the mix of revenues and Security, both of which Ajay and I will address. But before diving more deeply into our financial results and discussing our outlook for fiscal '27, I'm going to turn the call over to Ajay.

Ajay Mehra

Thank you, Alan, and thanks to all of you for joining us today. As Alan mentioned, we achieved record fiscal first quarter revenues and earnings per share. Our activity was strong, resulting in a book-to-bill ratio of 1.4, which increased our backlog to a record $2.1 billion. The first quarter played out largely as we outlined on our last call. Bookings were strong, backlog grew to a new all-time high, and we remain on track for a stronger second half of fiscal 2027. Now, let me turn to our three divisions, starting with Security. Q1 revenues were $264 million, up 4% year-over-year, despite a challenging geopolitical environment, including the conflict in the Middle East, which continues to affect activity in the region.

We continue to work closely with our customers there to support their ongoing needs. As anticipated, the transition of our MEXCO program affected year-over-year comparisons consistent with our initial fiscal '27 outlook. That said, Securities bookings were strong and the division ended the quarter with a record backlog. Let me share a few highlights from the quarter. During the quarter, we announced two five-year IDIQ contracts awarded by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, one with a ceiling of approximately $200 million for our relocatable rapid scan passenger vehicle inspection systems, and a second with a ceiling of about $85 million for van-mounted mobile x-ray inspection systems. We have received initial delivery orders totaling approximately $21 million under these contracts and expect more orders as we start delivering.

To be clear, only firm orders rather than ceiling values are included on the backlog figures. Our RF business is performing exceptionally well. We continue to execute on our Homeland Defense over the Horizon radar contract that was awarded last fiscal year, which has a not-to-exceed value of approximately $235 million and is our largest RF award to date. Together with our participation in the SHIELD IDIQ, which supports a number of Golden Dome-related initiatives, this award positions us well to compete for additional contracts in the future. In Q1, we announced further bookings in this business line, totaling approximately $90 million. Also, customer engagement across our RF portfolio remains at very high levels. Growing recurring revenues remains a priority.

We continue to expect strong double-digit service revenue growth in fiscal 2027, with growth accelerating throughout the year. Given the size of our install base, we expect service to become a larger part of our revenue mix over time, which should support margin expansion. While Security margins can vary from quarter to quarter with product and program mix, our long-term objective continues to focus on pairing growth with margin expansion as higher margin service revenue becomes a larger part of our business. We are also preparing for a role as an official physical screening and security technology hardware/software solutions provider of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games and an official supporter of Team USA. This is expected to be the largest sporting event in history. Furthermore, our experience at the FIFA World Cup, the Paris Olympics, and Milan Winter Olympics, among many other global events, is vital to our success here. And we also see LA28 as a platform to showcase our offerings and compete for future large venue and event security opportunities.

Turning to our Optoelectronics and Manufacturing Division. Opto delivered another strong quarter. Revenues, including intercompany sales, were at a first quarter record of $120 million, up 9% year-over-year, with sales to third-party customers up even higher at 16% year-over-year. During the quarter, revenue growth was paired with operating margin expansion. Bookings were robust across our EMS, flex circuit, and Optoelectronics product lines, and the division closed the quarter with its highest quarter end backlog. Our long-standing OEM relationships, vertically integrated model, customized offerings, and global manufacturing footprint across North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia continue to serve customers well in aerospace, defense, healthcare, and industrial markets, particularly as they further diversify their supply chains. Finally, Healthcare faced a challenging quarter. Revenue declined 14% year-over-year, primarily due to lower patient monitoring sales as hospitals continued to manage capital spending carefully. We remain focused on supporting our install base, improving operational efficiency, and completing the development of our next-generation monitoring platform.

We expect Healthcare to return to growth in the upcoming quarters. In summary, our demand remains robust with a 1.4 book-to-bill ratio, a well-diversified $2.1 billion backlog, established CBP contract vehicles, promising additional U.S. government opportunities, a growing RF pipeline, and continued expansion in our Optoelectronics Division. Looking forward, we are focused on disciplined execution, converting our backlog into revenue, improving Healthcare, and driving margin expansion across our business. I want to thank our employees, customers, and stockholders for their continued support. With that, I will turn the call back over to Alan to discuss our financial results and updated fiscal 2027 guidance in more detail before we open the call for questions. Thank you.

Alan Edrick

Thank you, Ajay. So let's begin with our revenue performance. Product revenues grew 5% year-over-year to $290 million, and service revenues grew 4% to $114 million. By division, as Ajay mentioned, Opto grew 9%, including inter-segment sales, and 16% to external third-party customers. Security grew 4% and Healthcare declined 14%. We said on the last call that we expected the Mexico program transition would be a headwind of less than $25 million in fiscal '27, concentrated in the first half. In the first quarter, that headwind was approximately $8 million, consistent with that outlook.

And we anticipate in Q2, this amount to be approximately $11 million. And although service revenue growth was modest in Q1, but in line with our expectations, as Ajay said, we expect strong double-digit growth in fiscal '27 service revenues, led by the Security division, driven by a significant number of products rolling off warranty, aviation service, SAS, and increasing RF business, among other items. Our Q1 fiscal '27 gross margin was 30.7% compared to 32.0% in the first quarter of last year. The variance was primarily driven by the decline in Healthcare division sales, which carry the highest gross margin of our three divisions. In addition, the strength of Opto division sales, which carry the lowest gross margin of the three divisions, though operating margins are solid, impact us, and a less favorable mix of revenues this quarter within the Security division. As we noted in the past, our margins can fluctuate based on product and service mix, volume, supply chain costs, foreign exchange, tariffs, and other factors. We expect gross margin to increase over the balance of the year on higher overall revenues, including greater growth in higher margin service revenues. Moving on to operating expenses. We continue to work diligently across all divisions to manage our SG&A cost structure efficiently.

In Q1, SG&A was $69 million, or 17.0% of sales, compared with 17.4% of sales a year ago. R&D expenses in Q1 were $19.4 million, or 4.8% of revenue. We continue to invest substantial resources consistent with our commitment to innovation and positioning OSI well for the future. Total operating expenses, excluding restructuring and other costs, declined to 21.8% of sales in Q1 this year from 22.7% in the same quarter of the prior year. Now, moving below the operating line, interest and other expenses in fiscal Q1 were $3.3 million compared with $7.4 million in the same quarter of the prior year. This $4.1 million improvement was primarily due to reduced borrowing costs, coupled with increased investment income on higher cash and short-term investment balances. Our effective tax rate under GAAP was 18.8% in Q1 of fiscal '24, compared to 19.9% in Q1 last year. Excluding discrete items, the normalized effective tax rate, which is the rate we use in calculating non-GAAP EPS, was 22.9% in Q1 compared to 23.3% in the same prior year quarter.

On a non-GAAP basis, our Q1 fiscal '27 adjusted operating margin was 9.5% compared to 10.3% in the prior year first fiscal quarter. By division, non-GAAP operating margin was 12.6% in Security, 12.1% in Opto, and negative 1.8% in Healthcare. While we saw adjusted operating margin expansion in the Opto division, the operating loss in the Healthcare division and less favorable Security division mix drove the consolidated change. We anticipate stronger operating margins for the balance of fiscal '27 in each division and for OSI overall. Moving to cash flow in the balance sheet. We generated $37 million of operating cash flow in Q1 this year, compared to $17 million in last year's Q1. Accounts receivable at September 30th were $18 million lower than at June 30th, given Q1 revenues are historically lighter than in Q4.

While unbilled receivables rose $34 million, as we recognized revenue on certain Security contracts ahead of billing milestones. The receivable balance from our largest customer in Mexico slightly declined from June to September, as collections modestly outpaced revenue following significant Q4 collections. We continue to expect this receivable to decrease significantly by the end of fiscal '27, contributing to expected strong annual free cash flow conversion. Inventories increased $48 million during the quarter to $463 million to support strong second half scheduled deliveries from our backlog. CapEx in the first quarter was $7.7 million, while depreciation and amortization in the quarter was $9.0 million. During Q1, we repurchased approximately 306,000 shares at an average price of about $204 for approximately $62 million. Our board in August increased the authorization for stock repurchases by an additional 1 million shares.

And at the end of Q1, approximately 773,000 shares were available under the repurchase program. Our priorities remain organic investment, strategic acquisitions, opportunistic repurchases, and maintaining a strong balance sheet. Q1 diluted shares were 16.3 million, compared with 17.5 million a year ago, a 7% reduction, reflecting the repurchase and retirement of shares over the past year. Our balance sheet remains solid, providing us with significant flexibility. We ended the quarter with $236 million in cash and cash equivalents and $66 million in short-term investments, approximately $302 million in total, with total debt of approximately $1.0 billion and no amounts drawn under our bank lines of credit. With the capital returned to shareholders during Q1 through stock buybacks, net leverage under our credit agreement was approximately 2.3. Over 90% of our debt is at fixed rates, which limits our borrowing cost sensitivity to higher short-term interest rates.

Now, turning to our guidance. We are raising our fiscal 2027 non-GAAP EPS guidance, while reaffirming our fiscal '27 revenue guidance of $1.875 billion to $1.930 billion. We now expect non-GAAP EPS of $11.28 to $11.64, representing 9% to 12.5% year-over-year growth. The expected increase primarily reflects the favorable impact to EPS of stock repurchases made in Q1. As we said in August, we continue to expect revenue growth to be strongest in the second half of the fiscal year. We expect second quarter revenues to be modestly down year-over-year as Q2 represents the toughest Middle East comp with sizable revenues in the prior year period before the conflicts began along with the Mexico impact previously discussed. H2 revenue growth is underpinned by the timing of the expected conversion of our sizable backlog and a healthy funnel of new opportunities, coupled with the significant year-over-year growth expected in Security service revenues that we have previously discussed. We also continue to expect free cash flow to exceed net income for the full fiscal year.

Our guidance excludes potential impairment, restructuring, and other costs, amortization of acquired intangible assets and their associated tax effects, and discrete tax and other non-recurring items. Actual results could vary from guidance due to the timing of backlog conversion, new bookings, cash collections, tariffs, the conflicts in the Middle East, U.S. government funding and procurement timing, interest rates and supply chain disruptions, among other factors discussed in our SEC filings. In summary, we began fiscal '27 with record first quarter revenues, strong bookings, a record backlog, and cash generation running ahead of last year. We thank the entire global OSI team for their dedication. And at this time, we'd like to open the call to questions.

Operator

Thank you.

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Our first question is going to come from the line of Josh Nichols with B. Riley Securities. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Unknown Speaker

Yes, thanks for taking my question and great to see the backlog well above $2 billion for the first time with a strong book-to-bill. You know, EPS obviously moving up higher. I know you're reiterating the top-line revenue guidance, but just with the backlog increase, I was just curious as part of that just being some conservatism given that there's already a second half weighting to the outlook? Or is this something that you think these new orders that you got are really just going to increase visibility for the company when you think about fiscal '28, '29 and the timing of those deliveries?

Alan Edrick

Josh, this is Alan. Great question, and we're really pleased with the record level of backlog that we have. Going into our guidance, we're still seeing conflicts going on in the Middle East and other geopolitical events. We just thought it prudent to maintain that revenue guidance at this time. Surely there is upside. And it sets us up quite nicely as we enter fiscal '28 and beyond as well.

Unknown Speaker

Yep, and then just for a little bit more context, I'm guessing probably not, but was any of those Middle East orders that caused the one-time hiccup in last quarter, was any of that shifted or are you still expecting that to come in in the second half? And is there anything else big that you guys have been working on that you expect may come to fruition in terms of the order pipeline generally?

Alan Edrick

Yes, another good question, Josh. It's Alan. So, yes, we mentioned last time there was roughly $50 million pushed out of our fourth quarter. During our Q1, we shifted and recognized revenue about $8 million of that. I think that's the first quarter. Last time we said we expected the balance to mostly be in the second half of this year and even into fiscal '28. And that's still currently our expectation.

Ajay Mehra

Yeah, you know, just this is Ajay, just to add on in terms of orders. Even with the Middle East situation, we had a great book-to-bill ratio. Orders are materializing at other places. And as I said, I think previously as well, as hopefully when the conflict ends, usually in the long run, it's an opportunity for us to get a lot more orders as people become more and more conscious of security around infrastructure and military facilities.

Unknown Speaker

Yes, I appreciate that. That's a good point we're taking note of. I'll jump back into the queue and let someone else take a turn. Appreciate it. Thanks, guys. Good to see the progress here.

Operator

Thank you. And one moment for our next question. Our next question will come from the line of John Godyn with Citigroup. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

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John Godyn

Hey, guys. Thanks for taking my question. I wanted to just talk a little bit about or hope you can elaborate a little bit on what's going on with services revenues. I think everybody is excited on the growth there, what it means for margins over time. It seems like there is a little bit of a blip, but you guys are confident that that mix is going to improve through the balance of the year and the Security division, any color you could provide would be great.

Alan Edrick

Sure, John. This is Alan. Good question. Yes. While our service revenue growth was modest at around 5% in Q1, we see a significant pickup year-over-year at each of Q2, Q3, and Q4. That's really underpinned by looking at the rollout of or products that we've installed coming off of warranty. That's a big part of it. Some of the aviation service revenue that we're doing, some of the SAS revenue such as SIRS-CAN, increasing revenue with our RF business and some various other items. So we actually have some very good visibility into the service revenue growth, which gives us a high degree of confidence for that strong double-digit growth in service revenue commencing really this quarter in Q2 and getting even stronger in the second half.

John Godyn

Got it. Great. That's very helpful. And if I could ask one more on the Middle East, you know, just reflecting what's out there in the news, you know, there is this concern of an escalation after the midterms. I just was hoping to think through that with you guys. If there was a dramatic escalation event, how might that impact your thinking? How might you guide investors to kind of think through the impact on the business?

Ajay Mehra

So, I think, you know, as I said, in the long run, obviously, any, unfortunately, any conflict does benefit us with increased Security requirements. I think we've taken into account as much as possible what we think is going to happen, but obviously we don't have a crystal ball like anybody else. So we'll wait and see, but from what we know right now, we feel confident and we're looking what we think is going to happen over the next three quarters.

John Godyn

Excellent. Appreciate the color, guys.

Operator

Thank you and one moment for our next question. Our next question will come from the line of Christopher Glynn with Oppenheimer & Co. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Christopher Glynn

Hey, thanks. Good afternoon, guys. I want to ask a little bit about the RF business. You talked about growing RF pipeline and notwithstanding the large bookings you've had. You know, I know there's a lot of classified work you do there, but I'm curious if you could talk about the competitive landscape a little bit more about the differentiation that's winning, how unique is the offering and how dependent are the SERV programs on.

Ajay Mehra

You guys singularly? So this is Ajay, you know, as we said previously, you know, it's the kind of business where it's pretty restricted what we can say or not say, but I will tell you that, you know, our offerings are regarded very favorably by customers. We have some very unique products that others do not have. And in certain areas, we definitely do dominate the market. So I think that without getting into specifics, we feel very good about our prospects going forward. And as I said in my prepared remarks, we are definitely very much talking to customers and discussing opportunities as we move forward.

Christopher Glynn

Great. And just in terms of those large orders, the $235 million and the $90 million, curious how you know that's pacing to orders. I think it's a little more upfront than the CBP orders but just kind of curious.

Alan Edrick

Chris, this is Alan. Yes, so exciting for us. We are recognizing revenue on that $235 million contract as we speak. So we saw some nice revenues for that in Q1 and we'll continue to see it through the balance of this fiscal year. The new orders that we got for $90 million. We'll see some contribution this year and more contributions in out years as well.

Ajay Mehra

It gives us great visibility in '27 and beyond.

Christopher Glynn

Okay, great. Thanks very much. I'll move it along.

Operator

Thank you and one moment for our next question. Our next question will come from the line of Lawrence Solow with CJS Securities. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Lawrence Solow

Great, good afternoon. I guess a couple questions on the backlog, composition of the backlog. It sounds like most things are United States and U.S. focused, right? But they go there in August and then the $90 million on the golden dome on the RF side, I guess that's mostly U.S.. And is that, you know, no Middle East this year, you know, in your, in your guidance on sales and I'm sure in bookings, but is the carton, you know, majority or vast majority of bookings you expect this year domestic or is there some international, um, you know, stuff in the queue? Are close in the queue?

Ajay Mehra

So, this is Ajay. I mean, bear in mind that we do business in 150 countries, so international business, we expect to continue. Obviously, Middle East is, you know, a blip right now, and hopefully that turns around. And we have, you know, domestic orders as well. So it really depends on a quarter by quarter, you know, whether it's domestic or international.

Lawrence Solow

All right. And I guess the other question I have really is more importantly just in the U.S., is there any risk? You know, we're always looking over our shoulder on the Middle East and Iran. I'm just curious, the U.S., the reconciliation bill, reconciliation 3.0 I guess they call it. I guess after the midterms that that's supposed to be hopefully hashed out before year end, but is there a funding risk, particularly on Golden Dome, and maybe even, I don't think, I think that that's a separate funding for them, right? There's no actual funding in the, um in the traditional appropriations there. So I'm just curious, you know, is that something you guys are watching, you know, particularly on Golden Dome, but just, you know, obviously we had a government shutdown last year that impacted stuff for quite a while. So any thoughts on that would be great.

Ajay Mehra

So, you know, a lot of this is out of our control, obviously, but keep in mind with the big, beautiful bill, a lot of the funding for, you know, for DHS, as well as the Golden Dome programs was already, you know, was already there. So that'll continue and we're still waiting for with CBP and others for that funding to be awarded. They've started the programs, but there's still a long ways to go. So I think that, you know, really from the original reconciliation bill, we're still waiting for orders to be released. I think that as far as the future is concerned, we feel even on the RF business that a lot of the funding is already there. Obviously, everybody looks for future funding, so we'll see what happens. But at this point, the programs we're in in the near term to short term, we feel pretty good.

Lawrence Solow

Okay, great. Lastly, just for my take, just to summarize it, it sounds like obviously Q1 is a light Top line or mix was a top line was fine. Mix was a little bit light. I hurt your margins a little bit, but it doesn't sound like, you know, from an operating standpoint, much has really changed for your outlook this year. The increasing guidance is more because of your share buyback than anything else. Is that kind of fair to say?

Alan Edrick

Yes, Lawrence, this is Alan. That would be a fair statement at this point in time, yes.

Lawrence Solow

All right. I'm all set then. Thanks. I appreciate it, guys.

Operator

Thank you. And one moment for our next question, which will come from the line of Seth Seifman with JP Morgan. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Seth Seifman

Yes, thanks very much and good afternoon. Um, I wonder, you gave us some some helpful commentary about the the revenue in Q2, just so we're all kind of properly calibrated in terms of, you know, how we get to the year. Um, how do we think about the mix evolving? In Q2. I think, you know, you mentioned or recovery in services growth and, you know, the degree of sequential margin expansion that we might think about.

Alan Edrick

Yes, Seth, this is Alan. So you're correct. We tried to give some color for modeling purposes for Q2 that we give annual guidance. Revenue accelerating meaningfully in Q2, probably that type of growth, you know, doubling if not more than doubling in Q2 with continued acceleration in the second half of the year as well. So we would anticipate that will contribute nicely to expanding margins throughout the balance of the year.

Seth Seifman

Okay. And then maybe I guess as you think about capital deployment, we saw some good share purchase this quarter. Kind of the way that you think about that going forward, you know, still with good cash on the balance sheet and nice conversion this year. Are there interesting things to look at in M&A right now? Is that part of the outlook? Is it kind of more focused on executing this kind of growing backlog that you have and maybe we'll see some more share purchases? Maybe just some updated thoughts on capital deployment.

Ajay Mehra

So, you know, we're, this is Ajay, we're always looking at organic growth. That's always our, you know, number one priority. And we think there are a lot of opportunities out there. So it's not that, you know, we absolutely need an acquisition, but we obviously look at acquisitions. We've done them in the past. And we need to look at acquisition that's strategic. That builds on our momentum and then really increases our market penetration or gives us some complementary markets that we're going after. And, you know, we're always looking at all those opportunities to think about share repurchases.

So there's no set rule here or there, but we look at all three opportunities and we still are.

Seth Seifman

Excellent. Thank you very much.

Operator

Thank you. And as a reminder, to ask a question, please press star 11 on your telephone. Our next question will come from the line of Jeffrey Martin with Ross Capital Partners. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Jeff Martin

Thanks. Good afternoon, Ajay and Alan. Wanted to dig into, you know, how you're thinking about future investment in the RF business with the success that you're having. I know that you've built out overseas manufacturing, you know. Do we have significant capacity at this point, or are you going to have to look to expand capacity? And then could you also touch on, you know, either R&D or future investment and further in the our business?

Ajay Mehra

So, you know, great question. And obviously, we want to make sure, and I'll address the R&D first, that, you know, we start and keep on investing in future products. You obviously want to invest when times are good. And we're actively looking at opportunities there. In terms of expansion. I think we mentioned before we moved into a new facility. We've actually moved into a second new facility. We feel that we have a very robust pipeline that we can meet with the current requirements that we have. And we can always go into a second shift and meet in.

And as we actively talk to customers, that's one of the things we're able to demonstrate that, yes, we have the ability to get more orders and grow and get them in a timely manner. And really, if necessary, it's the kind of business that if you have to add another facility, it will be fairly straightforward for us to do.

Jeff Martin

Great. I think that's the first time I've gotten a great question out of you, Ajay. Thank you. That's all I had. Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. And I'm showing no further questions at this time and I would like to hand the conference back over to Ajay for any closing remarks.

Ajay Mehra

Once again, thank you all for joining our call. We look forward to speaking with you during our next earnings call following the completion of our fiscal 2027 second quarter. Hopefully all of you have an upcoming great holiday season. Thank you very much.

Operator

This concludes today's conference call. Thank you for participating, and you may now disconnect. Everyone, have a great day.

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