Zoetis Inc. (NYSE: ZTS) Third Quarter 2022 Results Conference Call November 3, 2022 8:30 AMm. ET
Participating companies
Steve Frank – Vice President of Investor Relations
Kristin Peck – President and CEO
Wetteny Joseph – Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Erin Wright – Morgan Stanley
Michael Ryskin – Bank of America
Nathan Rich – Goldman Sachs
Louise Chen – Singer
Jon Block – Stifel
Brandon Vazquez – William Blair
Chris Schott – JPMorgan
David Westenberg – Piper Sandler
Steve Scala – Cowen
Michael Parolari-Raymond James
Operator
Welcome to the third quarter 2022 monetary effects conference call and webcast for Zoetis. The call is hosted by Steve Frank, vice president of investor relations at Zoetis.
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For the time being, all participants have listened and the ground will be open for their consultations after the presentation. [Operator Instructions] For the sake of time, we ask that you limit yourself to one consultation and then queue back with any follow-ups. [Operator Instructions]
Now I’m delighted with Steve Frank. Steve, you can start.
Steve Franco
Thank you, operator. Hello everyone and welcome to Zoetis’ third quarter 2022 earnings call. With me today are Kristin Peck, our president and CEO; and Wetteny Joseph, our Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, I remind you that the slides presented on this call are in the Investor Relations segment of our online page and that our comments today will include forward-looking statements. The effects may differ materially from these projections.
For a list and description of certain items that may cause effects to differ, I refer you to the forward-looking statements contained in today’s press release and our filings with the SEC, including, but not limited to, our Annual Report on Form 10. -K and our Report on Form 10-Q. Our comments today will also come with references to certain monetary measures, which have not been prepared in accordance with accepted accounting principles or US GAAP.
Includes a reconciliation of those non-GAAP monetary measures with the maximum U. S. GAAP measures. Directly comparable U. S. earnings release is directly comparable in the currency tables accompanying our Company’s record earnings and 8-K press release dated today, Thursday, November 3, 2022. We also cite operating profit information, which excludes the effect of exchange rates.
With that, I’ll pass the message on to Kristin.
Cristina Peck
Thank you, Steve, and welcome everyone to our Q2 2022 earnings call. As the world faces a dynamic external environment and the uncertainty of the global economy, our business has been tested and continues to perform well, in our varied sustainable resources. Portfolio and global footprint.
In the third quarter, we delivered strong effects with an operating profit expansion of 5%, reflecting strong innovation-driven functionality in our portfolio of other significant animals in our overseas markets. Our overseas business grew by 8% operationally and the U. S. The U. S. economy grew 2% in the quarter.
As we have been saying for some time, source problems remain a barrier to global demand for assembly, and those effects were most pronounced in the third quarter. The offering has taken a step forward in some product categories, such as pest control, and we continue to prioritize sourcing key products and markets. However, we expect restrictions to continue in some categories.
Overall, positive trends in puppy care in terms of increased spending and puppy owner demographics continue to strengthen our business. With 10% operational expansion into other significant puppy products in the third quarter, we continue to see strong global demand for Simparica Trio and other antiparasitics, our reference dermatology products, Apoquel and Cytopoint, small animal vaccines and monoclonal antibodies, Librela and Solensia.
In the U. S. , puppy source limitations moderated some of our expected quarter-long expansion, and we also impacted demanding situations at veterinary clinics. The decline in clinic visits is leveling off at pre-COVID rates as clinics struggle with capacity issues.
That said, the average gain consistent with scale in continues to increase in the U. S. As puppy owners place a higher price on concern for their puppies, a positive long-term outcome. This commitment to puppy well-being is also evident in the good fortune of our monoclonal antibodies for osteoarthritis pain, Librela and Solensia. They are consistent with their exceptionally good performance in the EU and Solensia is on track after its launch in the US. Remedy of pain and externalized condition of cats
Outside of the US, puppy products posted a strong 17% operating expansion. In some of our largest markets, such as China and Australia, we are seeing our cutting-edge puppy care products contribute to the expansion of those historically equity-driven markets.
At the same time, our global livestock business performed in line with expectations in the third quarter, with a 3% decrease in operations. like vaccines.
However, we are seeing a strong growth portfolio, i. e. in poultry and aquaculture products and some markets outside the US. U. S. As we stabilize against the generic festival and review a more steady supply, we will improve the functionality of our farm.
Looking ahead, we remain confident of our company’s cutting-edge strength, especially in spaces such as parasiticides, key dermatological products, vaccines and monoclonal antibodies. Difficult times
However, we are revising our full-year guidance to weaker-than-expected sales at this time due to source constraints, veterinary workforce issues, and recent changes in the exchange rate. We believe it is prudent to take a more cautious view, given the development of uncertainty around the source, inflation and other macroeconomic situations that have become less predictable.
As we look to the future, to our tenth anniversary as an independent company next year and reflect on all that we have completed over the past decade, I feel very positive about where we are and the roles we have to succeed in all demanding situations. Face.
Historically, we have been able to adapt our business to meet visitors’ conversion needs, drive expansion faster than the market, and achieve our purpose of feeding the world and humanity by advancing animal care.
The human-animal bond and people’s connection to puppies and farm animals is powerful. It is a link we have with a diversified portfolio that remains the strength of our business, and we see strong global demand for cutting-edge products, specifically in puppy parasiticides, dermatology, vaccines, diagnostics and monoclonal pain antibodies.
The positive demographics of puppy home owners and their willingness to spend on caring for their puppies continue to be drivers of long-term sustainable expansion, even though some of the demanding workforce situations in clinics and livestock continue to be a vital component of our business, A domain where we particularly drive price for our consumers and shareholders. For our expansion, innovation remains our cornerstone and we continue to invest in the R engine.
Our portfolio of monoclonal antibodies for osteoarthritis pain is a game-changer. It has performed exceptionally well as a puppy remedy and as a driving force for expansion in a number of developing markets, and Librela is expected to be a blockbuster for Zoetis in 2022.
Regarding the approval of Librela in the U. S. In the U. S. , we show the dates of inspections of FDA sites outside the U. S. But its timing makes approval unlikely this year. Given our ongoing discussions with the FDA, we are confident of receiving approval in the first part of 2023 with an expected launch by the end of the year.
In conclusion, our business continues to perform well in a dynamic market and we are well placed to advance our strategic expansion opportunities in parasiticides, dermatology, pain, diagnostics and emerging markets.
While we face challenging constraints, generic festivals and macroeconomic uncertainty, I remain confident in the resilience of our business and our colleagues as we close 2022 and enter 2023.
Given the importance of companionship and nutrition through pets and farm animals and the strength of the human-animal bond, the animal fitness industry has consistently experienced mid-digit growth, even in declining markets. And as a leader in animal fitness, we have the portfolio, market leadership positions, global scale and monetary strength to continue to outperform the market.
Over the past 10 years, under market conditions, we have higher sales of approximately 8% on average. And even in the last recession, when our business was more focused on livestock than pets, we continued to grow.
As we look ahead to the end of the year and into 2023, I expect us to continue to set the bar high for innovation, tame a high-performance culture, and provide incredible visitor experiences. All this will allow us to grow particularly above the market and create a sustainable price for shareholders in this dynamic market.
Thank you. Now leave the baton to Wetteny.
Jose Joseph
Thank you, Kristin, and good morning everyone. As Kristin mentioned, we had a solid quarter with the expansion of several of our core franchises, driven through the functionality of our pets, namely internationally. and provide an update to our guidance for the full year 2022.
In the third quarter, we generated revenue of $2 billion, up 1% on a reported basis and 5% on an operating basis. Adjusted earnings of $566 million decreased 5% on a reported basis and a further 2% on an operating basis. 5% expansion in operating income, 4% came from volume and 1% from price.
4% volume expansion for new products, which come with Simparica Trio and our monoclonal antibodies for osteoarthritis pain in dogs and cats, Librela and Solensia and 1% for key dermatological products, while other online products decreased by 1%. The decrease largely results from problems of origin.
Pet products continued to be the main driving force of the expansion, with an operational expansion of 10%, with livestock down 3% on an operating basis during the quarter. Simparica Trio was the main contributor to the quarter’s expansion. Trio reported a global profit of $172 million, representing an operating expansion of 43% during the same era in 2021. We plan to continue expanding the potential market for fleas, ticks and heartworms globally and see significant room for expansion with brands such as Simparica Trio, Simparica, ProHeart and Revolution Plus.
Meanwhile, our core dermatology products, Apoquel and Cytopoint, experienced forged global expansion internationally with sales of $343 million, representing an operational expansion of 11% compared to a solid year in which those products grew 26% operationally. Profit was $966 million, representing an operating expansion of 18%. International sales of our monoclonal antibodies for osteoarthritis pain in dogs and cats continued to exceed expectations, posting $37 million in sales in the quarter.
Transition to diagnosis. Our global portfolio of puppy diagnostics reported third-quarter sales of $78 million, down 9% operationally. Despite declining revenue, we saw strong investments in new tools during the quarter. .
In the U. S. , our diagnostic effects have also been impacted by the demanding situations of veterinary clinics, and we continue to enjoy a sales slowdown as we transition to our new style of marketing and build a significant new cash force committed to diagnostics. . .
While disruptive in the short term, this investment puts in place the mandatory elements to position and grow our portfolio of diagnostics in the long term. We expect the effectiveness of our new box diagnostic equipment to gradually extend into 2023. Diagnostics remain at the core of our business and a key driving force of long-term expansion for Zoetis.
At the same time, lifestyle sales decreased operationally by 3% in the quarter. Our portfolio continues to face challenges through less expensive generics and opportunities for Draxxin for farm animals, as well as Zoamix for poultry and origin issues for certain products. Our fish portfolio grew 19% operationally in the quarter and, with the strength of our sheep products in Australia, partially offset the broader decline.
Now let’s take advantage of the expansion across the segment for the quarter. Usa. U. S. sales were $1. 1 billion in the quarter, up 2%, with puppy sales up 6% and cattle sales down 7%.
Focus on the puppy first. The effects of our ongoing source issues were most pronounced in the third quarter, mitigating the expansion of our pest control products. In other significant animals in the U. S. 4% less in the quarter.
Despite a decline in scales, the company’s earnings increased by approximately 5% and expenses consistent with scales remained at a high this quarter, increasing more than 9%. The effect of expansion rates on puppy ownership is consistent with COVID normalization and veterinary practices face workforce challenges.
However, the underlying demand for veterinary care remains physically powerful across the country, even as other people return to work. While there are demanding situations for the veterinary clinic workforce, veterinary clinic revenues will continue to grow to higher degrees than we saw. before COVID as the popularity of veterinary care continues to rise through innovation, increased puppy owner demographics, increased compliance, and more puppies.
Even with a strong comparative year, we continue to see volume expansion in our puppy products, driven through our cutting-edge products, such as Trio and our key dermatology products, Apoquel and Cytopoint.
Simparica Trio expansion returned strongly in the quarter with sales of $157 million in the U. S. In the U. S. , an increase of 43%. Despite the influence of supply constraints and demanding situations of the veterinary clinic workforce, we continue to take part in individual clinics. This dynamic will create an additional avenue for long-term expansion of the broader market and profit expansion for Trio.
Sales of key dermatology products in the U. S. U. S. sales were $231 million in the quarter, up 6%, with Apoquel and Cytopoint contributing to the expansion. To date, our dermal product portfolio in the U. S. has been a major development portfolio. The U. S. has grown by 12%. The previous year’s canopy spices on the dermatology scale drove 25% of the scale in expansion in the third quarter of 2021 and helped drive market expansion. This expansion has also been affected by ongoing demanding situations in the puppy clinic’s workforce. We expect continued market expansion for the foreseeable future.
U. S. farm animals U. S. sales declined 7% in the quarter, as expected, as sales of farm animal products were impacted by the generic Jackson festival. Meanwhile, our poultry portfolio in EE. festival for Zoamix. U. S. Sales of red meat products declined 3% in the quarter, mainly due to a larger vaccine festival.
Turning now to our international segment, where revenue decreased 2% on a reported basis and increased 8% operationally in the quarter. Significant international sales of other animals increased by up to 17% operationally and livestock sales remained operationally stable.
The increase in sales of comparator animal products was the result of the expansion of monoclonal antibodies for osteoarthritis pain relief, our main dermatological products and Simparica Trio. We remain excited about the long-term customers of those cutting-edge brands and expect direct long-term results. consumer-facing advertising to drive further expansion. Sales of pet vaccines also contributed to the quarter’s expansion.
We continued the functionality of our monoclonal antibodies against osteoarthritis pain, with Librela generating $31 million and Solensia delivering $6 million in sales in the third quarter. Librela remains on track to surpass $100 million in earnings this year, a new blockbuster for Zoetis.
As discussed in previous quarters, Librela is the number one painkiller in the EU, with underlying functionality measures that are very supportive of long-term growth. Replenishment rates remain high. Compliance continues to exceed our initial expectations and we continue to see a significant opportunity to expand the pain market with a significant percentage of dogs in Librela that are new to the market.
We saw volume expansion in our portfolio of other significant animals overseas in the third quarter and also saw an expansion in our injectable products, monoclonal antibodies and vaccines.
Meanwhile, foreign cattle were operationally sound during the quarter. Our fish portfolio grew by 19% operationally and experienced increased demand for vaccines in major salmon markets, adding Norway and Chile. Sales of sheep products increased due to favourable market situations and the launch of new products in Australia.
The growth was offset by pork sales, which declined due to restrictions from foreign sources and declining sales across Europe due to reduced exports to China and higher input prices for producers. Sales in Brazil also declined due to origin issues for beef products.
In addition, inflationary effects on customer spending are diverting beef consumption to lower-cost animal proteins, such as red meat and poultry, and reducing the profitability of reducers. Finally, the acquisition of Australia-based Jurex was completed on September 30 and is not reflected in our Q3 Results.
Now let’s move on to the rest of the P.
Adjusted operating expenses increased 3% operationally, with general and administrative expenses growing up to 3% operationally, controlled and revised expenses that are starting to return to pre-COVID levels, as well as freight and logistics expenses. R
The adjusted effective tax rate for the quarter 20. 9%, an accumulation of 420 basic problems due to unfavorable adjustments in the jurisdictional allocation of profits, adding a similar favorable minimum to the source of intangible income from foreign sources in the period of the previous year. Finally, adjusted net source of revenue increased 2% on an operating basis and adjusted diluted earnings per share increased up to 4% on an operating basis for the quarter.
Capital expenditures in the third quarter were $154 million. During the quarter, we repurchased approximately $375 million of percentages from Zoetis and returned more than $500 million to percentage holders through a combination of repurchase percentages and dividends. Since the beginning of the year, we’ve bought back only about $1. 2 billion of percentages of Zoetis.
Now let’s move on to our updated guidance for the whole year 2022. For operating profit expansion, we are reducing our expansion from 7% to 8%, in the past from 9. 5% to 10. 5%. We are also reducing our operating expansion. steerage for adjusted net earnings source to a diversity of 9% to 11%, in the past 11% to 13%. This change in approach reflects our third quarter results, the continuing effect of source issues and the existing demanding situations of veterinary staff.
The exchange rates of our updated third class are those of late October and reflect the continued strengthening of the US dollar. Starting with full-year 2022 revenue due to third-class decline and currency impacts, we now expect revenue between $8. 0 trillion and $8. 075 billion.
We minimized our full-year operating expense guidance, reflecting minimal expenses in the third and fourth quarters, reflecting our ability to manage costs. In addition, it should be noted that the expected reduction in our expenses in the fourth quarter is also impacted by significant expenses in the fourth quarter of last year.
In addition, our guidance for adjusted interest expense and OID has been adjusted to reflect favorable adjustments to the source of interest income. We now expect the adjusted net income source to be between $2. 27 billion and $2. 31 billion. And finally, we expect adjusted diluted EPS between $4. 83 and $4. 90 and diluted EPS reported between $4. 51 and $4. 59.
Although lower, our guidance for the full year 2022 once again reflects our proposed online or faster-than-market earnings expansion price and adjusted net source of earnings expansion faster than long-term earnings.
Our good fortune will continue to come from our diverse portfolio of sustainable brands driven through online expansion resources, productive innovation and our infrastructure to expand and expand the market globally. We plan to continue executing on various dimensions of our business and capitalize on key expansion opportunities for the foreseeable future.
Now I will give the baton to the operator to open the line for his questions. Operator?
Q&A session
Operator
Thank you. [Operator Instructions] We’ll take Erin Wright’s first with Morgan Stanley. Go ahead, your line is open.
Erin Wright
Great, thanks for answering my question. So when we think about some of those headwinds and tailwinds similar to 2022, what’s proving more complicated than expected?Are they mainly supply chain issues or other points here?And can you quantify supply chain constraints?What would sales have?
And then, how do we think about those headwinds and broader tailwinds from an operational attitude to 2023, when we think about livestock and pets, low-single-digit livestock expansion in 2023 would be the right way to think about it?And then, if so, how do we think about the operational expansion of pets in 2023?And there I warn. Thank you.
Cristina Peck
Of course. Thank you Aaron. Je I will start and let Wetteny build on this. I mean, I think the first thing to start is essentially and structurally the veterinary sector and, more importantly, the demand for our products is still stronger than before COVID. I think we still have a very healthy business.
If you take a look at some headwinds while we were hunting at this time part of this year, so far the air supply was so far the most important, and I’ll let Wetteny comment on its size, I’d like to say that was the vital driving force for us in the third quarter. And while we’re hunting in the fourth trimester, I mean, definitely, we can also communicate about veterinary clinic visits. But I think that for us, actually, the origin of the problems we were facing were actually the main driving force for us.
And as we look ahead to 2023, I think the very smart news about it is that, looking at the ones that have faced this year, while we’re talking about the source since the beginning of the year, we had issues with MABS. We’ve been running on it. We are now fully supplied with MABS in every market we have entered. So I think this is what we’re talking about.
We had demanding situations in Q2, Q3, honestly, our source arrived too late in Q3. And I think if you look at Simparica Trio in particular, our competition has taken the credit for the smarter shelves. A little more time to get back on the shelf than we expected. But again, I think the paratroopers’ challenge will be the same when you look at Q4.
We also have demanding situations in Rev. for Rev and Simparica, the third quarter is a quarter for us. I think you’ve noticed. I think, again, that the very smart news is that demand for those products is still strong and we have solved most of those source problems. There will be small problems, as you know, in our industry, Aaron, you have been with us for a long time.
We still have demanding situations around vaccines. When you source as many products as we do for so many species around the world, there is a safe spot of them, and some of them will continue next year. But in reality we are convinced that the most demanding situations that we expected this year around the MAB have been fulfilled.
As for the paratroopers, Trio and Rev, we will use them until the end of this year. We have very transparent plans. I mean, obviously, there will be one about vaccines, but it’s more common, of course, but Wetteny, do you need to have any kind of questions at the moment and a third?
Jose Joseph
Yes, of course. Erin, as we said this year, the source remains a barrier to global assembly demand. And as Kristin mentioned, the timing of recovery for some of them is very important. , especially in Trio, even though Trio has done very well, with an expansion of 65% since the beginning of the year.
The truth is that we had cuts during the peak season of antiparasitics for Trio until the second and third quarters, although we recovered at the end of the third quarter, the impact was such that we allowed the competition to be more competitive in eye-catching products in the market. shelves, which we saw this have an effect when we came out of the third trimester.
But in the future, we plan to continue to see some have an effect on Revolution, Revolution Plus, where we selectively look at key markets to offer those products rather than others. That’s all we’re looking for in the fourth quarter, and we’ve reflected that in the direction we’ve launched today.
So, even though our business faces other effects outside the source, whether it’s hard or macro work in certain markets. By far the limitations of the source are the ones that affect the most here, investigating how we have noticed the kind of transition this year compared to what we saw before. So if you look at the update here of about $200 million in policy reduction, I would say substitution and foreign sourcing account for more than 75% of that, with the source being the vast majority of that.
Operator
We’ll be taking our next Michael Ryskin with Bank of America. Please move on.
Michel Ryskin
Super. Merci. Et I have a quick follow-up on this last point, and then move on to anything else. So, in terms of origin issues, I think a big component of what you just discussed, Kristin and Wetteny, is that because you have those demanding situations the fourth, your competition has taken inventory merit. How does it deserve us to think about this in the long term?Is this a change of transience?
Which means, once you’ve figured out some of Revolution’s older products, but also Trio, whether it happens this quarter or next, will it be able to gently push the competition out of the positions of the, or is it something that’s going to be a little harder to get back on track there?
And then I also need to cope with Librela’s approval. It turns out that this delay has slipped a bit with the inspection date OUT. I wonder how this adjusts your launch expectations and ramp expectations in the US?U. S. I mean, you talked about launching in the moment part of 2023 or later in 2023. So, just the dynamic there. Thank you.
Cristina Peck
Of course. I’ll start and let Wetteny build on this one. As far as competition is concerned, yes, I’m very confident that we’re going to get our garage area back, and there is, is, it’s temporary. We are not worried as Wetteny said, this product is actually well earned through our consumers and puppy owners. It increases by 65% during the year. So I’m pretty sure we’re going to get it back. So surely this is temporary.
So I think the other thing here, when we take a look at Simparica Trio, in particular, is that, as far as the festival is concerned, the most recent update we have is that we no longer expect a festival in early 2023 based on what we hear.
As always, it is complicated as a personal enterprise and provides us with a lot of data about some of the personal companies here and that many of them are not public, however, our fundamental intelligence at this point is that we do not see anything being introduced. He also opposed us at the beginning of the year, and obviously we will take this opportunity to gain a market share as well. So I think it’s also one more news when we think of Trio.
And with respect to Librela, I mean, notoriously we expected approval this year, depending on when we get it next year, we just have to. . . Everything moves depending on whatever. But without knowing the precise moment of approval for next year, it changes proportionally, as you know.
So I think that’s just the only additional news out there. We’re confident that, whatever happens, we’re going to have a launch next year. But the moment is that we will have to update it once. We get final approval for it. I don’t know, Wetteny, did I miss anything?
Jose Joseph
Listen, if you look at the combination, leakage, tick, heartworm, is still a new popular care. And what you continue to see is in this very vital component of the market, which is north of $5 billion globally. . This expansion that goes from topical and oral, from topicals and necklaces to oral, and then now with triple combinations, we will continue to expand this in the market and also grow the market.
So, even with the competition, we plan to keep growing. So this dynamic that we described that takes place at the end of the third quarter, between the second and third quarters, we see it as a transient effect, and we’re continuing to drive our percentage here. And, above all, since we do not anticipate a delay in terms of competition, it is difficult to say precisely when this will happen. It may only take place in 2023, but we don’t. expect it at the beginning of the year.
As far as Librela is concerned, what I would say is that we are still incredibly satisfied and the product continues to perform better than we expected across Europe. year and had to give in terms of delaying launches in other markets.
As we close out the year, next year we hope to be able to launch the product in more markets outside the U. S. And the product, again, continues to work very well for us. We are very happy with that.
And that kind of delay in terms of when actual approval will take hold in the U. S. Given the momentum we’re seeing in terms of expanding the 40% of dogs that have been put into the product and are new to the market position. A shorter product duration, etc. , bodes well for some kind of continued expansion in this domain and expansion of the pain market position beyond launch, and so on.
Operator
And we’re going to take our next Nathan Rich consultation with Goldman Sachs. Go ahead.
Rich Nathan
Great. Thanks for the questions. I also kept track of source restrictions. Wetteny, it turns out that, according to his comment on the second-half earnings review, the source restrictions would be something like a 200-300 base point that would affect the second half. Volumes. I wondered if that number was in the right range.
And as we look to the future, will there be headwinds in the fourth quarter?It seemed like those: the vast majority of limitations could have been resolved by the end of the third quarter. I just wanted to see what I expect for the third, for the fourth quarter, excuse me. And then, in 2023, do you think there will be persistent restrictions on the source or that everything will be resolved at this point?Thank you.
Jose Joseph
So listen, what I would say is that the origin factor is not unique to us, given the wide variety of products and species. Does. I think the point that we are seeing now has been higher in recent years. And in particular, we saw more of an effect here in the third quarter, given the timing of our recovery in some of them, right?
So I think we expect to see a continued effect in the fourth quarter, but we’ve taken that into account in the direction we just released today. I discussed Revolution, for example, being one of them and, frankly, during the years at MABS where we are confident in our ability to deliver on the call for next year, not only in Europe but in other markets outside Europe.
We made compromises at MABS even between, say, Cytopoint and Librela, right?So I think the effects have had their effects this year. But as we approach next year, we are sure of ourselves.
I think vaccines are a domain where you see some limitations of origin and some challenges, and I think we’ll continue to see them in 2024 and at the end of the year we’ll continue to make progress on Revolution, but in fact, it’s also affecting the fourth quarter, that’s what I would say.
Of course, we will have many more colors to get in the next call compared to 2023, but we are sure of the biggest products that have the greatest impacts. If you look at Trio from the perspective of a plague, confidence in terms of source for the coming year. And for our MABS, especially the Librela releases, etc. , and for Cytopoint for next year, we are also very confident about that. So, those are big drivers for us in 2023.
Operator
And we’re going to take our next consultation from Louise Chen with Cantor. Continúe. Su line is open.
Luisa Chen
Hello. Thank you for answering my questions. I sought to ask him about the potential festival looming for some of his key products next year. Do you still think you can grow through them if they arrive next year?
And then, the question I asked him about innovation and improvement. When will you see this next phase of innovation and when will we see expansion that exceeds that kind of 3-4% that we’ve traditionally noticed for a while?Thank you.
Cristina Peck
Of course. Louise, in your first consultation about the festival, I think the good news is that we no longer expect a festival at the beginning of the year at Trio. But no matter when the festival comes up, I think we’ll continue to grow because of that. If you take a look at this category, even when [indistinguishable] brought and saw one and then two and then three, this category grew, we announced a triple mix and grew incredibly well.
Wetteny discussed above, there is still movement of topics and necklaces and it is a cutting-edge category. So I think you’ll continue to see growth.
In dermatology I would say the same. I think a competitor can help us continue to expand this market. There are still 6 million untreated dogs. The use of this product worldwide remains particularly lower than in the United States when you have the same number of dogs with the conditions. So we continue so that there is expansion in those sectors.
Obviously, expansion can slow down with a competitor, but I still think those will be expansion markets. I think innovation. And remember, we continue to see lifecycle innovations from all those products. We don’t avoid with what we have. So I think there’s a lot of visibility about a competitor that might be coming in, but not necessarily about some of the inventions in the key product categories that we’re going to continue to make. When it comes to innovation and livestock, Wetteny, do you mean expansion rates?
Jose Joseph
Yes, of course. Look, I think if you take a look at livestock, as we’ve said, it’s a segment that shows a historic expansion in diversity of 3 to 4%. And given the effect we’re seeing from the generic festival for Draxxin, Zoamix, etc. , our functionality is inferior to those. But while we’re sitting here, if, for example, we excluded the Draxxin effect on a pro forma basis, we would see an expansion in our cattle business. , even in the quarter where we got a negative result of 3% in the third quarter, which is similar to the last quarter.
So, I think as we look to come out this year, I think farm animals will have less functionality than you saw in the third quarter, given the intensification of some generic competition. But beyond that, as we look beyond the launch from 2023 to 2024, et cetera, we’re going to have to take a look at what macro is.
I think if you take a look at cattle in key markets in Brazil and elsewhere in the U. S. In the U. S. , we’re actually going to have to keep looking at what macro is. But in terms of innovation, we’re still making inventions that, frankly, I don’t see the effect this year because of the effect of generic competition.
So if you look at the inhibition in terms of poultry with vector-borne vaccines that we’re starting to roll out in the United States. If you look at some of our swine vaccines that we’re rolling out elsewhere, we’ve also had source restrictions in which countries. Therefore, he does not see the full effect of these. But beyond this year and beyond generic competition, there is this type of offering, it’s starting to see an expansion that arises from our breeding business.
I just need to make one more point to get back to the dermis. We are not. . . Last admission, we said that we do not see festival for the epidermis in the first part of next year. Now, 3 months later, there is still no news, right?So, I think, as you know, in space, it’s not that we have an express knowledge of what other people have.
And so, it’s been an era of about six months that we look to the future. And 3 months later, we still don’t see anything. That doesn’t mean we’re expecting a festival next year, it’s just that we don’t. I have some knowledge that there will be one in the first part of the year. So I just need to make that explanation when you asked about next year’s festival.
Operator
And we’re going to take our next Jon Block consultation with Stifel. Go ahead. Your line is open.
Jon Block
Thank you gars. Bonjour. Je you will ask for either in advance. I think the 2022 exit margin was, I think, largely unchanged despite declining earnings. Also sought after to invest, you have significant new opportunities ahead. So how do we think about this? In other words, is this an OpEx boost in investing through 2023, or do we still expect the net source of profit to grow decently above earnings next year 2023?
And then, Kristin, just to replace gears, could you maybe work out a little, call it, the company’s line of fire to totally solve those source restrictions in 2023?At least to me, it seemed that the Trio’s challenge came here as a small surprise. And maybe just a nod to this, will these sales be lost, lost entirely, or at least partially boosted?Can it be picked up in early 2023? Thanks guys.
joseph joseph
Oui. Je will answer the first component of how we analyze margins and investments, and so on. We’ve made a number of investments across the company, whether you look at what we’re doing at R.
So we’re going to keep making those investments, but we have the ability to manage discretionary spending and you see that in the third quarter, where OpEx was under earnings expansion. And in fact, aside from the difference in tax rates compared to last year, if you take a look at our pre-tax earnings, they increased up to 8% in a 5% revenue expansion.
And we have the capacity to continue to do so. And I believe we will continue to use courage to increase our margins. The combination is in our favor, as pets continue to grow faster than cattle. %. So this combine is in our favor, although we see some reimbursement in terms of inflation etc. , however, they continue to see those drivers, and we can anticipate the ones that will take place next year.
Therefore, we will continue to invest in safe areas, again, with R
However, there may be quarters in which it does not develop exactly. But I think if you take a look at a year, you’ll see that we continue to do that. naturally we do, however, that’s because we make investments where we see the need, but we will still manage to deliver a P every year.
Cristina Peck
And, of course, I will answer your query for the time being about visibility in the solution of the offer. As we ended the year, like many corporations in many other industries, we knew that source issues would be waiting for things as you look at those where: In your opinion, we were a little surprised by what happened in particular with Trio and Rev.
I mean the right answer is yes, we think they would do it faster. It’s not that we didn’t know it was a capacity issue. We needed to build capacity and more particularly some of that in a third party. The third party involved took us a little longer than expected. We set up a genuine OpEx team there to review and analyze it, and the solution time took us longer than expected for this case.
Why do I have visibility on why I say it’s better?Because we have a weekly call, I watch their release on a weekly basis for Revolution and Trio, and they’re doing great. I think they deliver regularly. They are operational. That’s why I have visibility, and that’s why I have wonderful confidence.
And that’s why Wetteny is confident that while we’re looking for the factor during the fourth quarter, we’re handling backorders lately. So, we just have to get the product to market, and we’re prioritizing the most vital and right markets. Now, and we will get it to everyone later this year, early next year.
But when you come back, a few months with a product like Rev, for example, in markets where it’s a massive product, it takes a while to fill them completely. And that’s why we have full confidence. We knew what the challenge wasArrayQue the capacity there. With Librela and Solensia, they were components, and we knew we were competing too. That’s why Wetteny talking about it, we were making compromises between the products there. We have all this in stock.
Many of them were similar to COVID. Some of them were of similar capacity and others of similar components. It has been difficult for many corporations to succeed over this. But as a management team, we manage this care fully, as Wetteny and I said in the quarterly calls at the first moment. , through constant execution with GMS, we have complete visibility of what’s happening for each of those products, and that’s why we trust them when and when we have a full source in key markets. Charge.
Jose Joseph
Listen, I think one of the things I’ve learned literally in the last 18 months in this area is that it’s not if you’re recovering from a source constraint, it’s when you’re recovering. So we already communicated about parasiticides from the point of view of the season. But this is true for all livestock.
If you plan to inventory in time for the fall farm animal race in the United States, it’s important. So if you missed that window, it will have a bigger effect than you thought. So if you were making plans and executing that based on the moment, and you cover yourself a little later, that’s when you start to see the effect. And I think that’s what’s at stake here when we leave Q3 and why some of those might seem a little unexpected to you.
Operator
And we’re going to take our next consultation from Brandon Vazquez with William Blair. Continúe. Su line is open.
Brandon Vazquez
Hello World. Thank you for accepting my question. I tried to focus on: we communicated that approximately 75% of the reduced consultant was FX and some of the source limitations. Maybe that smaller portion, 25% or less, I think, was due to problems with veterinary staff. Possibly, can you tell us a little bit about the type of replacement that could have gotten progressively worse in terms of veterinary staffing, how it evolves in the fourth quarter, so we can believe how this might be a headwind as we move into 2023?And really, what kind of confidence do you have?Would it be possible that it is not a call to a challenge as macro situations worsen and is really just a challenge from veterinary staff?Thank you.
Cristina Peck
Of course. I mean, listen, I’m stopping by to get back to where I started. If you look at the call for the veterinary clinic, there is no doubt that it is still fundamentally sound. Today’s staff and veterinary visits are ahead of what they were. before COVID. So it’s not like, oh my God, everything happened, where are we going. It’s a realignment. And I think, why are we sure of ourselves in the call?Well, there are more pets, I mean, the explanation for why we have a capacity challenge is rarely that there are fewer visits, is that there are more pets than we had before while noticing the kind of pandemic boom.
Pet parents are millennials. They spend more time with their pets, spend more money on their pets. They invest more in preventive care for their pets, which increases demand. Therefore, we are very confident that the demand is very strong. It has proved resilient in other challenging macroeconomic times. So what we want to work with veterinarians is how to best leverage vet techs and other tactics to make sure they can see as many pets as possible.
So we remain very confident, it’s not a question of demand, it’s a question of capacity. We want to build more capacity than they had before COVID. There are tactics to do this by helping them in their productivity in other spaces.
But, I mean, just putting that in numbers, why are we convinced that everything is going well, if you look at the big picture right now, the spending consistent with scale at more than 9%, and the highest clinical gain of 5% the quarter?We saw a 4% drop in vet scales, but it was more than a quarter at unprecedented levels, if we take a look at the last quarter. Therefore, the veterinary industry is structurally and fundamentally healthy. We want to help them create additional capacity for all the new pets we have, but I think the call is still high.
Jose Joseph
I would just say, look, as I said before, there are other points that have an effect on our business. I mean you see a macro in some determined markets. So if I look at Brazil, for example, you see a decrease. in industry, from beef to poultry and pork. If you take a look at China, we still see that lockdowns have an effect on consumption, i. e. on the livestock side.
But if you take a look at puppy functionality, even in those markets, despite significant disappointments in China, you’ll see a strong double-digit expansion in puppies. We’ve noticed a double-digit expansion in puppies even in Brazil, despite the macro. So I think it’s a testament to resilience, especially on the puppy side, even in macro challenging areas.
And then, the other thing I’ll say in terms of a very strong composition is that if you take a look at the epidermis, our third quarter last year, the epidermis exceeds 26% globally. So when there are limitations in the capacity of the workforce in the veterinary clinic, being able to carry beyond that point of expansion compared to last year becomes a challenge. So, again, acquisition is by far the biggest challenge we’ve faced all year and indeed in the 3rd quarter. But the macroeconomic scenario remains largely demand-driven, remaining solid.
Operator
And we’re going to take our next Chris Schott consultation with JPMorgan. Go ahead.
Chris Schott
Great, thank you very much. Just a few quick questions for me. I just need to move back to Trio. With this competitive delay you talk about for the start of next year. Will there be source issues like a speed limiter for Trio expansion in 2023 or will it be more of a single factor in 2022?So, I guess, can you take full credit for this festival delay as we think about next year’s spring season??
And my query at the moment was about the ongoing problems of the source. I know it is: In the short term, there’s not much I can do about it. Is there any ability to maintain superior inventories or just think about the source to make sure of that?, do these disorders not recur in the future? Again, I know you can’t deal with this in the third quarter, but just like we’re thinking about some kind of 2023 and beyond, or do you see it, as discussed, as a time when there’s not much capacity to deal with it?Thanks a lot.
Cristina Peck
Of course. Looking at Trio for 2023, yes, we will be able to seize the opportunity. Once again, the challenge we had this year of getting a new capability online with a third party took longer than expected. It’s online and works well. So we remain confident ahead of ourselves heading into next year that we can seize this opportunity and, in fact, we have plans to do so. And your query at the moment about . . . what is your query at the moment?
Chris Schott
The ability to manage stock and so on. . .
Cristina Peck
Oui. Je means, look, we need, by the way, we’ve tried to do this before. If you look, focus on resilience and better manage inventory. If you look at our inventory, we’ve invested heavily to make sure we have spare parts. As we see in our industry, being out of inventory takes a significant toll on the company. So, we know how we can invest in that.
But cautiously, a lot of the backlog you’re seeing right now is raw fabrics and things like that to make sure we have on hand what we want to do, and that’s what we have in our most important products. A lot of that through inventory, assuming you have the capacity.
But if you take a look at the more demanding situations we’ve faced this year, it was about integrating the capability of key products and getting some of the parts for things like MAB. And we’ve already figured it out: in the MAB sense, and we have the capacity online. So yes, you can definitely take stock in some cases, when your challenge is capacity or a component. But I don’t know if you need to carry anything.
Jose Joseph
The only thing I would say is that the moves we’ve taken this year will continue to run against us, it gives us confidence in our ability to capitalize on the opportunity here with a lag from a competitive standpoint. But what I’ve learned in the last two years and more is that things are going down in this world, whether it’s in the United States or Europe, etc.
So, barring primary events, we’re confident in our ability to capitalize on that and execute to meet product demand. And we expect that we will continue to see requests beyond the arrival of a competitor as well, for the reasons they have already stated.
Operator
It is ok. We’ll take our next David Westenberg with Piper Sandler. Please continue.
David Westenberg
Hello. Thank you for answering my questions. Most in the chain of origin have already gotten an answer. Then I’ll start with Librela, I think they discussed that it’s a blockbuster. I think sometimes we think of animal fitness as if it were or another significant animal that is part of the United States, part outside the United States. Is there anything express outside the U. S. ? That has made it resonate so well, or we would still deserve this perhaps $200 million product if it were available in the U. S. USA?
And then a consultation for Wetteny, they discussed a lot more, I think, about festivals on farm animals and I’ve heard comments in the past. I mean, I think they communicated about poultry vaccines and Draxxin. Draxxin, of course, has been the recurring problem. Can you communicate about. . . There’s some way to quantify how much this quarter or what we’re seeing now is festival versus just livestock dynamics because, of course, the livestock dynamics have been a little weaker. And I just need to see how transient this is and how permanent it can be. Thank you for the inquiries.
Cristina Peck
Of course. So I’m going to answer your first question and let Wetteny answer the second. With Librela in mind, we’re proud that it’s a blockbuster in its first full year of release outside the United States. I would like to point out that it has not even been introduced in all markets outside the United States. I wouldn’t even say it’s all there.
And if you just take a step back here, when you look at the dog pain category globally, historically it’s a market of around $400 million. We believe that with this product, we can double the length of this market. And we’ve talked about that before, going from a $400 million market to an $800 million market.
We can do it because we believe that the effectiveness of this product is really strong. So if you think about it, we think we can treat more dogs. It doesn’t have some of the protection profile issues of other products. We’re seeing other people stay there longer.
It is already in Europe, the number one analgesic product, as you think. So we are, we are very strongly. If you take a look at this, 40% of Librela consumers are new to the category. It speaks to the strength of this product, it is the excitement with us. And we’re seeing a 90% replenishment rate. So, I think you’ll see a significant prospect for this product, when you look at the possibility of expanding it externally to other markets, as Wetteny mentioned earlier, beyond those that have already been introduced internationally. .
We’ve noticed that in some of those really complex generation products, the U. S. UU. es larger than overseas in most of those products. We talked about it in previous calls, it is incredibly well done and where it has even surprised us the other way around, is how many months many consumers stay there.
So, we’re going to continue to see how it evolves over time, but we’re very positive about this product, not just internationally, but as we introduce it in the U. S. We expand internationally. But Wetteny, do you need to answer the question of the moment?about cattle?
Jose Joseph
Yes, of course. Look, the first thing I would say is that there is no structural replacement in terms of the competitive nature of livestock. It has been competitive and continues to be. So our comment here today and what we’ve talked about over the last two years is not necessarily different.
What is that the generic festival has had an effect on us in recent years as we expected, as we have said. $350 million in revenue. It is by far the largest single type of product within the farm. And so, certainly, as we had anticipated, about 20% has an effect in the first year, 20% more in the year.
The first year was a little more than that. It was south by 20%, but the current year is above. And so, even in the neighborhood, maybe a little worse than we thought at first, compared to Jackson, but there’s no other great product like that. I would say that, in the portfolio, Zoamix also had some competition, but it didn’t come close to the length of a Jackson.
In short, not replacing in terms of what we are seeing in terms of livestock competitiveness, is just a little more intensification in terms of products that have generics if they are important.
Operator
And we’re going to take our next Steve Scala consultation with Cowen. Go ahead.
Steve Scala
Thank you so much. First, just to clarify, in the ready comments, it was indicated that the problems of origin were more pronounced in the third quarter and there was greater uncertainty. Can you explain why source problems peaked in the third quarter and why there is now more uncertainty in comparison?To what was observed in the current quarter or to what was supposedly expected in the fourth quarter?
And then, secondly, the blockades in China were mentioned. Can you quantify the impact? And finally, what is Lincoln’s ability to make monoclonal antibodies against pain?At one point I thought there was a small-scale production there. Is this an extension option? Thank you.
Jose Joseph
So, I’ll start and see if Kristin needs to carry anything. In terms of origin issues, I think we’ve described in some detail what we’ve seen happening and why the impact was more visual in the third. quarter, although we also made significant progress at the end of the quarter.
So, they have an effect on what we’re seeing in the third trimester, if we double-click on parasiticides, for example, I mean, with Trio, I mean, starting in the first trimester, we had interruptions in Trio for some forces, et cetera. And we continue to travel with limitations throughout the year. But notably, at the time and in the third trimester, those disruptions actually left more area in veterinary clinics for competition to fill the shelves. We entered the 3rd trimester, again, going to be in parasiticide season, we saw adjustments in terms of new patients leaving necklaces and topics, for example, entering oral, instead of entering our product entering some of our competition, because our competition filled the shelves when we had empty. That’s why we’ve noticed a bigger impact in terms of what we’ve seen, especially for Trio.
The revolution has been a problem, frankly, the year and the rest, even though we’ve entered the fourth quarter here, so we say we continue to see uncertainty in some products here. I would say vaccines are relatively not unusual position in the industry in terms of origin issues. And again, we’ve noticed a little bit more this year. And again, specifically in the third quarter, given farm animals in the U. S. UU in the fall, etc.
So we saw some of that: The effect of those outages was most pronounced during the quarter. So I hope this will provide you with a lot, if there is a follow-up, I am sure you can communicate with Steve offline as well. But that’s the detail we share.
As far as MABS capability goes, those are long-term areas, right?If you take the time to manufacture, it is a long time, the time to load the capacity of monoclonal antibodies is also relatively long. So we’ve been working on this for some time, so as we’ve done this year, we’re — and we’re expressing confidence in the coming year not only to be able to capitalize on the call that we’re seeing across Europe, but we’re going to be able to launch other products outside of Europe in our overseas segment with confidence. Because we have been able to expand in various areas.
I will not enter an express site in terms of its capacity. But let’s just say our monoclonal antibody manufacturing occupies more than one position in terms of where we do it. From last year to this year, I’ve been talking about it all year.
And it continues to see a slight buildup in CapEx as we enter the next year or two, as we continue to invest in capacity and monoclonal antibodies are a vital platform for us, not just in terms of epidermis with the Cytopoint with pain franchise. , other products that we are running in our portfolio, we want it. We will continue to invest in MAB’s capacity.
Cristina Peck
Some follow-ups there. I mean, first of all, the comment on uncertainty had to do with the macroeconomic environment. The factor is that we’re still seeing very strong customer demand, but there’s still confidence that we’ll potentially have a recession in the first quarter, second quarter, P3. To be clear, there is no greater uncertainty in procurement. It’s the uncertainty about the macroeconomic environment and what we’ll see in 2023 or even the fourth quarter. So, let me be clear, the uncertainty signals that it’s not similar to acquisitions.
The only one: the comment. I will comment on China’s consultation. I mean, look, in the third quarter, China grew by 35% even with those lockdowns, again, underlying what I said, the demand for our products is still very strong.
What is vital is that 4 or 5 years ago, it was most commonly a cattle business. Last year it became 50-50 between farm animals and pets. And if you look at it now, the closures are obviously affecting livestock, however pets, and since they are close to 50-50, they have almost double what they see as China’s growth.
So even with the lockdowns, we see that China is still a strong market for us and it’s doing pretty well. So I think we can triumph over those blockages. I mean, listen, if we, the lockdown staff, who don’t show up based on the news of the last 24 hours, there’s something that’s going to happen in the short term, it’s possible for farm animals to recover a little faster. of what they are. But again, even in this environment, even with lockdowns, it has noticed a 35% expansion in the third quarter in China. So I’d like to highlight that.
Operator
We will take our next from Elliot Wilbur with Raymond James.
michel paralari
Hi, guys. I’m Michael Parolari from Elliot. Thank you for answering my questions. So, first of all, you may have touched on this topic before, so sorry if I missed this comment, but an early comment on how we deserve to think about the effects of currencies on profit and margin trends until 2023?
And then the question of the moment is that the contribution to the expansion of value this quarter, I think, you said, was 1% compared to 3% in the last two quarters. Most of the industry seems to be moving in the other direction, given the existing macroeconomic environment. So, I was wondering if you can cope with what has had a negative effect on this contribution to expansion throughout the era and how you think it will move forward. Thank you.
Jose Joseph
Yes, I’m going to start. And see what Kristin will add. First of all, when it comes to currencies, if you take a look at this year, currencies have an effect on revenues, given the strength of the US dollar, it is around 4%. So, during the year, 4%, or about $39 million compared to last year’s rates. If you look at the impact at the end of the day, it’s about 8%. And so, from an EPS perspective, that’s around $0. 36 headwind. That’s around $0. 07 less than our previous guidance, given the continued strength of the U. S. dollar.
That’s where we are. We won’t wait for what FX could do. But our forecasts are based on rates at the end of October here. And we’ll continue to update ourselves, but we’ll focus on commenting on operational expansion given the impact on the exchange rate, but that’s the effect we’re seeing this year.
But if I can’t cope with the value here, on an annual basis, if you take a look at our puppy product sales and revenue, we take about 5% of the value on an annual basis. So what pretty much makes up for that is what he’s been talking about. about here today, which is a generic competition, that is, in Jackson, which is offsetting that expansion where you see a net 1% in the quarter. But since the beginning of the year, our value is around 2%.
If it comes with the effect of the generic festival and more than that without, but the puppy is where we have cutting-edge products, we continue to see strong demand, and we take the price at around 5%.
And if you take a look at our margins, about 90 basic problems decreased year over year, FX is the biggest contributor to that. So if you remove FX, you have about 20 basic problems. So, essentially, our value trade-offs go up in production costs, et cetera, being the value and the mix and so on, that’s what we’re seeing. So therein lies the mismatch.
We’re right about what you can see in other parts of the industry, our veterinary practices, given the higher demand we continue to see, are taking on a value equivalent to or higher than what we also take in that 5% in pets.
Operator
And we will move on to Balaji Prasad with Barclays.
unidentified analyst
I am Makayla for Balaji. Thank you for answering my question. At Trio alone, I wonder what the penetration of corporate accounts has been and how much room is left for further expansion. Thank you.
Jose Joseph
Yes. We are very satisfied with the penetration into giant corporate accounts. We’re at around 90%, but we still see more space, even within those giant corporate accounts, to develop the use of Trio. And we’re proceeding to paint on those, and that’s the component where our expanded box force in the U. S. focuses on. It is in the U. S. , obviously, with other product launches, et cetera, and through the epidermis to continue to penetrate and so on.
We are very happy with the overall penetration in giant companies. We also continue to paint on small and medium-sized beads. And we see more space in those penetrated clinics for greater Trio use. I don’t know if you’d upload anything to that, Cristina.
Cristina Peck
Oh no.
Operator
And there are no additional questions at this time. I will call Kristin Peck again for any final comments.
Cristina Peck
Listen, thank you all for your questions today and for your continued interest in Zoetis. In summary, we continue to see the strength of our diversified global portfolio, specifically in our other significant puppy care products and core animal health drivers. , as I said in this call, they have remained basically and structurally very strong.
We continue to invest in skill and innovation, indeed, in production expansions, as we have discussed today, that can contribute to this long-term growth, while adapting and optimizing our business for the increasingly dynamic macroeconomic environment in which we all operate. keeping you informed of upcoming calls. Thank you very much for joining us today.
Operator
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