OSI Systems, Inc.

Thank you for standing by. Hello, and welcome to the OSI Systems Inc. Third Quarter 2025 Conference Call. I would now like to turn the call over to our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Alan Edrick. Mr. Edrick, please go ahead.

Thank you very much. Good morning, and thank you for joining us today. I'm Alan Edrick, Executive Vice President and CFO of OSI Systems, and I'm here today with A.J. Merrow. OSI's President and CEO. Welcome to the OSI Systems Fiscal 25 Third Quarter Conference Call. We are pleased that you can join us as we review our financial and operational results. Please excuse my voice today as I am a bit under the weather. Earlier today, we issued a press release announcing our Fiscal 25 Third Quarter financial results. Before we discuss these results, however, I'd like to remind everyone that today's discussion will include forward-looking statements, and the company wishes to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements made on 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. During today's call, we'll refer to both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures when describing the company's results. For further information regarding non-GAAP measures and comparable GAAP measures of the company's results, and a quantitative reconciliation of those figures, please refer to today's earnings press release. I will begin with a high-level summary of our financial performance for the third quarter of fiscal 25, and then turn the call over to AJ for a discussion of our business and our operational performance. We will then finish with more detail regarding our financial results and a discussion of our updated outlook for fiscal year 25. Our third quarter financial results were strong with multiple Q3 records across different financial metrics. We are excited by the momentum across our businesses as we conclude fiscal 25 over the next two months and get ready to kick off fiscal 26. Now for the high-level summary of our Q3 results. First, revenues increased 10 percent year-over-year to a Q3 record of $444 million, with growth in each of the three divisions highlighted by a 10 percent year-over-year revenue increase in our security division and a 15 percent year-over-year increase in our opto division, including intercompany sales. The strong revenue growth led to record Q3 non-GAAP adjusted earnings per share of $2.44. Third, bookings were significant. And with a book-to-bill ratio exceeding 1.0 in Q3, we finished the quarter with a record backlog of more than $1.8 billion. This backlog and robust pipeline of opportunities provides good visibility going forward. And fourth, we generated record Q3 operating cash flow of 82 million, representing a $134 million jump over the negative cash flow of 52 million in the same quarter in the last fiscal year. This performance was driven by strong profits and an improvement in working capital metrics. Before diving more deeply into our financial results and discussing our updated outlook for the full fiscal year 25 year, I will turn the call over to Ajay.

Thank you, Alan, and welcome to the OSI Systems Earning Call for the third quarter of fiscal 2025. We are pleased to report another record-breaking quarter with numerous financial metrics, as Alan described. With a quarter-end record backlog of over $1.8 billion, we are focused on finishing fiscal 25 strong and continuing to build the foundation for fiscal 26. Before we dive into our divisional highlights and outlook, I want to address the evolving global trade environment, particularly the recent U.S. tariff policies that have introduced uncertainty across industries. With significant revenue generated from international markets, we're not immune to these challenges. However, while instability surrounding international trade regulation is a continuing concern, our team is taking action to mitigate the impact of rising trade frictions that may affect our business. We're actively pursuing cost optimization and engaging in strategic pricing discussions with customers and suppliers. These efforts, combined with a diversified portfolio and strong customer relationships, position us to navigate the landscape while continuing to drive value for our shareholders. As we speak, we do not anticipate any meaningful P&L impact from tariffs on our Q4 results. Given the ongoing volatility in this area, it is difficult at this time to assess impacts on periods further out on the calendar. We will update you further on our earnings call next quarter. This quarter performance was fueled by exceptional execution in the security division and robust growth in the optoelectronics and manufacturing division. In healthcare, we are encouraged by the positive momentum positioning us well for long-term growth. Let's discuss each division in more detail, starting with security, where revenues increased 10 percent year over year. This top-line performance was particularly notable since we had a challenging comparison with last year's record results. Demand for our products and services continues to be strong across multiple regions. with robust bookings. Even with a sizable backlog conversion to revenue, the division ended the quarter with a record backlog, reinforcing our confidence in sustained positive momentum. Our performance at ports and borders was powerful this quarter with significant new orders, and we announced a few of them, including a $12 million order for Eagle M60BX systems with advanced imaging capabilities, a $17 million order from a North American customer for Eagle M60 systems under a multi-year framework, and a $24 million order for ZPortal high-throughput drive-through inspection systems for scanning large vehicles and cargo containers. Recently, we announced another award received during Q3 for orders totaling $50 million from an existing U.S. customer to support the ongoing deployment of our cargo inspection systems. These awards highlight the global demand for our innovative and high-performance inspection solutions designed to secure borders and critical infrastructure. Our aviation and checkpoints business remains robust as ongoing investments continue to be funded by airport and air cargo customers upgrading or expanding security infrastructure. During the quarter, we announced a $76 million order for a major international airport to deploy RTT-110 explosive detection systems and Itemizer 5X for hull baggage and trace detection. This is the largest award for a major airport in the history of the company. Our broad portfolio and technology leadership continue to be recognized by customers worldwide. Our security services business, including turnkey operations, continues to perform as anticipated, demonstrating our experience and capability to deliver highly customized solutions. Earlier in the fiscal year, we further expanded our engineering and manufacturing capabilities for defense and security markets through a strategic acquisition of an RF-based solutions business principally serving defense customers. During Q3, we secured a $32 million order, international order, for long-range secure communication systems with integration and deployment support. This business is building nice momentum, and we are pleased with the early successes. We are proud of our growing role in supporting secure, long-range communications worldwide for military and government applications. Overall, we anticipate the global focus funding and funding for defense and security will continue to trend in our favor over the long run. Moving on to the Optoelectronics and Manufacturing Division, which delivered a standout quarter with revenues growing 15 percent year over year, surpassing 100 million in sales for another quarter and achieving record nine-month sales. The division saw strong operating margin expansion. Growth was driven by sales to multiple OEMs across industries, including medical and consumer technology, with flexible circuit products performing exceptionally well. Opto continues to benefit from a vertically integrated structure and is well positioned for future growth opportunities. Although bookings remain steady in the face of global tariff uncertainties, we will remain vigilant to address any potential challenges in the upcoming months. A global manufacturing footprint in Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Canada, Mexico, and of course the U.S. positions us to help existing and new customers adjust their value chains to minimize tariff impacts potentially enabling the division to gain market share. We expect Opto to maintain its momentum into Q4. Now let's move to the healthcare division, which had encouraging sales growth in the quarter. In Q3, we welcome the new president, Wilson Constantine, an industry veteran to lead the healthcare division. We have already seen a positive impact on the team's focus and energy in the brief time he has been here. Shortly after quarter end, we announced a significant award we received during Q3 for approximately $4 million to provide patient monitoring solutions and related supplies and accessories to a US-based hospital. We acknowledge the substantial work ahead and are confident that the business is now guided by strong, capable leadership. In summary, OSI is poised for continued success as we leverage our global footprint, innovative technologies, and strategic acquisitions like the RF-based solutions business to deliver exceptional value to customers worldwide. With anticipated growing attention and funding for defense and security, we are well positioned to size emerging opportunities. Although the tariff environment is currently unstable, we will proactively work to mitigate negative impacts from international trade frictions. We've had a strong three quarters and look forward to finishing the year strong. As always, I would like to thank our employees, customers, and stockholders for the continued support and dedication. With that, I will turn the call over to Alan to discuss our financial results and guidance in more detail before we open the call for questions. Thank you.

Thank you, AJ. Now let's review in greater detail the financial results for our third quarter. As previously mentioned, our Q3 revenues were up 10 percent compared with revenues in the third quarter of the prior fiscal year. Fueled by growth and service revenues, aviation and checkpoint product sales, including trace detection systems, security division revenues in the third fiscal quarter increased 10% year-over-year to $315 million. In addition, the RF business acquired in fiscal Q1 gained momentum and contributed nicely to security division revenues. Q3 revenues included continued shipments from our contracts in Mexico, though as expected, at a lesser rate as Mexico revenues were 69 million in Q3 of fiscal 25 compared to 137 million in the same quarter of the prior year. Revenues not directly related to acquisitions or our Mexico contracts increased at a solid double digit clip in the quarter. Driven by growth in our flex business and also the performance of our core optoelectronics and contract manufacturing operations, Third-party opto sales increased 10% year-over-year to 86 million, representing a new Q3 record. And in the third quarter, our healthcare division achieved the second of back-to-back quarters of top-line growth with a 5% year-over-year increase. The fiscal 25 Q3 gross margin of 33.8% was up 20 basis points from the 33.6% reported in Q3 last year. Our gross margin fluctuates from period to period based on revenue mix and volume, impacts of changes in supply chain costs, FX, tariffs, and inflation, among other factors. Moving operating expenses. Q3 SG&A expenses were 73.2 million, or 16.5% of sales, compared to 66.6 million, or 16.4% of sales in Q3 of the prior year. We worked diligently across each of our divisions to improve efficiency and to manage our SG&A cost structure. R&D expenses in Q3 were 18.6 million, or 4.2 percent of revenues, compared to 17.1 million, also representing 4.2 percent of revenues, in the same prior year quarter. We continue to dedicate considerable resources to R&D, particularly in our security and our healthcare divisions, as we remain focused on innovative product development, which we view as vital to the long-term success of our businesses. Moving to interest and taxes. While net interest and other expenses decreased sequentially in Q3, on a year-over-year basis, they increased to $8.2 million from $7.4 million in Q3 of fiscal 24, primarily due to a higher amount of borrowings associated with the investment in working capital and acquisition completed in Q1, and the stock buyback we did earlier this year as well. This was partially offset by the favorable impact of the convertible notes issued during Q1, which were partially used to repay higher-cost borrowings. Our reported effective tax rate under GAAP was 14.3 percent in Q3 of fiscal 25 compared to 22.6 percent in Q3 last year. excluding the impact of discrete tax benefits, our normalized effective tax rate, which is the rate reflected in the calculation of non-GAAP adjusted EPS, was 23.7 percent in Q3 of fiscal 25 compared to 23.0 percent in Q3 of 24. I'll now turn to a discussion of our non-GAAP adjusted operating margin. Overall, our adjusted operating margin in the third quarter of fiscal 25 was a solid 14.2 percent, up from 13.9 percent in Q3 last year. The Q3 fiscal 25 non-GAAP adjusted operating margin in the security division was 18.1 percent, down year-over-year from 18.6 percent due to a less favorable product mix and increased R&D investment. The opto division's adjusted operating margin increased to 14.0 percent in the third quarter of fiscal 25 from 12.2 percent in last year's Q3 on economies of scale associated with higher revenues and efficiencies. The healthcare division's adjusted operating margin, while lighter than we would like, was pretty comparable year over year. Moving to cash flow, Q3 marked the second consecutive quarter of significant cash flow, with record cash provided by operations at $82 million. CapEx in the 25-third fiscal quarter was $4.5 million, while depreciation and amortization expense in fiscal Q3 was $10.6 million. Solid collections in fiscal Q3 led to a 10 percent reduction in DSO from Q2, which followed a 16 percent reduction in DSO in the previous quarter. This reflected more than $100 million received in the third quarter related to our security contracts in Mexico. Our balance sheet is solid. with net leverage of approximately 1.8, as calculated under our credit agreement. Our credit facility requires 7.5 million in annual principal payments under the term loan, with the remainder of our bank debt maturing in fiscal 27. Now, turning to guidance. We are increasing our guidance for fiscal 25 revenues and non-GAAP diluted EPS. For fiscal year 25, We anticipate revenues in the range of $1.69 billion to $1.715 billion, representing an increase in guidance on year-over-year revenue growth to a range of 9.8 percent to 11.5 percent. We are also increasing fiscal 25 non-GAAP adjusted earnings per diluted share guidance to a range of $9.15 to $9.45, or 12.5 to 16.2 percent growth. This fiscal 25 non-GAAP diluted EPS guidance excludes any impact of potential impairment, restructuring, and other charges, amortization of acquired intangible assets and their associated tax effects, and discreet tax and other non-recurring items. We currently believe this guidance reflects reasonable estimates. The actual impact on the company's financial results of timing changes on the expected conversion of backlog to revenues and new bookings among other factors is difficult to predict and could vary significantly from the anticipated impact currently reflected in our guidance. Actual revenues and non-GAAP EPS could also vary from the guidance indicated above due to other risks and uncertainties discussed in our SEC filings. We continue to remain focused on the growth of our businesses and continuing to provide innovative products and solutions. As Ajay mentioned, we'd like to take this opportunity to again thank the global OSI team for his continued dedication in supporting our customers and our partners.

And at this time, we'd like to open the call to questions.

Thank you. If you would like to ask a question, please press star and the number one on your telephone keypad. Again, that is star and the number one on your telephone keypad. And our first question comes from the line of Jeff Martin from Roth Capital. The line's open.

Thanks. Hello, Alan and AJ. Hope you're doing well. I was curious if you could expand a little bit on the tariff situation, how that may be affecting each segment, and what gives you the notion that you won't have any impact in the fourth quarter, but the outlook beyond that is unclear. Thanks.

So as I mentioned in my prepared remarks, no impact on Q4. We obviously were anticipating this, and so we feel very comfortable with that. I really don't need to go into any further. Going forward, we're talking to our customers just like everybody else. We're looking to see what we can do with some of the suppliers. But we have very limited exposure on the largest two divisions. with China. And in healthcare, somewhat a little bit more, but we feel that there are a lot of ways to mitigate it. So like I said, as we go through, we talk to it with customers, suppliers, we'll have a little bit more clarity and we'll talk about it in our next earnings call.

Thank you. Appreciate that. Alan, could you maybe elaborate on the strength and the services revenue in the quarter? It was up significantly over here and also sequentially.

Sure. Yeah, good question, Jeff. As we alluded to on a couple of our past calls, as we get the larger and larger installed base of security products out in the field and as they begin to roll off of warranty, we expected to see an acceleration of our service revenue growth, and that's exactly what we saw in Q3. The increase in our service revenues is almost entirely related to our security division, and it's really the large sales that we've had over the last several years. Many of those deliveries are now rolling off of warranty and rolling into routine field service and field service contracts. So as a result, we saw a nice increase in our service revenues, which is great because that's excellent recurring revenue, and that recurring revenue generally comes at higher margin.

Great. And then could you expand a little bit on the RF solutions acquisition? Sounds like you're getting some good traction there. Do you expect that to be a long runway of growth, and how meaningful is that to the overall growth of the business?

Well, you know, I think that, you know, we – We feel very good about the acquisition. As you may know, one of the main products are over-the-horizon radars. They've been in prominence for several years with the U.S. government. In fact, as you know, NORAD has been using over-the-horizon radar. It's more economical. The technologies feel proven. And we feel with some of the things going on right now with the Golden Dome and other things that there are a lot of opportunities as we move forward and really taking the company and putting the financial might as well as the other things that OSI can provide as a larger company has been really helping them and we are actively talking to customers as we move forward.

And then last one for me, Alan. What can you give us in terms of sense of cash flow for maybe fourth quarter and then as we head into fiscal 26? Nice to see a record operating cash flow number in the quarter. Just curious if you anticipate that to continue.

Thanks, Jeff. Good question. Yeah, we're really pleased with our cash flow in Q3 as we were in Q2 as well. There's certainly opportunity for strong cash flow in Q4 as well. Always some timing of when certain collections come in. What I can say is that whether it's Q4 or fiscal 26, overall, we anticipate strong cash flow here over the next 12 months.

I'll pass it on. Thank you. Thank you.

Our next question comes from the line of Larry Solo from CJS Securities. The line's open.

Great. Good morning, gentlemen. I hope you're feeling better. I guess just to follow up on the question about on the service revenue, which I think grew over 30%, as Jeff mentioned there. And generally, as you said, Alan, it's usually higher margin. Just curious... on the security division, the, the, you know, what kind of drove that you mentioned mix, but I guess from a high level, clearly services were, you know, substantially higher than they were last year in Q3. So what, you know, what was any more specifics on the mix that kind of drove that margin down? And then I guess the R and D is that a R and D I'm sure bounces around from quarter to quarter. So is that, was it, heavier this quarter for one particular reason or any more color there would be great.

Sure. Good question. So I think you're saying on our overall adjusted operating margin going from eighteen point six to eighteen point one percent in security, wipe it down a little bit. So the security service revenues definitely contributed to some some margin expansion associated with it. When we look at the mix of our product revenues, which included more in Mexico last year, which probably carried a bit more favorable product-related margin than the product mix we showed in Q3. That had a little bit of an adverse impact. We also made some strategic decisions to invest some considerable resources in some R&D programs. So our R&D was at a little bit more of an elevated level, which we think will normalize as we move into fiscal 26. So I think that Those are really the factors that contributed to the change in the operating margin.

Yeah, and I think that, you know, to Alan's point earlier, you know, as our service revenues grow, overall they do tend to have higher margins than our product. And, you know, yes, there are going to be ups and downs in the service, but overall we expect that trend to be going up, and we feel very good about it.

Got it. So it sounds more like an aberration. Listen, I know the margins quarter to quarter could bounce around. It sounds like it's more of that, but the trend overall should continue to be positive, at least to your expectation. The bookings continue to be strong. Can you give us any color there? I feel like ports and borders were really strong when you got these big... multi-year, several hundred million dollars. It feels like now you're still getting those, but maybe there's even a little more diversification. I know aviation, it sounds like it's really picking up. Just any more color on sort of where the strengths are coming from and the orders?

I think you said it very well, you know, that the backlog is much more diversified than it was previously. You know, we had some large orders in there, those orders were shipping, and now we've received some large orders, and there's, you know, the pipeline looks very good, but the diversification of the backlog, not just on the cargo, but also on the aviation side and other areas in the security, gives us, you know, very good confidence as we move forward.

Great. Lastly, just a follow-up on the tariff question. Sounds like short-term... Not a great impact. Mid to long term, obviously, anybody's guess. But, again, from a high level, on the demand side, you know, it's going to sound like the direct impact to you guys probably won't be very significant. But the indirect impact on the economy and whatnot feels like maybe that could potentially hurt the opto division more. But maybe there are some offsets there, too. as more and more tariffs maybe drive more on-shoring and U.S. manufacturing. So any color on that would be great.

Thanks. So I think we're all looking at it to a certain degree. Everybody's guessing what's going to happen next. But specifically, as I mentioned on the opto side, we do have manufacturing around the world, U.S., Canada, Mexico. And I think, you know, again, who knows, but it might present an opportunity for us, especially with USMCA content product, both in our Mexico facility, and we do have facilities up in Canada. So we're talking actively to customers to see, hey, what do you want? How can we help you? And having the different manufacturing facilities gives us that flexibility to talk to customers as the tariff environment changes. and evolves.

Gotcha. Thanks. I appreciate it. Thank you.

Our next question comes from the line of Matt Akers from Wells Fargo. The line's open.

Hey, guys. Thanks for the question. I wanted to ask about the Mexico contract. I mean, you mentioned in the prepared remarks that A little bit of a headwind year over year. Is there a way we should think about how that kind of trends going into next year? And I guess, do you think security continues to grow next year, given that maybe those are a little bit lower level? Or do you have enough work sort of backfilling that, that that part of the business can continue to grow?

Hey, Matt, this is Alan. Great question. And we are, of course, getting that question quite a bit a year ago, recognizing that the Mexico revenues had hit a peak in fiscal 24, and how do we fill that hole? And we've done just that, as we've seen with our excellent bookings for the first nine months of the year and the record backlog we've had. Q3 is an excellent example. Our revenues related to Mexico were half of what they were last year, just as the contracts wind down a bit. Nonetheless, we grew 10 percent in the security division during the quarter. And we would anticipate sort of the same type of thing going forward. You know, Q4, we'll see sort of the same dynamic, lower revenues related to Mexico compared to Q4 of last year, and the same in the fiscal 26. But our sales teams have done such an outstanding job on the bookings in the cargo arena and the aviation and checkpoints arena that we feel, you know, quite confident that we'll be able to continue to grow our security business going forward as well. These are just new baseline levels. And as Mexico becomes a smaller proportion of our overall revenues, we'll start to see the service revenues kick in at even a higher rate. And of course, those are great recurring revenues at a higher margin.

That's great. Thank you. And then I guess I wanted to ask about, I guess just what you're seeing with the new administration, if you've had any discussions on, you know, sort of what the upcoming opportunity like border security definitely seems like a big priority. So as we get closer to maybe the 26th budget coming out, just if you've, you know, sort of had any indications of what that opportunity could look like.

So, you know, I think that it's been, you know, out in the open quite a bit where obviously the 25 budget was a continuing resolution, same as last year. And they're still working on 26. But what's really exciting out there is this budget reconciliation that, you know, the House and Senate are going through. And there's almost $1.1 billion in there for the borders, for NII equipment and associated works and integration, etc., We feel, you know, we feel good that, you know, we are in decent shape. It's not one year money. It's all repaired off, you know, probably three years. And this is on top of what we have. So you will give us visibility, not just for a year, but multi-year visibility. So, you know, we have a good relationship with CVP and others. So let's wait and see what happens. But everything we're hearing is they're going to, you by sometime in, you know, before July. People even saying, you know, end of May. But it bodes well for us.

You know, let's see what happens in Congress. That's great. Thank you. Thank you.

Our next question comes from the line of Josh Nichols from B. Reilly. The line's open.

Yeah. Yeah, thanks for taking my question. Good to see a lot of records being set for this quarter. I think a few of my questions have already been answered, but just to touch on it or take a little bit deeper dive, I know you're not giving guidance, right, for fiscal year 26, but given that you already have a record backlog here, any context you could provide of how much of the stuff you already have today is likely to be recognized you know, next fiscal year, excluding any new wins that you guys continue to win.

Hey, Josh, this is Alan. Good question. Just from consistent with past practice, that is an information that we publicly disclosed at this point yet. By the time we get to our next earnings call, there will be ample opportunity to do that. But suffice it to say, with our record backlog and strong pipeline of opportunities, you know, we're encouraged. as we approach fiscal 26 here in a couple of months.

And then just as a follow-up to another question that was asked, you know, great to see this higher margin services revenue now north of $100 million. Is there any one-time items or is there a reason to think, is that a new baseline, I guess, is a good question for how to think of that $100 million per quarter of services revenue going forward and that you could potentially build on that from here or is that going to, fluctuate from quarter to quarter?

Josh, really good question. This is Alan again.

We believe that very well could be a new baseline, and our goal is to grow from here. Our goal is to grow the service revenue as a percentage of overall OSI revenue over the next several years, and we think we have every opportunity to do that. So our belief as we sit here today is yes, we'll continue to grow that service revenue. It may ebb and flow from certain quarters, but overall we should see solid growth in service revenues.

Good to hear. Appreciate it. I hope you feel better soon, Alan. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you.

Our next question comes from the line of Seth Seifman from J.P. Morgan. The line's open.

Thanks very much, and good morning. So I wanted to dig in a little bit more. The $1.1 billion that's in the Homeland Security reconciliation proposal, whether you think about, you know, do you think about that being kind of 100% additive to sort of whatever the buying plan was kind of before the reconciliation bill? And then whether you saw any incremental opportunity associated with some of the stuff they put around that in terms of artificial intelligence and whether that opens a path for any of your software solutions.

So, you know, good question. I mean, like I mentioned, you know, the baseline for 25, you know, the continuing resolution of the past, The numbers are roughly $300 million in that budget for CBP for NII. And this $1.1 billion is on top of that. So a lot of opportunity from our end. And obviously, like I said, it will be multi-year money. And then fiscal 26, you'll have another budget passing for CBP at, you know, we'll see at what levels, but we imagine it will be at similar levels as last year. So as far as the opportunity is concerned, you know, I think that there's obviously the equipment, civil works, and really a lot of the artificial intelligence integration, machine learning, and everything else is stuff that we're already doing is kind of part of it. So we'll see how they segregate it. We feel that not just over here, but also with, you know, some of the money that's going into biometrics and other... areas to combat you know drug interdiction gives cert scan our software an opportunity as well so you know right now it's in big buckets as the buckets get more clear uh we'll probably be able to give you a much better answer you know at the next earnings call uh once we start looking at the details okay okay great thanks and and then um on the um on the cash flow side did

Do you see Q4 as being a period that presents significant opportunity for receivables to come down? I know they're still fairly elevated, and I guess to a lesser degree, inventory's grown a fair amount this year. Or not that much, but modestly. But particularly the receivables, is Q4 a period where we could see some liquidation?

Hey, Seth, this is Alan. Good question. Yeah, we do see some opportunity for Again, some working capital enhancements there. I think there is an opportunity for inventory to come down further in Q4. On the receivable side, yes, there's great opportunity for it to come down in Q4. That being said, sometimes some of the collections could shift from one quarter to the next. But I would say over the next six months, there's an opportunity to really see our DSO further improve, which could be a major source of additional free cash flow.

Okay. And then if I could sneak in maybe one more on the security side. What did the RF acquisition contribute on the top line in the quarter?

It contributed $29 million, up from $17 million in Q2. So, nice growth.

Okay, excellent. Well, I'll leave it there. Alan, I hope you feel better soon.

Thank you. Thank you.

Our next question comes from the line of Mariana Perez Mora from Bank of America. The line's open.

Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you. So I'm going to do a question on tariffs, but from a different angle. As part of this evolving tariff matter, The minimum exception for China and Hong Kong has been eliminated. And it's not only a part of implication, but also all those packages should be screened now for opioids, fentanyl stuff. And I understand this is an evolving situation. tariff situation, but have you seen any early interest for increased screening solutions in order to be able to absorb this increased volume of packages to be screened?

Great questions. I think you could come and sit in our strategy sessions. But we already work very closely with the freight forwarders. We do business with UPS, Federal Express, and all the large straightforwarders. So depending on what their requirements are, not just for scanning, but I would say it gives us an opportunity not just they might need more machines, but also some kind of artificial intelligence to be able to see which packages are allowed or not allowed. So we're going to talk to them. We're I think everybody's just waiting for everything to settle. But you're right. I mean, I think that may very well present us an opportunity as we go forward. And if they require that, we are one of the major players in that area.

Right, thank you. And then a little bit of health. With Wilson now leading this, and you mentioned about a little bit of this early mood change, Where do you see the business unit three, five years from now? What he wants to do and how much money you need to invest in order to do that, like turn around or capture those opportunities?

So I think that, you know, as we pointed out, you know, we had a solid quarter in health care from a revenue standpoint. And, you know, our goal is really to get the next generation. We're spending money in R&D. to get our next-generation platform in the next 18 months or so and, you know, see it grow from there. So, you know, we expect our R&D spending to be at, you know, pretty much levels that we've had right now. And it's just a matter of, you know, tightening everything and focusing everybody, and that's what he's doing. And we feel good about what we've seen so far.

Great.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

Again, if you'd like to ask a question, please press star and the number one on your telephone keypad. Our next question comes from the line of Christopher Glynn from Oppenheimer. The line's open.

Hey, thanks, guys. So curious and security comment on the pipeline for projects there. You know, you're continuously pulling a lot out of that pipeline, and, you know, I presume there's some degree of refill there. You know, is it stable? Is it growing? Or is conversion, you know, outpacing new inputs?

So I think, you know, our pipeline of opportunities continues to be strong and growing. You know, as I said originally that I want to add the diversity of the backlog is really provide us with a lot of confidence and our ability to maintain and sustain growth as we move forward. So we're not, you know, we don't have these, just a big chunk. But the pipeline is growing, and we're seeing more and more opportunities. And like I said, not just on the cargo side, but definitely on the aviation and other areas within the security business as well.

Sounds great. And then a quick one on Opto. You know, the share gain idea, I think it's pretty compelling. And, you know, given that every company I cover is talking about shifting their supply chains and you're well positioned in a number of favorable alternatives to China, it almost seems matter of fact rather than theoretical that you have something coming your way. I'm curious if you're having, you know, a different tone of wallet share discussions with customers than historically. I guess to understand the question and answer, it might be helpful to comment on degree of single source versus sole source. I suspect usually it's multiple sourced.

I guess the short answer is that there was already movement away from China. I think what's happened is that The questions and answers from questions are more urgent and things are getting accelerated. And we'll see over the next few months how that goes. But definitely a lot of interest. And like I said, having the different facilities around the world, including Mexico and the U.S., is definitely beneficial from customers getting an ability to manufacture in different places. and we really give them a menu, what do you want to do, and go from there. So, yes, I think the sense of urgency has definitely gone up.

Great. Thank you. Thank you. No further questions. Okay. Once again, thank you all for attending our conference call.

We look forward to speaking with you during the next earnings call following the completion of the fiscal year.

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