Earnings Sentiment

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Bullish Statements during Earnings call

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So improving momentum throughout fiscal '24 so far, expectations of continued momentum into Q4
And we've had a strong and growing dividend for many, many years, over 40 years
Medtronic has been on a strong turnaround trajectory
Karen Parkhill Yeah, again EV-ICD is another great product in our pipeline that we expect to be a really long-term driver for us to come, just like Micra was with our Cardiac Rhythm Management business, where we had breakthrough innovation in that business and it's been a really strong driver for us and a way for us to continue to capture market share, same with EV-ICD
It's coming out soon to a theater near you, and we expect good results
Our strong confidence in driving that durable mid-single-digit top-line and ultimately that leveraged P&L and double-digit shareholder return
I'm hoping that you are taking away our really strong confidence in our future
We have been driving a significant turnaround in that business and we are super pleased with the performance and the trajectory from here
And we're really excited about that durability continuing
We've delivered really strong growth with the 780G [Technical Difficulty] over in Europe
And so, really strong headcount management to help drive that leverage
Our Evolut FX, especially in the small annular space is highly-differentiated and we're not stopping with that, we've got Evolut FX Plus coming out soon too, and so we expect to compete very well
And we've had really strong disciplined headcount management across the company
The feedback that we get continues to be super strong
We've also been driving a really strong performance-driven culture focused on execution, focused on doing and delivering what we say we're going to do
And you're seeing that happen on the top-line and we're driving the earnings power and transformation down the bottom-line and it starts with stabilizing and improving our gross margin, which we are incredibly focused on, ultimately delivering pricing and cost down ahead of inflation, and then leverage down the P&L on SG&A to ultimately drive [Technical Difficulty] a strong and growing bottom-line, which when paired with our really strong and growing dividend, delivers a double-digit total shareholder return
So cardiac ablation is another area that's going to be a really good long-term growth driver for the company for many years to come
So super excited about our bright future
When you look at our really strong pipeline, this is the best pipeline we've ever had across the company
Last quarter was a really strong quarter for diabetes, where we returned to growth in the United States and ultimately globally for the business delivered more than 10% growth in the quarter, and we're just starting from here
We began to see that a bit in the third quarter, and ultimately, we're going to be focused on driving that strong bottom-line paired with our strong and growing dividend that leads to a double-digit total shareholder return
We're really bullish about our durable mid-single-digit top-line
We've got the seven-day insertions that you mentioned now that is highly-differentiated and we've got great feedback on that
We're going to be submitting to the FDA in the first half of the calendar year for our 780G and Simplera Sync, and so the diabetes franchise is back and just improving from here
So feedback continues really strong
Listen, thrilled to be here, and thrilled to be talking about Medtronic, because we are on a really great trajectory
We are super excited about what we've got in our pipeline there
And then on a long going trajectory, we've got renal denervation coming, and just super, super excited about our pipeline
Karen Parkhill We had strong growth outside the US and we're expecting that in the US and globally
We're getting amazing feedback both on PulseSelect, the single-shot, and on our Affera
       

Bearish Statements during earnings call

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There is -- there has been some disappointment in the community and this is going back, say, five years as to when we're going to see innovation and new products coming out of Medtronic
Matt Miksic On the sensor, and forgive me, but I think it's fair to say that investors have been skeptical about the turnaround
Currency has been a headwind for us
So, currency still a headwind
And -- I mean, the current status is that that business was -- in the US was down in fiscal Q3
So I'd be remiss not to talk about what that impact looks like on the top-line while we're talking about the top-line, there's been a delay in some of those VBP programs
If we look at rates recently at the time of our earnings call, it's likely to still be a headwind for us
That said, there are some minor delays that we've had in parts of neurovascular and parts of aortic, where some tenders have moved from provincial tenders to national tenders and that's just a little bit of a delay
But a headwind that's come down because the biggest headwind we faced was in FY '23 on the top-line, and that takes time to go through the bottom-line as we have our hedges in place
So larger cell design potentially going to chip away at that sort of competitive disadvantage, if you could call it that
So, Structural Heart is a highly competitive market and we are fiercely competitive in that market, and we wouldn't be doing a head-to-head trial if we weren't really confident about the results of it, we'll see
But at the end of the day, that doesn't change the bullishness that we feel right now
Took headcount -- indirect headcounts down at the beginning of last year
The competitive environment in the US has changed quite a bit, even though there's one incumbent competitor
   

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