CLAIM #69503 · Amgen Inc (AMGN) · 2026Q2 earnings call · Aug 4, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026
“For the full year, we now expect other revenue to be approximately $1.9 billion.”
Peter Griffith · CFO
In context
“Peter Griffith (Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer): Thank you, Jay. Our strong second quarter performance reinforces confidence in our 6 key growth drivers and our ability to grow through losses of exclusivity. Together, they demonstrate the breadth and the depth of our business and continue to provide a strong foundation for sustained long-term growth. Our non-GAAP operating margin was 48%. We continue to invest in our portfolio and pipeline while achieving strong operating results, with non-GAAP R&D spending increasing 10% year-over-year in the second quarter. This reflects continued investment in the innovation that will drive future growth, including MariTide, Xaluritamig and Olpasiran as well as our marketed medicines, including UPLIZNA, TEZSPIRE and IMDELLTRA. Our non-GAAP cost of sales as a percentage of product sales was 19.6%. The year-over-year increase primarily reflected higher profit sharing and royalty expenses as well as changes in sales mix. These factors reflect the continuing evolution of our product portfolio and momentum from several of our growth drivers. We remain focused on operational efficiency, execution excellence and continue to benefit from our leadership in high-quality, world-class biologics manufacturing at scale. We generated $3.5 billion in free cash flow in the second quarter, reflecting continued momentum across the business and enabling us to continue investing for future growth. We spent $500 million in the second quarter on capital expenditures, driven by investments across our United States manufacturing sites, including North Carolina, Ohio and Puerto Rico. We continue to expect capital expenditures of approximately $2.6 billion in 2026, reflecting significant investment in our business to scale manufacturing capacity for volume growth, including for MariTide's launch. Our commitment to investing in our business and enabling additional capacity supports our long-term growth well into the next decade. In addition, we returned capital to shareholders through competitive dividend payments of $2.52 per share, representing a 6% increase compared to the second quarter of 2025. Let's turn to the outlook for the business for the remainder of 2026. We are pleased with our strong execution in the first half of the year, and we are raising our 2026 guidance ranges for both revenue and non-GAAP earnings per share. We now expect 2026 total revenues in the range of $38.2 billion to $39.4 billion and non-GAAP earnings per share between $22.30 and $23.50. Let me highlight a few updates to our outlook for the remainder of the year. For the full year, we now expect other revenue to be approximately $1.9 billion. We expect full year non-GAAP R&D expense to grow high single digits year-over-year, which includes 9 ongoing global Phase III clinical trials for MariTide. This outlook also includes a business development transaction, resulting in a $100 million upfront payment that will increase our non-GAAP R&D expense in the third quarter. We now anticipate non-GAAP other income and expense to be in the range of $2.1 billion to $2.2 billion of expense in 2026. And let me remind you of several additional guidance items. We continue to expect the full year non-GAAP operating margin as a percentage of product sales to be roughly 45% to 46%. Our commercial performance allows us to continue investing behind the next generation of growth drivers while maintaining strong operating margins. In addition to the third quarter business development transaction noted earlier, our strong revenue performance has enabled us to make incremental third quarter investments in the pipeline and our commercial brands to drive continued momentum into 2027. As a result and consistent with 2025, we expect a meaningful sequential increase in operating expenses in the third quarter. We expect a non-GAAP tax rate in the range of 15.0% to 16.5%. We expect share repurchases not to exceed $3 billion. We remain focused on executing our strategy, staying focused on our growth drivers, investing in the best innovation and maintaining our rigorous financial discipline that enables us to deliver sustained long-term growth and create value for patients, staff and shareholders. I'm grateful to work with all of our colleagues worldwide in our mission to serve patients. And with that, this concludes our financial update. I'll now hand it over to Bob for Q&A.”
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