Masimo (MASI) Q3 2020 Earnings Call Transcript

Masimo (MASI -0.51%)
Q3 2020 Earnings Call
Oct 27, 2020, 4:30 p.m. ET

Contents:

• Prepared Remarks
• Questions and Answers
• Call Participants

Prepared Remarks:

Operator

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Masimo third-quarter 2020 earnings conference call. The company's press release is available at www.masimo.com. [Operator instructions] I am pleased to introduce Eli Kammerman, Masimo vice president of business development and investor relations.

Eli Kammerman -- Vice President of Business Development and Investor Relations

Thank you, and hello, everyone. Joining me today are Chairman and CEO Joe Kiani; and Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer Micah Young. This call will contain forward-looking statements which reflect Masimo's current judgment, including certain of our expectations regarding trends in 2020. However, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially.

Risk factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our projections and forecasts are discussed in detail in our periodic filings with the SEC. You will find these in the investor relations sections of our website. Also, this call will include a discussion of certain financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or GAAP. We generally refer to these as non-GAAP financial measures.

In addition to GAAP results, these non-GAAP financial measures are intended to provide additional information to enable investors to assess the company's operating results in the same way management assesses such results. Management uses non-GAAP measures to budget, evaluate, and measure the company's performance and sees these results as an indicator of the company's ongoing business performance. The company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures increase transparency and better reflect the underlying financial performance of the business. Reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are included within the earnings release and supplementary financial information on our website.

Investors should consider all of our statements today, together with our reports filed with the SEC, including our most recent Form 10-K and 10-Q in order to make informed investment decisions. In addition to the earnings release issued today, we have posted a quarterly earnings presentation within the investor relations section of our website to supplement the content we will be covering this afternoon. I'll now pass the call to Joe Kiani.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Thank you. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us for Masimo's third-quarter 2020 earnings call. As we progress through the third quarter and into October, we've been encouraged by the increased ability of caregivers to treat COVID patients more effectively than when the pandemic first emerged. In many cases, Masimo team members and products have contributed to these achievements as our breakthrough technology have been more broadly deployed in hospitals and in the home setting.

It's gratifying to have our products such as root and safety that being used to increase the effectiveness of practitioners and streamline their workloads to improve patient care at much lower cost than historically possible. As for the numbers. For the third quarter, our product revenues increased by 21% to $278 million and we shipped 151,700 technology boards and instruments. Similar to the second quarter, we once again realized over 2 times the typical demand for our technology boards in monitoring equipment.

Accompanied by a rebound in our single patient use sensor volume in lockstep with the rebound in surgical procedure volumes. Now I'll ask Micah to review our third-quarter results in more detail.

Micah Young -- Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Thank you, Joe, and good afternoon, everyone. As a reminder, the financial measures I will be covering today will be primarily on a non-GAAP basis unless noted otherwise. Our GAAP results and reconciliations to non-GAAP can be found in today's earnings release as well as the investor relations section of our website. For the third quarter, our product revenues were $278 million, reflecting growth of 21.5% or 21.1% growth on a constant currency basis.

Worldwide sales of technology boards and instruments were up 76% due to increased demand from both our direct and OEM customers. Also, our worldwide sales of single patient use adhesives since has rebounded and were up 6% as elective procedures further recovered compared to the decline of 8% in the second quarter. Our worldwide direct and distribution business revenues grew 11% to reach $219 million for the quarter and our OEM business revenues grew 91% to reach $59 million, which represented 21% of our total product revenues in the quarter compared to 13% in the prior-year quarter. For the third quarter, we shipped 151,700 technology boards and instruments, which is roughly 2.5 times our normal run rate.

And as a result, we have now shipped over 2.1 million technology boards and instruments over the last 10 years. At the end of the third-quarter 2020, we estimate that our installed base has grown approximately 17% over our installed base at the end of the third-quarter 2019. Moving on to the rest of the P&L. Our non-GAAP gross margin for the third quarter decreased 380 basis points to 64.5% compared to 68.3% in the prior-year period.

The year-over-year decline was primarily due to a higher than usual proportion of revenue coming from our technology boards and instruments, which have lower margins than our adhesive sensors. Also, we have experienced higher COVID-related costs to fill the increased demand from our customers and to protect our global workforce, manufacturing, and distribution during the pandemic. Our non-GAAP selling, general, and administrative expenses as a percentage of product revenue decreased 250 basis points to 32.2% compared to 34.7% in the prior-year quarter. The year-over-year improvement was driven by our strong sales growth, which enabled us to leverage our operating expenses, while at the same time, increasing our investments in marketing and advertising.

Our non-GAAP research and development expenses as a percentage of product revenue decreased 20 basis points to 10.4% compared to 10.6% in the same period last year. And our non-GAAP operating margin decreased 110 basis points to 21.9% compared to 23% in the prior-year period. Despite the gross margin headwinds, our operating profit dollars grew 16% in the third quarter. Moving further down the P&L.

Our non-GAAP nonoperating income, which is comprised primarily of interest income, decreased 80% to approximately $700,000 for the quarter compared to $3.6 million in the prior-year period. The decrease was driven by lower interest yields realized on our invested cash, resulting from Federal Reserve actions to cut interest rates during the pandemic. Our non-GAAP tax expense in the third quarter was $14.9 million, resulting in a non-GAAP effective tax rate of 24.2% compared to a non-GAAP effective tax rate of 22.4% in the prior-year period. Our weighted average shares outstanding for the quarter increased 2% to $58.3 million compared to $57.3 million in the prior-year period.

For the third quarter, our non-GAAP net income was $46.8 million or $0.80 per diluted share. In comparison, third-quarter 2019 non-GAAP net income was $43.7 million or $0.76 per diluted share. This reflects non-GAAP EPS growth of 5% over the prior-year quarter. Turning to our GAAP results.

GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2020 was $49.4 million or $0.85 per diluted share. In comparison, third-quarter 2019 GAAP net income was $49.1 million or $0.86 per diluted share. Now I'd like to provide you with an update on our full-year 2020 financial guidance. As a result of achieving the high end of the third-quarter revenue range that we provided in our preannouncement, we are now projecting product revenues of $1,128,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, which reflects growth of 20.5% over the prior year.

Our non-GAAP product gross margin guidance is 65.7%, which represents a 140 basis point decrease over our 2019 results. While our full-year guidance reflects the impact of unfavorable product mix and increased costs related to COVID-19, it is important to note that we are projecting a sequential improvement for the third -- for the fourth quarter as we expect to see our product mix returning toward traditional levels over time. Our non-GAAP operating expense guidance for fiscal year 2020 is 42.7% of product revenue, which reflects a 40-basis point improvement over the prior year. And our full-year 2020 guidance for operating profit is approximately $260 million or 23% operating margin.

Despite the gross margin headwinds, our guidance reflects operating profit dollar growth of 16% over our full-year 2019 results. Moving further down the P&L. We expect to generate approximately $5 million in non-GAAP non-operating income in 2020, which is primarily comprised of interest income. This represents a $9 million reduction from the prior year, resulting from the lower interest rate environment.

We are also projecting a non-GAAP tax rate of 23.8% and we estimate that our weighted average shares outstanding for the year will be $58.2 million. Based on all these assumptions, we are projecting non-GAAP EPS of $3.46, which reflects EPS growth of 7%. This is driven by operating profit dollar growth of 16%, partially offset by the significant reduction in interest income. To conclude, our third-quarter results reflect the recognition by our customers of our ability to rapidly address their needs in today's challenging healthcare environment.

We remain steadfast in our commitment to achieving our long-term objectives and creating shareholder value. With that, I will turn the call back to Joe.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Thank you, Micah. While the pandemic is by no means over, it's clear that things have been steadily improving as medical knowledge increases and infection control practices are instituted. Masimo has been consistently assisting clinicians on the front line with a highly dedicated team of professionals who have been exceptionally responsive to our customers' immediate needs. We have repeatedly proven that our technologies deliver great value for improving patient outcomes and reducing the cost of care.

One of those technologies that has lived up to our mission of improving patient outcomes and reducing cost of care was PVi. In Q3, we received FDA clearance for the labeling and promotion of our proprietary PVi measurement as a continuous noninvasive dynamic indicator of fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated adult patients. Before the availability of PVi, data for full responsiveness is typically acquired using expensive and invasive arterial line catheters. Now with PVi, clinicians can obtain this essential data using Masimo pulse oximeter or Pulse CO-Oximetry sensors.

Hospital protocols such as enhanced recovery after surgery and goal-directed therapy, recommend fluid management as part of a larger initiative designed to improve patient care and safety. Fluid management protocols look to balance fluids by identifying when patients may be fluid responsive. The utility of PVi as a fluid responsiveness indicator has been demonstrated in more than 100 independent published studies. As a valuable indicator of full responsiveness, Masimo PVi can increase patient safety and physician confidence in managing fluid infusions for patients in surgery.

In closing, we're determined to continue providing our essential technology to our customers despite today's challenges. We have a large and growing installed base and an expanding portfolio of technologies and solutions. We are making great progress on many fronts from our SET pulse oximetry business to rainbow Pulse CO-Oximetry and our hospital automation businesses. We are working with the FDA to obtain clearance of Masimo Safetynet to help save tens of thousands of lives from opioid-induced respiratory depression at home.

Masimo products have been proven many times over to improve patient care and streamline the workload for healthcare professionals. Our global organization is committed to effectively serving our customers and patients during this difficult time. We will continue to dedicate ourselves to our mission of improving patient outcomes and reducing the cost of care. With that, we'll open the call to questions.

Operator?

Questions & Answers:

Operator

Thank you. [Operator instructions] Your first question comes from the line of Lawrence Keusch from Raymond James. Your line is open.

Lawrence Keusch -- Raymond James -- Analyst

Thanks. Good afternoon, everyone. Joe, just a couple of questions. Maybe to start, I may have missed it, but just was hoping to get an update on how you're thinking about technology boards and monitors for 2020.

I know that you had been thinking that it might get toward 500,000 at the time of the 2Q? And just want to see how you're thinking about that now.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Yeah. Thank you. Lawrie, as Micah stated in the prepared comments, we expect in Q4 to have a more normal mix of instruments, boards, and sensors, which means -- well, it needs a little bit better than that. Usually, that would be 60,000 board and instruments.

We're expecting now about 80,000 boards and instruments in Q4, which would bring us up to about 470,000 boards and instruments. Some of the -- as you know, the last time, we mentioned 500,000, down from 550,000 and that's been mostly on the back of cancellation of ventilators as clinicians are seeing that putting people on high flow ventilation is not what's best for them. So the good news is, as Micah mentioned, as of Q3 2019 was 17% higher from an installed base perspective than we were at the end of Q3 last year, which really helps put us in a great position for next year, assuming more normal volume of procedures, which is what we're seeing now. So I hope that helps.

And by the way, the good news is, again, that reduction from 552,000, now, I would say, 470,000 is vastly on the backs of ventilators, which we had stated at the very beginning, are most likely to be shelved after COVID, but we don't expect the rest of these drivers to be shelved. And again, at 470,000, that puts us nearly twofolds better than our normal volume of instruments and boards.

Lawrence Keusch -- Raymond James -- Analyst

OK. Great. That was super helpful. Just a couple of other ones, dovetailing off of this.

So one thing that I've been thinking about as we start to consider 2021 is some of the comps that the company will face. And granted again, I know that Masimo's products are very beneficial in treating COVID and so those tough comps are in place for a good reason. But how are you planning, maybe for Joe and Micah, how are you planning as we get into '21? Helping investors understand some of those comps, particularly, that you're going to hit in the 2Q and 3Q? And do you have any, I guess, at this point, any initial observations as we should start to be thinking about '21?

Micah Young -- Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Yeah. Lawrie, great question. Well, obviously, it's earlier -- too early to be providing 2021 guidance as we just reestablished our guidance for this year. We're still working through that planning process, but we hope to provide that outlook consistent with how we normally do on our year-end call.

But at a high level, I think what we're expecting to see is an improving growth rates from our single patient use sensors. As Joe mentioned, elective procedures continue to recover and with our large and growing installed base of newly installed monitors generating incremental sensor revenues. And as you mentioned, it's -- that's going to be offset to some extent by tougher comparisons due to our stronger demand this year from the technology boards and instruments. But we're expecting to see things, as Joe mentioned, trending back to more traditional levels next year.

And that's kind of how we're thinking about it. We'll have more information on the fourth-quarter call. But I think the other question you had was how will we inform investors of kind of the dynamics next year with those comps? And I think what we could say there is that we -- our goal is to continue to provide you with information that's helpful. And this year, we've really broken out the sensor growth separate from the instruments and boards, and we believe that will still be helpful as we move into next year, so you can understand some of those comparisons.

Lawrence Keusch -- Raymond James -- Analyst

OK. OK.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

So far this year, what we're seeing now, if it holds up, is that the elective procedures are not stopping in places where they're seeing a surge like France, Germany, Switzerland. So if that trend continues, but going back to how can we help you all think ahead, we intend to give guidance for 2021 at the fourth-quarter results earnings call in February. So I think that will be helpful. Now we need to see two, three more months of this to think it's a pattern.

But if that continues, we should be able to give you a guidance for the year.

Lawrence Keusch -- Raymond James -- Analyst

OK. Perfect. And then last super fast one for me just on sensors. I think you mentioned a U.S.

number for growth, but if you could just give us the worldwide U.S. and OUS number, that would be helpful.

Micah Young -- Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Yeah. Larry, the worldwide number was 6% growth overall compared to the 8% decline in Q2 and our U.S., I believe, is right near that number.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Are you talking about sensors only or --

Micah Young -- Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Are you talking about, Larry, sensor growth?

Lawrence Keusch -- Raymond James -- Analyst

Sensor, yeah, growth, yeah.

Micah Young -- Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Sensor growth worldwide, 6% and the U.S. was very close to that same growth, similar growth.

Lawrence Keusch -- Raymond James -- Analyst

OK. Got it. OK. Thanks, guys.

I appreciate it.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Thank you.

Operator

Your next question comes from the line of Rick Wise from Stifel. Your line is open.

Rick Wise -- Stifel Financial Corp. -- Analyst

Hi, good afternoon. Hi, Joe. Hi, Micah. Maybe just back to the third quarter briefly, this might be helped helpful to us to better understand the trend as the quarter unfolded.

Based on the questions, what went the well or right? If I remember correctly, on the second-quarter call, sort of, in mid-July, you cleared that don't extrapolate second quarterly [Inaudible] in the third quarter. I've always appreciate your caution and careful thinking and we're in a volatile environment. Just trying to understand, one, what surprised you most? Did it continue to accelerate through the quarter? And how are we stepping into the fourth quarter that -- now? Are certain trends slowing or accelerating? Just if you could frame it, so would you just understand the trajectory a little better, that would be great.

Micah Young -- Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Yeah, absolutely. Thank you, Rick. One of the things that we saw that was better-than-expected was our U.S. and our worldwide sensor volumes were up 6%, which compared to being down 8% in the second quarter, and I think we -- whenever we were looking at it back in May, June and then coming off the last call, we saw in our early orders indicated sensor volumes were down and they improved and started to improve over the rest of the quarter.

And we're seeing trends to where now we're starting to see, as Joe mentioned, those drivers, what we're shipping in the fourth quarter. We think that that's going to be more closer to traditional levels than we've seen in the past. And then, of course, sensor volumes, we're expecting and are implied in our guidance as those will steadily improve as we move throughout the rest of the year. So I think the mix, we're starting to see that getting back to the levels we saw pre-COVID in terms of our product mix.

Rick Wise -- Stifel Financial Corp. -- Analyst

Thanks.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

What's helped the growth, Rick, is they're noticing when they wear the masks, when they wash their hands, it's really helping keep physicians safe. So I think that learning has allowed them to open up the hospitals and have more elective procedures, which when we gave our guidance last time, we weren't certain if it's going to happen or not.

Rick Wise -- Stifel Financial Corp. -- Analyst

Gotcha. Gotcha. Thanks, Joe. Just thinking about the excellent board numbers.

Again, it's just a high level -- maybe help me understand better. Is this -- the boards you sold was it pulling forward more you would have sold in '22 and '23? And so what's the message here that it's going to be a [Inaudible] and you? I'm not talking about the tough comp now, but are we going to face more challenging born outlook in '22 and '23 as a result and ask a couple of other follow-ups, if I could. Thank you.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Well, as Micah said, obviously, we'll feel much better about our numbers and projections for 2021 at the end of Q4. However, currently, our best estimate that is going to go toward normal volumes, which has been roughly 60,000 boards and instruments a quarter, maybe slightly better than that. So I think that's kind of what we're expecting. So despite a very healthy 2020 being like what we normally do, we think next year will be normal.

It won't decline from our normal --

Rick Wise -- Stifel Financial Corp. -- Analyst

Gotcha. Gotcha. That's very helpful. Last quarter and recent quarters, you've talked, Joe, about national SafetyNet accounts.

I think in the second quarter, you mentioned that you have 120 accounts now, it's over 4,000 interested. Any updates there that you can give us and our accounts interested? Maybe just any color on the SafetyNet front.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Sure, sure. We now have 140 customers utilizing Masimo SafetyNet. So the number has increased. We expect as the search, unfortunately, unfolds.

Once again, there will be a lot of interest with new customers for the Masimo SafetyNet system. We have nearly 2,000 customers that have been evaluating it. So I don't know what to hope for, but that's all I can tell you.

Rick Wise -- Stifel Financial Corp. -- Analyst

Gotcha. And just last quick one for me. On the capnography front, maybe just update us on your initiatives there. Has it been performing during COVID as you've expected? What's next? And just -- and the launch of capnography consumables, have you offered -- is this being sold now to your entire installed base? What's next in capnography? Thanks so much.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Well, our capnography business grew very strong in Q3 again. And I believe we have a lot of room for growth there given that we came into it late. We have the best technology and we expect to continue increasing our footprint with capnography. But it was very strong for the whole year, especially in Q3.

Rick Wise -- Stifel Financial Corp. -- Analyst

Thank you.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Thank you.

Operator

The next question comes from the line of Matt Taylor from UBS. Your line is open.

Matt Taylor -- UBS -- Analyst

Hi, good afternoon, guys. Thanks for taking the questions. So I'll start off just last one there. I guess, I'm just wondering, in addition to Masimo SafetyNet.

Can you talk about the materiality of that? And some of the other new product offerings that you have like hospital automation, specialty that weren't in the plan. How much of those contributing to your growth now? And next year could maybe material, if you could offer any thoughts on that.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

We have not chosen to break it out yet. So I apologize that I'm not going to get more granular on those. What I can tell you, Masimo SafetyNet consists of Radius PPG, which is a wearable pulse oximeter sensor with our SET technology, and that's been pretty strong. We -- if you look at Masimo's business, probably the bulk of it is from SET, then it's rainbow and hospital automation and then capnography, normal line in O3.

Matt Taylor -- UBS -- Analyst

OK. OK. Gotcha. I guess, the other key question I had was you talked about this a little bit in the past.

The installed base growth that you're seeing as more additive with those boards potentially being productive with broader hospital monitoring. I wonder if you're still seeing that trend? And if you think that the excess board that you're placing this year will be as productive, similarly productive to ones that you've had in the past in ICU and OR setting?

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Time will tell, obviously, the ones that we were particularly concerned about were the ventilators and that, fortunately, the drop in the board that we expected in the midst of the COVID, and the drop has come from that business, which we were suspicious of them being regular consuming sockets. So to the best of our prediction right now, we think these drivers that we're shipping are going to go into normal use even after COVID.

Matt Taylor -- UBS -- Analyst

OK. Great. Thanks a lot, Joe.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Thank you.

Operator

Your next question comes from the line of Jason Bednar from Piper Sandler. Your line is open.

Jason Bednar -- Piper Sandler -- Analyst

Hi, good afternoon. Hi, there. Maybe a bit -- sorry, maybe just a bit of a real-time question here to get started. As we've seen kind of this latest COVID wave unfold, have you seen a pickup in activity or pull on your business from your OEM partners? And I guess, the same goes, whether you've seen any change on the margin in procedure trends or sensor utilization as a result of this latest wave really picking up either here in the U.S.

or over in Europe?

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Yes. We have seen in Europe a demand, but more from a direct business perspective. So Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, we've seen strong pickup in demand. The U.S.

is just picking up. We're seeing East Coast hospitals once again getting bombarded with patients and requiring more attention and products and also wanting to limit sales force interactions because they want to focus on the patients and minimize cost contamination. So, you know, unfortunately, it seems to be picking up again.

Jason Bednar -- Piper Sandler -- Analyst

OK. All right. That's helpful, Joe. Thank you.

And then I guess, a couple more for me. You've been running some DTC ads here promoting and establishing a Masimo brand. And presumably, the precursor to a bigger move into the kind of home-based medical care market over time. Would love to just get your assessment, Joe or Micah, on how these early efforts have landed and how you plan to measure success as you build out this channel over time?

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Yeah. I think for years, we were working on the consumer market. But we have to say, we're not sure if it's an oasis or a mirage. What we're beginning to see that it's becoming an oasis and so we have already a few products in the market.

We started off with iSpO2, the [Inaudible], and now Masimo Sleep and our latest product, Radius T, which is a continuous thermometer that lasts for eight days and allows for trending, as well as, picking up signs of fever spikes for all patients, especially I think parents who have kids probably worry about that a lot, and I think it could be very useful. We do have other products on our road map for the consumer market, which I can't get into right now for competitive reasons. But you're right, the national ad campaign that -- from Together in Hospital, Together at Home, it's a campaign to get consumers become aware of our performance in the hospital and our brand as we continue bringing more products into that marketplace.

Jason Bednar -- Piper Sandler -- Analyst

All right. Thanks, Joe. That's really helpful. And then just last one for me, Micah.

Just wondering if I maybe try to peel back any acquisition contribution you had in the quarter, just maybe a more of an organic growth number that you could be willing to provide then?

Micah Young -- Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Yeah. I think coming into the year, Jason, we had communicated roughly 1% contribution from acquisitions. So it's right in that ballpark in terms of contribution in the quarter.

Jason Bednar -- Piper Sandler -- Analyst

OK. Perfect. Thanks so much. Thanks for --

Micah Young -- Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Maybe just slightly above that. Yeah. Thank you.

Jason Bednar -- Piper Sandler -- Analyst

OK. Thanks.

Micah Young -- Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Yup.

Operator

The next question comes from the line of Ravi Misra from Berenberg Capital Markets. Your line is open.

Ravi Misra -- Berenberg Capital Markets -- Analyst

Hi, good afternoon. I guess, I'll put my two questions both upfront. The first was just I wanted to build on that real-time commentary. How should we think about potential impact to your guidance and your board numbers that you've given, Joe, that 470,000 if cases start picking up? I mean have hospitals kind of adjusted for that capacity? Or do you think there might be upside to that? And then secondly, Micah, if you could just help us break out the impact of the kind of manufacturing complexity you mentioned on the gross margin versus the sensor demand to help us understand what might go away as COVID normalizes? Thanks.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Sure. Let me touch on the first one. Yeah, while there could be some additional drivers that will come out as the surge continues. I think the bulk of that demand will be met by Masimo SafetyNet, which is a radically different way of dealing with the problem by putting a wearable in the patient.

Whether they want to keep them in the general floor or they want to move them into a hotel or back to their home, it really cuts down on the need of new sockets, new drivers by just allowing the sensor to communicate directly to the cloud to a central monitoring system. So therefore, as I mentioned, about a couple of thousand hospitals are looking at it, and I think, a surge for COVID worldwide will probably be met with the more demand of Masimo SafetyNet. As for your manufacturing question, I'll let Micah answer that.

Micah Young -- Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Yeah, great question. So if you look at our margins for the quarter, and I think, the question you asked was, what was the contribution from the COVID-related costs? And if you think about those costs, we put a lot of measures in place with our manufacturing distribution, social distancing measures, as well as, just overall safety measures to protect the workforce and then there's other COVID-related costs due to shipping costs and things that are really indirectly related to our manufacturing. So if you look at those costs, I would estimate roughly maybe 1% of those costs are hitting right now through our margins -- our gross margins and the rest is primarily due to mix, the mix impact. And think about the mix impact as being somewhere between, call it, 200 to 250 basis points.

Operator

Your next question comes from the line of Mike Matson from Needham & Company. Your line is open.

Mike Matson -- Needham and Company -- Analyst

Hi, thanks for taking my questions. I guess, I would start with the Apple patent litigation. Can you provide any sort of update there? I understand if you're reluctant to comment on it in this forum, but I thought I would try.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Certainly. We sued Apple for trade secret and patent infringement. On the trade secret side, we moved on a preliminary injunction to stop a further issuance of patents from our ex-engineers who are there that we believe have taken our trade secrets. The judge did not grant us up from the injunction because he felt we would not be irreparably harmed, but the judge did find that it's likely we will prove that our trade secrets were taken.

The second thing is that trade secret case is moving forward. Normally, on the patent side, Apple moved to stay our patent case while they filed inter parte reexamination on our patents, which was probably going to delay the patent case by about 18 months. The court granted the stay while we work through that process. Apple has currently filed 17 IPRs against our patents and we're going to be dealing with that.

So I think these cases, as we said from the beginning, takes a long time because we're not looking for -- we're not looking for just a little thing. We're looking to stop Apple from what they've done, like we did previously with Philips and Medtronic. So -- so stay tuned and we'll continue.

Mike Matson -- Needham and Company -- Analyst

Thanks. That was helpful. And then just a quick question about Europe. So I think during the height of the pandemic previously, they had switched more to your disposable sensors from the reusable sensors? And I was curious if you had seen them continue to use the disposable sensors over the summer when the pandemic kind of eased? And going forward, obviously, the infection rates are going up again, but do you think that they're going to continue to use disposable sensors even once we get a vaccine and kind of move on past the pandemic?

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Great question. I wish I had an answer for you, but at this point, I don't. I will try to do some more homework on that, and next time, maybe I can address that question for you. I do believe because of the wearable tetherless sensor, Radius PPG, we're going to see more people using the single patient adhesive probe worldwide, where historically they use reusable probes.

Given the growth we've had in Q3 of our sensor volume and business, at least for now, we believe they're continuing to using that, but as far as what they'll use in the future, I'll get back with you.

Mike Matson -- Needham and Company -- Analyst

OK. Fair enough. Thank you.

Operator

Your next question comes from the line of Michael Polark from Baird. Your line is open.

Michael Polark -- Baird -- Analyst

Hi, good evening. I heard in the prepared remarks the comment on continuing to work with the FDA on the opioid product. Hoping, perhaps, you could just unpack that a little more for us. Any updated expectations on your timeline? Any better sense about FDA bandwidth? I know they've had a lot on their plate this year.

Any color there would be helpful.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Yes, sure. I think you know the history, FDA chose our opioid SafetyNet product as, not only a breakthrough technology, but one of eight products that could deal with the opioid epidemic potentially out of over 250. We've been working with FDA for nearly two years on this project and we're -- it's a great working relationship. We're -- we know they know about our capabilities and how uniquely we can help deal with this issue, but the FDA has some additional data they wish to get from us, which we're working on, and we're working with them.

I think, as you said, the COVID situation has delayed things slightly. I don't know how much, but it definitely has. I know they're examiners and people literally will send us responses at 10:00, 11:00 at night. So I don't think it's from lack of effort, just a lot on their plate.

But we're -- we feel pretty good that the pack is eventually going to succeed. When? I can't tell you.

Michael Polark -- Baird -- Analyst

Yeah.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

So -- but we're hopeful, soon.

Michael Polark -- Baird -- Analyst

And then maybe a brief follow-up. The balance sheet is still fortress like. We're seeing some M&A events return to the market as we all learn to live in this new normal. Masimo did a series of smaller deals earlier this year and has hinted that maybe an interest in continuing the M&A program, perhaps, looking at some things a little bit bigger than what we saw earlier this year.

I'd be curious for your updated thoughts there or just generally how you're thinking about capital deployment here approaching the end of the year and then looking at 2021.

Micah Young -- Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Yeah. Thank you, Mike. So in terms of capital deployment, one of our priorities is, of course, M&A. We believe that that's where we'll get some of the greatest returns back and if you look at how we're thinking about it, two great examples are the connected care acquisition from NantHealth, as well as, the TNI medical acquisition.

These are two great examples that you saw of our strategy. And if you think about it, where we're looking to grow the business more strategically is in the areas of hospital automation and hospital to home. And I think that those are going to be some similar type companies that we will be interested in moving forward as far as technologies that can really augment those two areas of our business moving forward.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Thanks and we have time for one more question, operator.

Operator

Thank you. Your next question comes from the line of Marie Thibault from BTIG. Your line is open.

Marie Thibault -- BTIG -- Analyst

Hi, thanks for squeezing me in this evening. I really appreciate it. I have two questions here. I wanted to ask a little bit about sensor ASPs and seeing recent trends there, I know that you've been seeing higher ASPs with some of these newer monitoring parameters.

So wondering how that played into the 6%. I believe that was a volume number that you've given. I wanted to see if there's been any impact from ASP on overall revenue.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

ASP have been steady. If we're seeing a rise in them, it's because of increased demand for our Radius PPG wearable sensor or 4 LED and 8 LED rainbow sensors. So -- but no, there is no decline. We have a very compelling case to make with hospitals.

We can show a 250-bed hospital saving $3 million, $4 million a year by using our technology. So because of that we will be disciplined. I think, you know, when we entered the market, even though we had a technology that was an order of magnitude better than what was out there, we priced at 30% lower. And when the competition began trying to compete with us on price, we did not go there.

We thought it was a fair price, especially given what our technology can do, not just to help save patients' lives and help reduce blindness in babies, it's what we can do for them for cost reduction.

Marie Thibault -- BTIG -- Analyst

Great to hear. Last one then on SafetyNet. I know you've spoken in the past about using this in new markets, perhaps to keep frequent flyers at home instead of being readmitted to the hospital. Anything you can tell us there about kind of your work in developing those markets?

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Yes, yes, I think you've seen our national ad campaigns. I think COVID put a spotlight on demand for, not just the heart, but the lung and Pulse Oximetry, how it can help keep track of both for really severely ill patients. Obviously, that problem is real for patients with COPD, patients that get the flu and turns into a pneumonia. So we are using the opportunity that was given to us and how both clinicians and tech companies and consumers said you're the only real thing out there and we need you and let's get it out.

And all that good karma around the product to further drive our consumer business home and we're going to keep augmenting that product line with new apps, as well as, new sensors that we think will serve our customers and Masimo well.

Marie Thibault -- BTIG -- Analyst

Thank you.

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Thank you so much. I appreciate everyone getting on call. I know it's busy schedules and crazy times out here. Happy election day next week, happy Halloween this weekend, and look forward to seeing you guys.

We'll be talking to you in February. Thank you so much.

Duration: 46 minutes

Call participants:

Eli Kammerman -- Vice President of Business Development and Investor Relations

Joe Kiani -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Micah Young -- Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Lawrence Keusch -- Raymond James -- Analyst

Rick Wise -- Stifel Financial Corp. -- Analyst

Matt Taylor -- UBS -- Analyst

Jason Bednar -- Piper Sandler -- Analyst

Ravi Misra -- Berenberg Capital Markets -- Analyst

Mike Matson -- Needham and Company -- Analyst

Michael Polark -- Baird -- Analyst

Marie Thibault -- BTIG -- Analyst

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