Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE:HAE) Executes Buybacks; Technical Momentum Points Toward Near-Term Upside

Share repurchases and steady cash generation create a constructive near-term tone for Haemonetics. WMDST values the stock as under-valued, supporting potential reappraisal given current momentum.

Recent News

On May 7, 2026 the company posted fourth-quarter and full fiscal 2026 financial results on its investor site; filings and supplemental materials accompanied that release. In early June the company filed an 8-K announcing changes to its reportable segment structure to better align operations. The company repurchased 1,579,255 shares for $100.0 million during the fourth quarter under its previously announced $500.0 million share-repurchase program. Management presented at a major healthcare conference in early June.

Technical Analysis

ADX at 38.32 indicates a strong underlying trend; directional indicators show bullish dynamics as DI+ has completed a dip-and-reversal while DI- completed a peak-and-reversal, supporting a near-term price bias toward higher levels and reinforcing the constructive tone established by recent corporate actions.

MACD shows a dip-and-reversal, signaling building bullish momentum; however, MACD (3.17) currently sits below its signal line (3.39), so confirmation requires the MACD to cross above the signal line before momentum can be judged fully confirmed for a sustained advance.

MRO reads positive at 35.4, indicating the price trades above the model target and therefore carries a measurable mean-reversion risk; this suggests any continued upside could encounter short-term pullback pressure despite momentum signals.

RSI at 62.9 with a dip-and-reversal indicates renewed buying pressure without reaching overbought extremes, which aligns with a short-term bullish tilt while leaving room before an overbought constraint appears.

Price sits above key averages—200-day at $64.32, 50-day at $64.89 and 20-day at $75.84—with the 12-day EMA at $74.48 and the 26-day EMA at $71.32; that alignment supports a bullish near-term bias and gives technical context to WMDST’s valuation signal. Volume of ~1.6M exceeds the 10-day average (~1.02M), lending credibility to recent moves. The upper 1x Bollinger band at $78.78 and the super-trend upper at $79.86 provide nearby resistance to watch for short-term exhaustion or consolidation.

 


Fundamental Analysis

Revenue totaled $346,351,000 with revenue growth listed at 2.18%; quarterly and year-over-year rate indicators show recent compression (quarterly revenue growth down ~38.82% QoQ). Gross margin stands at 57.23% while operating margin equals 15.11%, reflecting solid operating profitability. Reported EBIT sits negative at -$23,025,000 (EBIT margin -6.65%), below the industry peer mean EBIT margin of 20.44% and below the industry peer median of 21.81%, indicating non-operating items or adjustments weigh on reported operating profit versus operating income metrics.

Net income recorded a loss of -$20,147,000, while operating cash flow equaled $70,941,000 and free cash flow reached $53,280,000 (free-cash-flow yield ~1.88%). Cash and short-term investments total $245,440,000 and the current ratio sits at 2.95 with a quick ratio of 1.87, supporting near-term liquidity. Debt measures show total debt of $1,224,580,000 and net debt of $979,140,000; debt-to-equity stands at 153.78% and debt-to-EBITDA appears elevated at ~285x, reflecting leverage relative to reported EBITDA levels and indicating capital structure will remain a monitorable risk amid non-operating items.

Earnings per share came in at $1.29 versus an estimate of $1.27, a modest beat of $0.02 (≈1.58%). Book value per share equals $17.14 and price-to-book stands at 3.55, below the industry peer mean price-to-book of 5.63. Valuation metrics show P/E of 47.19 and EV-to-revenue around 10.99; WMDST values the stock as under-valued, a view supported by positive free cash flow and active share repurchases totaling $100.0 million in the most recent quarter.

MOST-RECENT QUARTERLY REPORT
REPORT PERIOD ENDING: 2026-03-31
REPORT DATE: 2026-05-07
NEXT REPORT DATE: 2026-08-06
CASH FLOW  Begin Period Cash Flow 363.4 M
 Operating Cash Flow 70.9 M
 Capital Expenditures -17.66 M
 Change In Working Capital 4.7 M
 Dividends Paid
 Cash Flow Delta -117.93 M
 End Period Cash Flow 245.4 M
 
INCOME STATEMENT REVENUE
 Total Revenue 346.4 M
 Forward Revenue -280.03 M
COSTS
 Cost Of Revenue 148.1 M
 Depreciation 16.8 M
 Depreciation and Amortization 27.3 M
 Research and Development 14.4 M
 Total Operating Expenses 294.0 M
PROFITABILITY
 Gross Profit 198.2 M
 EBITDA 4.3 M
 EBIT -23.02 M
 Operating Income 52.3 M
 Interest Income
 Interest Expense 5.4 M
 Net Interest Income -5.37 M
 Income Before Tax -28.40 M
 Tax Provision -8.25 M
 Tax Rate 29.057 %
 Net Income -20.15 M
 Net Income From Continuing Operations -20.15 M
EARNINGS
 EPS Estimate 1.27
 EPS Actual 1.29
 EPS Difference 0.02
 EPS Surprise 1.575 %
 Forward EPS 1.44
 
BALANCE SHEET ASSETS
 Total Assets 2.4 B
 Intangible Assets 1.1 B
 Net Tangible Assets -307.70 M
 Total Current Assets 834.9 M
 Cash and Short-Term Investments 245.4 M
 Cash 245.4 M
 Net Receivables 216.9 M
 Inventory 306.4 M
 Long-Term Investments 141.7 M
LIABILITIES
 Accounts Payable 51.1 M
 Short-Term Debt 5.0 M
 Total Current Liabilities 282.6 M
 Net Debt 979.1 M
 Total Debt 1.2 B
 Total Liabilities 1.6 B
EQUITY
 Total Equity 796.3 M
 Retained Earnings 279.3 M
VALUATION & PER-SHARE METRICS EQUITY & PER-SHARE METRICS
 Book Value Per-Share 17.14
 Shares Outstanding 45.253 M
 Revenue Per-Share 7.45
VALUATION
 Market Capitalization 2.8 B
 Enterprise Value 3.8 B
 Enterprise Multiple 886.806
Enterprise Multiple QoQ 1884.942 %
Enterprise Multiple YoY 2095.221 %
Enterprise Multiple IPRWA HAE: 886.806
high: 167.868
mean: 82.388
median: 80.811
low: -193.913
 EV/R 10.994
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
 Asset To Equity 3.009
 Asset To Liability 1.498
 Debt To Capital 0.606
 Debt To Assets 0.511
Debt To Assets QoQ 3.952 %
Debt To Assets YoY 2.279 %
Debt To Assets IPRWA high: 0.725
HAE: 0.511
mean: 0.268
median: 0.249
low: 0.002
 Debt To Equity 1.538
Debt To Equity QoQ 14.443 %
Debt To Equity YoY 3.061 %
Debt To Equity IPRWA high: 4.524
HAE: 1.538
mean: 0.539
median: 0.426
low: -0.465
PRICE-BASED VALUATION
 Price To Book (P/B) 3.552
Price To Book QoQ -4.012 %
Price To Book YoY -6.037 %
Price To Book IPRWA high: 20.943
mean: 5.629
median: 4.227
HAE: 3.552
low: -12.173
 Price To Earnings (P/E) 47.188
Price To Earnings QoQ -14.181 %
Price To Earnings YoY -9.086 %
Price To Earnings IPRWA high: 194.313
mean: 120.583
median: 98.047
HAE: 47.188
low: -198.766
 PE/G Ratio 1.318
 Price To Sales (P/S) 8.167
Price To Sales QoQ -17.925 %
Price To Sales YoY -12.989 %
Price To Sales IPRWA high: 62.134
mean: 29.586
median: 21.968
HAE: 8.167
low: 0.285
FORWARD MULTIPLES
Forward P/E 44.088
Forward PE/G 1.232
Forward P/S -9.825
EFFICIENCY OPERATIONAL
 Operating Leverage -61.589
ASSET & SALES
 Asset Turnover Ratio 0.142
Asset Turnover Ratio QoQ 3.143 %
Asset Turnover Ratio YoY 6.812 %
Asset Turnover Ratio IPRWA high: 0.411
HAE: 0.142
median: 0.128
mean: 0.122
low: 0.002
 Receivables Turnover 1.679
Receivables Turnover Ratio QoQ -0.246 %
Receivables Turnover Ratio YoY 5.284 %
Receivables Turnover Ratio IPRWA high: 3.141
mean: 1.938
HAE: 1.679
median: 1.582
low: 0.361
 Inventory Turnover 0.472
Inventory Turnover Ratio QoQ 13.619 %
Inventory Turnover Ratio YoY 24.38 %
Inventory Turnover Ratio IPRWA high: 2.164
mean: 0.607
median: 0.509
HAE: 0.472
low: 0.137
 Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) 54.347
CASH CYCLE
 Cash Conversion Cycle Days (CCC) 230.661
Cash Conversion Cycle Days QoQ -4.87 %
Cash Conversion Cycle Days YoY -0.704 %
Cash Conversion Cycle Days IPRWA high: 587.726
HAE: 230.661
median: 180.7
mean: 160.138
low: -133.614
CAPITAL DEPLOYMENT
 Cash Conversion Ratio 0.627
 CapEx To Revenue -0.051
 CapEx To Depreciation -1.05
 
CAPITAL, LIQUIDITY & COVERAGE CAPITAL STRUCTURE
 Total Capital 2.0 B
 Net Invested Capital 2.0 B
 Invested Capital 2.0 B
 Net Tangible Assets -307.70 M
 Net Working Capital 552.3 M
LIQUIDITY
 Cash Ratio 0.869
 Current Ratio 2.954
Current Ratio QoQ 69.013 %
Current Ratio YoY 82.669 %
Current Ratio IPRWA high: 14.36
HAE: 2.954
mean: 2.728
median: 2.112
low: 0.038
 Quick Ratio 1.87
Quick Ratio QoQ 62.195 %
Quick Ratio YoY 89.734 %
Quick Ratio IPRWA high: 12.588
mean: 2.016
HAE: 1.87
median: 1.518
low: 0.37
COVERAGE & LEVERAGE
 Debt To EBITDA 285.184
 Cost Of Debt 0.311 %
 Interest Coverage Ratio -4.285
Interest Coverage Ratio QoQ -147.177 %
Interest Coverage Ratio YoY -103.592 %
Interest Coverage Ratio IPRWA high: 87.935
mean: 18.005
median: 13.911
HAE: -4.285
low: -102.892
 Operating Cash Flow Ratio 0.011
TIMING / LIQUIDITY
 Days Payables Outstanding (DPO) 33.322
DIVIDENDS
 Dividend Coverage Ratio
 Dividend Payout Ratio
 Dividend Rate
 Dividend Yield
PERFORMANCE GROWTH
 Asset Growth Rate -3.812 %
 Revenue Growth 2.178 %
Revenue Growth QoQ -38.82 %
Revenue Growth YoY -142.308 %
Revenue Growth IPRWA high: 16.503 %
HAE: 2.178 %
median: -6.009 %
mean: -7.868 %
low: -65.483 %
 Earnings Growth 35.789 %
Earnings Growth QoQ 1036.159 %
Earnings Growth YoY 751.713 %
Earnings Growth IPRWA high: 200.0 %
HAE: 35.789 %
median: -7.623 %
mean: -14.509 %
low: -145.833 %
MARGINS
 Gross Margin 57.229 %
Gross Margin QoQ -4.15 %
Gross Margin YoY -1.995 %
Gross Margin IPRWA high: 95.029 %
mean: 63.543 %
median: 63.289 %
HAE: 57.229 %
low: 7.731 %
 EBIT Margin -6.648 %
EBIT Margin QoQ -133.436 %
EBIT Margin YoY -130.809 %
EBIT Margin IPRWA high: 63.148 %
median: 21.811 %
mean: 20.437 %
HAE: -6.648 %
low: -233.035 %
 Return On Sales (ROS) 15.112 %
Return On Sales QoQ -24.793 %
Return On Sales YoY -29.966 %
Return On Sales IPRWA high: 63.148 %
median: 20.603 %
mean: 20.477 %
HAE: 15.112 %
low: -219.267 %
CASH FLOW
 Free Cash Flow (FCF) 53.3 M
 Free Cash Flow Yield 1.883 %
Free Cash Flow Yield QoQ -27.185 %
Free Cash Flow Yield YoY -42.097 %
Free Cash Flow Yield IPRWA high: 7.748 %
HAE: 1.883 %
mean: 0.511 %
median: 0.47 %
low: -15.26 %
 Free Cash Growth -38.91 %
Free Cash Growth QoQ 116.672 %
Free Cash Growth YoY -120.86 %
Free Cash Growth IPRWA high: 324.237 %
mean: -32.269 %
median: -37.858 %
HAE: -38.91 %
low: -397.308 %
 Free Cash To Net Income -2.645
 Cash Flow Margin 0.924 %
 Cash Flow To Earnings -0.159
VALUE & RETURNS
 Economic Value Added 0.03
 Return On Assets (ROA) -0.825 %
Return On Assets QoQ -145.48 %
Return On Assets YoY -135.438 %
Return On Assets IPRWA high: 5.251 %
mean: 2.057 %
median: 1.583 %
HAE: -0.825 %
low: -28.223 %
 Return On Capital Employed (ROCE) -1.09 %
 Return On Equity (ROE) -0.025
Return On Equity QoQ -151.538 %
Return On Equity YoY -135.815 %
Return On Equity IPRWA high: 0.413
median: 0.032
mean: 0.031
HAE: -0.025
low: -0.899
 DuPont ROE -2.359 %
 Return On Invested Capital (ROIC) -0.808 %
Return On Invested Capital QoQ -134.325 %
Return On Invested Capital YoY -128.272 %
Return On Invested Capital IPRWA high: 8.753 %
mean: 2.458 %
median: 2.32 %
HAE: -0.808 %
low: -14.938 %

Six-Week Outlook

Expect asymmetric upside potential with defined short-term risk: technical momentum appears to favor higher prices while model-based momentum (MRO) and nearby resistance bands create scope for pullbacks or consolidation. Upcoming report timing (next scheduled report: August 6, 2026) and continued share repurchases form the primary catalysts for price reappraisal over the six-week horizon. Key technical confirmation would arrive if MACD crosses above its signal line alongside rising volume; failure to hold above the 20-day average near $75.8 would increase the likelihood of short consolidation toward the 50/200-day area. Liquidity metrics and positive operating cash flow underpin resilience, but elevated leverage metrics warrant monitoring as non-operating charges continue to affect reported profits.

About Haemonetics Corporation

Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE:HAE) develops advanced blood management solutions, offering a wide range of products and services that improve the safety and efficiency of blood and plasma collection, processing, and transfusion. Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Haemonetics designs automated plasma collection systems like NexSys PCS and PCS2, which enhance plasmapheresis processes. The company’s integrated software solutions, such as NexLynk DMS and Donor360, streamline donor management and operational workflows in plasma centers. In blood collection, Haemonetics provides both automated and manual systems, including MCS apheresis equipment and the SafeTrace Tx blood bank information system, ensuring accurate collection and storage of blood components. For hospital-based applications, Haemonetics offers the TEG and HAS hemostasis analyzers, which provide crucial insights into patient hemostasis, assisting clinicians in making informed treatment decisions. The Cell Saver Elite+ system supports autologous blood recovery during surgeries, while the VASCADE platform aids in vascular closure procedures. Haemonetics maintains a robust distribution network, empowering healthcare providers globally and fostering advancements in patient care and operational efficiency.



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