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Akoya Reports Record Revenue in the First Quarter of 2023 and Reiterates Full Year 2023 Revenue Guidance
Источник: Nasdaq GlobeNewswire / 08 май 2023 16:05:08 America/New_York
Q1 2023 revenue $21.4 million, 27% y/y growth
Reiterating FY 2023 revenue guidance range of $95-98 millionMARLBOROUGH, Mass., May 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akoya Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKYA) (“Akoya”), The Spatial Biology Company®, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2023.
“Akoya started the year strong, highlighted by record quarterly revenue and our 1000th spatial instrument placement in April, the largest installed base in the rapidly growing spatial biology industry,” said Brian McKelligon, Chief Executive Officer, Akoya Biosciences. “We continue to see robust growth and rising interest in our platforms across the discovery, translational, and clinical markets, as well as strong traction with our new product offerings. Our targeted investments in product development, commercial expansion, and business infrastructure have positioned us well to continue to drive long-term growth, while moving towards business profitability.”
First Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights
- Total revenue was $21.4 million in the first quarter of 2023, compared to $16.9 million in the prior year period; an increase of 26.6%.
- Product revenue (which includes instruments, reagents, and software) was $15.5 million in the first quarter of 2023, compared to $13.3 million in the prior year period; an increase of 16.5%.
- Instrument revenue was $9.6 million, compared to $8.5 million; an increase of 12.9%.
- Reagent revenue was $5.7 million, compared to $4.6 million; an increase of 23.9%.
- Service and other revenue totaled $5.9 million in the first quarter of 2023, compared to $3.6 million in the prior year period; an increase of 63.9%.
- Gross profit was $12.3 million and gross profit margin was 57.4% in the first quarter of 2023.
- 58 instruments were sold in the first quarter of 2023; 19 PhenoCyclers, 39 PhenoImagers (which includes Fusion and HT); compared to 51 instruments sold in the prior year period (14 PhenoCyclers, 37 PhenoImagers).
- Instrument installed base of 992 as of March 31, 2023 (273 PhenoCyclers, 719 PhenoImagers); compared to an installed base of 748 in the prior year period (196 PhenoCyclers, 552 PhenoImagers); an increase of 33%.
- Combined-unit PhenoCycler-Fusion installed base of 128 as of March 31, 2023; compared to 23 in the prior year period.
- $60.2 million of cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2023, with $11.3 million in additional debt capacity.
First Quarter 2023 Business Highlights
- As of March 31, 2023, there have been 860 total publications featuring Akoya’s platforms; 62% growth from 530 total publications as of March 31, 2022.
- Akoya shipped its 1000th instrument in April, a major milestone for the company and the largest installed base in the spatial biology industry.
- At the 2023 American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) conference held from April 16-19, Akoya launched two new commercial product offerings, including the high-plex modular PhenoCode Discovery Panels on the PhenoCycler-Fusion platform, to further increase speed and simplicity of the workflow, and the partnered Enable Medicine Cloud Platform, for enhanced and rapid data analysis of high-plex images, with the potential to improve outcomes in both clinical and research settings.
- Johnny Ek appointed as new Chief Financial Officer, who brings more than 20 years of financial leadership experience across the diagnostics and life sciences tools industries, and Joe Driscoll has retired after more than four successful years as Chief Financial Officer.
- Jennifer Kamocsay appointed as Akoya’s first General Counsel, who brings over a decade of experience as a corporate and M&A attorney, to oversee all company legal activities and provide strategic guidance and corporate governance oversight.
2023 Financial Outlook
The Company, based on its current plans and initiatives, continues to expect full year 2023 revenue guidance range of $95-98 million.
Webcast and Conference Call Details
Akoya will host a conference call today, May 8, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss its first quarter 2023 financial results. Investors interested in listening to the conference call are required to register online. A live webcast of the conference call will be available on the “Investors” section of the Company's website at https://investors.akoyabio.com/. The webcast will be archived on the website following the completion of the call for three months.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. All statements contained in this release other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, including expectations regarding our ability to market and sell our PhenoCycler and PhenoImager platforms and our other products and services, our ability to increase awareness of spatial biology technology, our ability to execute on our plans and expectations, our research and development efforts and other matters regarding our business strategies, future performance, use of capital, results of operations and financial position and plans and objectives for future operations.
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About Akoya Biosciences
As The Spatial Biology Company®, Akoya Biosciences’ mission is to bring context to the world of biology and human health through the power of spatial phenotyping. The Company offers comprehensive single-cell imaging solutions that allow researchers to phenotype cells with spatial context and visualize how they organize and interact to influence disease progression and response to therapy. Akoya offers a full continuum of spatial phenotyping solutions to serve the diverse needs of researchers across discovery, translational and clinical research: PhenoCode™ Panels and PhenoCycler®, PhenoImager® Fusion and PhenoImager HT Instruments. To learn more about Akoya, visit www.akoyabio.com.
Investor Contact:
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Akoya Biosciences
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)
(in thousands)March 31, 2023 December 31, 2022 Assets Current assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 60,247 $ 74,229 Marketable securities — 6,989 Accounts receivable, net 12,943 9,729 Inventories, net 14,507 14,486 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 3,977 6,764 Total current assets 91,674 112,197 Property and equipment, net 10,425 10,174 Demo inventory, net 1,967 2,084 Intangible assets, net 19,496 20,048 Goodwill 18,262 18,262 Operating lease right of use assets, net 10,187 10,785 Financing lease right of use assets, net 1,290 1,490 Other non-current assets 996 991 Total assets $ 154,297 $ 176,031 Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity Current liabilities Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities $ 22,983 $ 27,147 Current portion of operating lease liabilities 2,975 3,009 Current portion of financing lease liabilities 608 620 Deferred revenue 6,657 6,279 Total current liabilities 33,223 37,055 Deferred revenue, net of current portion 2,545 2,114 Long-term debt, net 63,455 63,277 Contingent consideration liability, net of current portion 4,626 6,039 Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion 7,698 8,203 Financing lease liabilities, net of current portion 539 675 Other long-term liabilities 87 87 Total liabilities 112,173 117,450 Total stockholders' equity 42,124 58,581 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 154,297 $ 176,031 AKOYA BIOSCIENCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)Three months ended March 31, March 31, 2023 2022 Revenue: Product revenue $ 15,524 $ 13,343 Service and other revenue 5,886 3,551 Total revenue 21,410 16,894 Cost of goods sold: Cost of product revenue 5,751 4,080 Cost of service and other revenue 3,366 2,718 Total cost of goods sold 9,117 6,798 Gross profit 12,293 10,096 Operating expenses: Selling, general and administrative 21,758 18,193 Research and development 5,773 5,714 Change in fair value of contingent consideration 227 200 Depreciation and amortization 1,971 1,543 Total operating expenses 29,729 25,650 Loss from operations (17,436 ) (15,554 ) Other income (expense): Interest expense (2,054 ) (749 ) Interest income 765 22 Other expense, net (48 ) (96 ) Loss before provision for income taxes (18,773 ) (16,377 ) Provision for income taxes (29 ) (22 ) Net loss $ (18,802 ) $ (16,399 ) Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted $ (0.49 ) $ (0.44 ) Weighted-average shares outstanding, basic and diluted 38,326,024 37,464,496