Accelerate Diagnostics Reports Second Quarter 2019 Financial Results

TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AXDX) today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019.

“We achieved mixed results in the second quarter, as revenue and placements were both lighter than anticipated due to lower-than-expected capital sales in our EMEA region,” commented Lawrence Mehren, President and CEO of Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. “However, we were encouraged by our commercial progress during the quarter, highlighted by 30% sequential growth in consumable sales and by our signing of the Mayo Clinic as a key reference customer. We expect our increasingly strong customer pipeline to drive higher placements in the second half of the year, particularly in Q4, and are confident that consumable revenues will continue to ramp higher as an ever-increasing number of new customers go clinically live.”

Second Quarter 2019 Highlights

• Added 55 net new commercially contracted instruments, compared to 29 in the second quarter of 2018.
• Net sales of $1.8 million, compared to $1.7 million in the second quarter of 2018. Instrument revenue decreased year-over-year while consumable revenue grew meaningfully over the same time period, reflecting the company’s change to a reagent rental business model starting Q3 of 2018. Consumable revenue grew by over 125% as compared the second quarter of 2018 and by approximately 30% over the prior quarter.
• Gross margin was 50% for the quarter, compared to 58% in the second quarter of 2018. This decrease was the result of one-time inventory timing benefits in the prior year which did not repeat in the current year.
• Selling, general, and administrative expenses for the quarter were $12.8 million, compared to $15.3 million in the second quarter of 2018. This decrease was driven by lower stock-based compensation expense in the current year.
• Research and development (R&D) costs for the quarter were $6.1 million, compared to $6.1 million in the second quarter of 2018. R&D expense were materially unchanged due to a stable product development program.
• Net loss was $20.8 million in the second quarter, or $0.38 per share, which included $2.9 million in non-cash stock-based compensation expense.
• Net cash used in the quarter was $13.0 million, and the company ended the quarter with total cash, investments, and cash equivalents of $137.8 million.

Year to Date 2019 Highlights

• Added 130 net new commercially contracted instruments year to date, compared to 40 for the same period from 2018.
• Net sales of $3.6 million year to date, compared to $2.5 million for the same period from 2018. Instrument revenue decreased while consumable revenue grew steadily reflecting the company’s change to a reagent rental business model starting Q3 of 2018. Consumable revenue grew by over 125% year to date compared to the same period in the prior year.
• Gross margin was 49% year to date, compared to 51% for the same period from 2018. This decrease was in part due to one-time inventory timing benefits in the prior year that did repeat in the current year. After excluding the impacts of pre-FDA inventory previously written off to R&D, gross margin improved by 300 basis points year to date to due to higher test kit production levels.
• Selling, general, and administrative expenses were $25.6 million year to date, compared to $29.7 million for the same period from 2018. This decrease was driven by lower stock-based compensation expense in the current year.
• Research and development (R&D) costs were $13.1 million year to date, compared to $12.8 million for the same period from 2018. R&D expense remain unchanged due to a stable product development program.
• Net loss was $42.5 million year to date, or $0.78 per share, which included $6.3 million in non-cash stock-based compensation expense.
• Net cash used year to date was $28.6 million, and the company ended the quarter with total cash, investments, and cash equivalents of $137.8 million.

Full financial results for the quarter ending June 30, 2019 will be filed on Form 10-Q through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website at http://www.sec.gov.

Audio Webcast and Conference Call

The company will host a conference call at 4:30PM ET today to review its second quarter results. To participate in the conference call, dial +1.877.883.0383 and enter the conference ID: 8768870. International participants may dial +1.412.902.6506. Please dial in 10 to 15 minutes prior to the start of the conference call. A replay of the call will be available by telephone at +1.877.344.7529 (U.S.) or +1.412.317.0088 (international) using replay code 10132228 until August 29, 2019.

This conference call will also be webcast and can be accessed from the “Investors” section of the company’s website at axdx.com/investors. A replay of the audio webcast will be available until August 29, 2019.

About Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.

Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. is an in vitro diagnostics company dedicated to providing solutions for the global challenges of antibiotic resistance and sepsis. The Accelerate Pheno™ system and Accelerate PhenoTest™ BC kit combine several technologies aimed at reducing the time clinicians must wait to determine the most optimal antibiotic therapy for deadly infections. The FDA cleared system and kit fully automate the sample preparation steps to report phenotypic antibiotic susceptibility results in approximately 7 hours direct from positive blood cultures. Recent external studies indicate the solution offers results 1-2 days faster than existing methods, enabling clinicians to optimize antibiotic selection and dosage specific to the individual patient days earlier.

The “ACCELERATE DIAGNOSTICS” and “ACCELERATE PHENO” and “ACCELERATE PHENOTEST” and diamond shaped logos and marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.

For more information about the company, its products and technology, or recent publications, visit axdx.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain of the statements made in this press release are forward looking, such as those, among others, about the company’s projections as to when certain key business milestones may be achieved, the potential of the company’s products or technology, the growth of the market, the company’s estimates as to the size of its market opportunity and potential pricing, the company’s competitive position and estimates of time reduction to results, and its future development plans and growth strategy. Actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected or implied in these forward-looking statements. Information about the risks and uncertainties faced by Accelerate Diagnostics is contained in the section captioned “Risk Factors” in the company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2019, and in any other reports that the company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company’s forward-looking statements could be affected by general industry and market conditions. Except as required by federal securities laws, the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect new events, uncertainties or other contingencies.

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Company Codes: NASDAQ-SMALL:AXDX