Invitae Reports $56.5 Million in 2019 Quarterly Revenue Driven by 129,000 Samples

Invitae Corporation, a leading medical genetics company, announced financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2019.

  • Increased quarterly revenue by 51% and volume by 65% year-over-year
  • Now in network with Cigna, all major payers with approximately 295 million covered lives
  • Hosting conference call and webcast today at 4:30pm Eastern/1:30pm Pacific

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Invitae Corporation (NYSE: NVTA), a leading medical genetics company, today announced financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2019.

Invitae's (NVTA) mission is to bring comprehensive genetic information into mainstream medical practice to improve the quality of healthcare for billions of people. www.invitae.com (PRNewsFoto/Invitae Corporation)

"With our 26th consecutive quarter of dynamic growth, we continue to demonstrate our ability to grow the business while investing in the technologies necessary to drive the transformation of genetics," said Sean George, co-founder and chief executive officer of Invitae. "Based on how we are tracking toward our guidance and our demonstrated ability to take share and more importantly expand the market, we believe that we are driving forward as the clear leader in offering comprehensive, medical genetic information at affordable prices access all stages of life."

Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results

  • Accessioned more than 129,000 samples in the third quarter of 2019, representing a 65% increase over the 78,000 samples in the third quarter of 2018. Billable volume was approximately 124,000 in the third quarter of 2019
  • Generated revenue of $56.5 million in the third quarter of 2019, representing a 51% increase over the third quarter of 2018 revenue of $37.4 million
  • Reported the average cost per sample at $249 in the third quarter of 2019, representing a 5% reduction from a $262 average cost per sample in the third quarter of 2018
  • Achieved gross profit of $24.4 million in the third quarter of 2019 compared to $16.9 million of gross profit in the third quarter of 2018

Total operating expense, which excludes cost of revenue, for the third quarter of 2019 was $101.4 million (non-GAAP operating expense of $79.8 million) compared to $47.0 million for the third quarter of 2018.

For the third quarter of 2019, Invitae reported a net loss of $78.7 million, or a $0.82 loss per share, compared to a net loss of $31.7 million in the third quarter of 2018, or a $0.45 net loss per share. Non-GAAP net loss was $65.8 million in the third quarter of 2019, or a $0.69 non-GAAP net loss per share.

As of September 30, 2019, cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and marketable securities totaled $473.5 million. Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash for the quarter was $220.0 million. Cash burn for the quarter was $140.0 million ($40.3 million excluding financing and acquisition-related items), and includes $85.6 million to repay Oberland (which includes $1.3 million of accrued interest on our third quarter 2019 quarterly interest payment) and $15.4 million in Jungla acquisition-related payments.

Invitae's Corporate and Scientific Highlights

  • Acquired Jungla Inc. and its cloud-based platform that further enhances Invitae's genetic variant interpretation and ability to deliver high-quality, more affordable genetic testing
  • Signed contract with Cigna, effective December 1, 2019. Invitae is now in contract with all national commercial health plans and has approximately 295 million covered lives in network
  • Extended Invitae's genome network with the addition of nine new biopharma partnerships and launched five Detect programs
    • Expanded the Behind The Seizure program, which now offers comprehensive epilepsy panel testing to any child up to 59 months old who has one unprovoked seizure in the U.S. and Canada
    • Signed Abeona as the first biopharma partner as part of the Detect program for patients with lysosomal storage disorders
  • Partnered with the University of Vermont Health Network on a testing program to offer proactive genetic screening as part of routine clinical care for patients in Vermont
  • Presented various studies and research at The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting:
    • Presented a study on the limitations of a direct-to-consumer genetic screening strategy for hereditary breast, ovarian, and colorectal cancer risk which found the vast majority of individuals with a disease-causing mutation in MUTYH and BRCA1/2 would have been missed by direct-to-consumer testing, with actual disease-causing mutations being missed in nearly 100% of people of certain ancestries
  • Highlighting research at the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) 37th Annual Conference to help push forward the science and practice of genetics in patient care
    • Presenting studies highlighting the potential of genetic testing to increase early diagnosis of pediatric epilepsy, along with presentations underscoring the importance of high quality medical genetic testing and genetic counseling services as consumer use of genetic health screening continues to grow
    • Partnering with NSGC to present the 4th annual Code Talker award to honor excellence in genetic counseling patient care as recognized by patients themselves at the conference
  • Closed on $350.0 million in convertible senior notes in an upsized offering and raised $19.5 million of net proceeds under our ATM

Webcast and Conference Call Details
Management will host a conference call and webcast today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern / 1:30 p.m. Pacific to discuss financial results and recent developments. The dial-in numbers for the conference call are (866) 393-4306 for domestic callers and (734) 385-2616 for international callers, and the reservation number for both is 9085356. Following prepared remarks, management will respond to questions from investors and analysts, subject to time limitations.

The live webcast of the call and slide deck may be accessed by visiting the investors section of the company's website at ir.invitae.com. A replay of the webcast and conference call will be available shortly after the conclusion of the call and will be archived on the company's website.

About Invitae
Invitae Corporation (NYSE: NVTA) is the leading advanced medical genetics company, whose mission is to bring comprehensive genetic information into mainstream medicine to improve healthcare for billions of people. Invitae's goal is to aggregate the world's genetic tests into a single service with higher quality, faster turnaround time, and lower prices. For more information, visit the company's website at invitae.com.

Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to the company's financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2019; the company's beliefs regarding estimated guidance for 2019 and future financial performance; the anticipated effective date of the Cigna contract; the impact of the company's acquisitions, partnerships and product offerings; and the company's beliefs regarding the growth of its business, its position and impact on the genetic testing industry, its success in executing on its mission and achieving its goals, and the benefits of genetic testing. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the actual results for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 and the year ending December 31, 2019; the company's ability to continue to grow its business; the company's history of losses; the company's ability to compete; the company's failure to manage growth effectively; the company's need to scale its infrastructure in advance of demand for its tests and to increase demand for its tests; the risk that the company may not obtain or maintain sufficient levels of reimbursement for its tests; the company's failure to successfully integrate or fully realize the anticipated benefits of acquired businesses; the company's ability to use rapidly changing genetic data to interpret test results accurately and consistently; security breaches, loss of data and other disruptions; laws and regulations applicable to the company's business; and the other risks set forth in the company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and Invitae Corporation disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement Invitae's consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP), the company is providing non-GAAP research and development expense, non-GAAP general and administrative expense, non-GAAP operating expense, non-GAAP net loss and net loss per share and cash burn, which are non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are not based on any standardized methodology prescribed by GAAP and are not necessarily comparable to similarly-titled measures presented by other companies. Management believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors in evaluation the company's ongoing operating results and trends.

Non-GAAP research and development expense, non-GAAP general and administrative expense, non-GAAP operating expense and non-GAAP net loss exclude acquisition-related stock-based compensation related to inducement grants, post-combination expense related to the acceleration of equity grants in connection with the company's business combinations, and acquisition-related income tax benefits. These non-GAAP financial measures are limited in value because they exclude certain items that may have a material impact on the reported financial results. Management accounts for this limitation by analyzing results on a GAAP basis as well as a non-GAAP basis and also by providing GAAP measures in the company's public disclosures.

Cash burn excludes (1) changes in marketable securities other than investments made in privately held companies, (2) cash received from equity financings, including proceeds from a public offering of common stock in March 2019, (3) net cash received from proceeds from term debt or convertible senior notes, and (4) cash received from exercises of warrants. Management believes cash burn is a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash consumed by the operations of the business. A limitation of using this non-GAAP measure is that cash burn does not represent the total change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash for the period because it excludes cash provided by or used for other operating, investing or financing activities. Management accounts for this limitation by providing information about the company's operating, investing and financing activities in the statements of cash flows in the consolidated financial statements in the company's most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K and by presenting net cash provided by (used in) operating, investing and financing activities as well as the net increase or decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash in its reconciliation of cash burn.

In addition, other companies, including companies in the same industry, may not use cash burn, non-GAAP research and development and general and administrative expense, non-GAAP operating expense, non-GAAP net loss, or non-GAAP net loss per share or may calculate these metrics in a different manner than management or may use other financial measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of these non-GAAP measures as comparative measures. Because of these limitations, the company's non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Investors are encouraged to review the non-GAAP reconciliations provided in the tables below.

INVITAE CORPORATION

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 
 

September 30,
2019

 

December 31,
2018

Assets

     

Current assets:

     

Cash and cash equivalents

$

467,012

   

$

112,158

 

Marketable securities

300

   

13,727

 

Accounts receivable

26,740

   

26,296

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

14,477

   

13,258

 

Total current assets

508,529

   

165,439

 

Property and equipment, net

32,177

   

27,886

 

Operating lease assets

39,112

   

 

Restricted cash

6,183

   

6,006

 

Intangible assets, net

99,740

   

30,469

 

Goodwill

99,851

   

50,095

 

Other assets

4,795

   

3,064

 

Total assets

$

790,387

   

$

282,959

 

Liabilities and stockholders' equity

     

Current liabilities:

     

Accounts payable

$

8,863

   

$

7,812

 

Accrued liabilities

53,251

   

26,563

 

Operating lease obligations

5,186

   

 

Finance lease obligations

1,636

   

1,937

 

Total current liabilities

68,936

   

36,312

 

Operating lease obligations, net of current portion

44,408

   

 

Finance lease obligations, net of current portion

168

   

1,375

 

Debt

   

74,477

 

Convertible senior notes, net

265,194

   

 

Other long-term liabilities

7,800

   

8,956

 

Total liabilities

386,506

   

121,120

 
       

Stockholders' equity:

     

Common stock

10

   

8

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

   

(5)

 

Additional paid-in capital

1,085,643

   

678,548

 

Accumulated deficit

(681,772)

   

(516,712)

 

Total stockholders' equity

403,881

   

161,839

 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

790,387

   

$

282,959

 

INVITAE CORPORATION

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 
 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

Revenue:

             

Test revenue

$

55,502

   

$

36,611

   

$

147,423

   

$

100,014

 

Other revenue

1,009

   

755

   

3,116

   

2,329

 

Total revenue

56,511

   

37,366

   

150,539

   

102,343

 

Cost of revenue

32,120

   

20,441

   

81,380

   

58,964

 

Research and development

46,951

   

15,776

   

90,247

   

46,926

 

Selling and marketing

32,690

   

17,591

   

87,662

   

55,222

 

General and administrative

21,733

   

13,668

   

56,326

   

37,884

 

Loss from operations

(76,983)

   

(30,110)

   

(165,076)

   

(96,653)

 

Other income (expense), net

(7,591)

   

231

   

(5,572)

   

2,066

 

Interest expense

(2,833)

   

(1,844)

   

(7,062)

   

(4,927)

 

Net loss before taxes

(87,407)

   

(31,723)

   

(177,710)

   

(99,514)

 

Income tax benefit

(8,700)

   

   

(12,650)

   

 

Net loss

$

(78,707)

   

$

(31,723)

   

$

(165,060)

   

$

(99,514)

 

Net loss per share, basic and diluted

$

(0.82)

   

$

(0.45)

   

$

(1.86)

   

$

(1.56)

 

Shares used in computing net loss per share, basic and diluted

95,577

   

70,153

   

88,663

   

63,935

 

INVITAE CORPORATION

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 
 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

2019

 

2018

Cash flows from operating activities:

     

Net loss

$

(165,060)

   

$

(99,514)

 

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

     

Depreciation and amortization

11,135

   

10,268

 

Stock-based compensation

47,826

   

15,711

 

Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs

855

   

681

 

Impairment losses

   

1,883

 

Benefit from income taxes

(12,650)

   

 

Debt extinguishment costs

8,926

   

 

Other

901

   

626

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of businesses acquired:

     

Accounts receivable

(444)

   

(4,483)

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

(1,424)

   

(1,060)

 

Other assets

2,369

   

(555)

 

Accounts payable

87

   

(1,226)

 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

9,692

   

922

 

Net cash used in operating activities

(97,787)

   

(76,747)

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

     

Purchases of marketable securities

(20,781)

   

(1,575)

 

Proceeds from sales of marketable securities

   

19,965

 

Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities

34,500

   

10,957

 

Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired

(9,801)

   

 

Purchases of property and equipment

(13,530)

   

(4,258)

 

Other

   

(500)

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

(9,612)

   

24,589

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

     

Proceeds from public offerings of common stock, net

204,024

   

112,480

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net

5,734

   

10,732

 

Proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes, net

339,900

   

 

Proceeds from issuance of debt, net

   

19,544

 

Payments of debt extinguishment costs

(10,638)

   

 

Loan payments

(75,000)

   

 

Finance lease principal payments

(1,590)

   

(1,632)

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

462,430

   

141,124

 
       

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

355,031

   

88,966

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period

118,164

   

17,459

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period

$

473,195

   

$

106,425

 

INVITAE CORPORATION

 

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Research and Development Expense

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 
 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

Research and development

$

46,951

   

$

15,776

   

$

90,247

   

$

46,926

 

Acquisition-related stock-based compensation

(18,613)

   

   

(21,199)

   

 

Non-GAAP research and development

$

28,338

   

$

15,776

   

$

69,048

   

$

46,926

 
 
 

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP General and Administrative Expense

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 
 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

General and administrative

$

21,733

   

$

13,668

   

$

56,326

   

$

37,884

 

Acquisition-related post-combination expense

(2,946)

   

   

(6,158)

   

 

Non-GAAP general and administrative

$

18,787

   

$

13,668

   

$

50,168

   

$

37,884

 
 
 

Reconciliation of Operating Expense to Non-GAAP Operating Expense

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 
 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

Research and development

$

46,951

   

$

15,776

   

$

90,247

   

$

46,926

 

Selling and marketing

32,690

   

17,591

   

87,662

   

55,222

 

General and administrative

21,733

   

13,668

   

56,326

   

37,884

 

Operating expense

101,374

   

47,035

   

234,235

   

140,032

 

Acquisition-related stock-based compensation

(18,613)

   

   

(21,199)

   

 

Acquisition-related post-combination expense

(2,946)

   

   

(6,158)

   

 

Non-GAAP operating expense

$

79,815

   

$

47,035

   

$

206,878

   

$

140,032

 
 
 

Reconciliation of Net Loss to Non-GAAP Net Loss Per Share

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 
 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

Net loss

$

(78,707)

   

$

(31,723)

   

$

(165,060)

   

$

(99,514)

 

Acquisition-related stock-based compensation

18,613

   

   

21,199

   

 

Acquisition-related post-combination expense

2,946

   

   

6,158

   

 

Acquisition-related income tax benefit

(8,700)

   

   

(12,650)

   

 

Non-GAAP net loss

$

(65,848)

   

$

(31,723)

   

$

(150,353)

   

$

(99,514)

 
               

Non-GAAP net loss per share, basic and diluted

$

(0.69)

   

$

(0.45)

   

$

(1.70)

   

$

(1.56)

 

Shares used in computing net loss per share, basic and diluted

95,577

   

70,153

   

88,663

   

63,935

 

INVITAE CORPORATION

 

Reconciliation of Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash to Cash Burn

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 
 

Three Months
Ended March
31, 2019

 

Three Months
Ended June 30,
2019

 

Three Months
Ended
September 30,
2019

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
2019

Net cash used in operating activities

$

(28,366)

   

$

(32,725)

   

$

(36,696)

   

$

(97,787)

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

(17,545)

   

25,133

   

(17,200)

   

(9,612)

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

186,120

   

2,462

   

273,848

   

462,430

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

140,209

   

(5,130)

   

219,952

   

355,031

 
               

Adjustments:

             

Purchases of investments

20,781

   

   

   

20,781

 

Maturities of investments

(6,000)

   

(28,000)

   

(500)

   

(34,500)

 

Proceeds from public offering of common stock, net of issuance costs

(184,490)

   

   

(19,534)

   

(204,024)

 

Proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes, net

   

   

(339,900)

   

(339,900)

 

Proceeds from exercises of warrants

(88)

   

(25)

   

(58)

   

(171)

 

Cash burn

$

(29,588)

   

$

(33,155)

   

$

(140,040)

   

$

(202,783)

 
   

Cash burn for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 includes $85.6 million of cash paid to settle our obligations under the 2018 Note Purchase Agreement (which includes $1.3 million of accrued interest on the third quarter 2019 quarterly interest payment) and $15.4 million paid in connection with the acquisition of Jungla Inc.

Contact:
Laura D'Angelo
ir@invitae.com
(628) 213-3369

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