Second quarter revenue increased 82% year-on-year
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Aug.11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Berkeley Lights, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLI), a leader in digital cell biology, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2021.
Recent Highlights
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Total revenue increased to $ 19.3 million for the second quarter of 2021, an 82% year-over-year growth and bringing first half revenue to $ 37.9 million, an increase by 56% compared to the first half of 2020
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Launch of Opto Plasma B Discovery 4.0, a state-of-the-art functional antibody discovery workflow that dramatically increases the diversity of sequences recovered and reduces costs and labor associated with synthesis, cloning and DNA re-expression
“During the second quarter, we made significant progress across our business and saw growing demand for the Berkeley Lights platform,” said Eric Hobbs, Ph.D., Managing Director of Berkeley Lights . “We continue to focus on business development partnerships, with industry leaders like Thermo Fisher and Bayer, to develop disruptive workflows and services. These partnerships not only expand the market opportunities for our platform, but also help us accomplish our mission by accelerating cell and gene therapy products in the clinic and helping to drive innovation and world-class standards by sustainability for farmers, consumers and the environment. . Berkeley Lights is uniquely positioned to do this, as we deliver unprecedented functional information at scale that can unlock groundbreaking improvements in human health. “
Quarterly financial results 2021
Three months ended June 30 |
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(in thousands, except per share data) |
2021 |
2020 |
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(unaudited) |
(unaudited) |
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Income |
$ |
19,250 |
$ |
10,569 |
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Gross profit |
12 728 |
6 962 |
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Gross margin % |
66 |
% |
66 |
% |
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Operating Expenses |
30,577 |
19 112 |
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Operating loss |
(17,849 |
) |
(12 150 |
) |
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Net loss and net aggregate loss |
(18 154 |
) |
(12,430) |
) |
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Net loss attributable to common shareholders per share, basic and diluted |
(0.27 |
) |
(4.25 |
) |
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Total stock-based compensation |
5 629 |
1,352 |
2021 outlook reaffirmed
Berkeley Lights continues to expect year 2021 revenue to be between $ 90 million and $ 100 million, growing 40% to 56% over the full year of 2020.
Webcast and conference call information
Berkeley Lights will host a conference call to discuss second quarter 2021 financial results before market opens on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 5:30 a.m. Pacific time / 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. A webcast of the conference call is available at http://investors.berkeleylights.com. The webcast will be archived and available for replay for at least 90 days after the event.
About Berkeley Lights
Berkeley Lights is a leading digital cell biology company focused on enabling and accelerating the rapid development and commercialization of biotherapeutics and other cell-based products for our customers. The Berkeley Lights platform captures in-depth phenotypic, functional and genotypic information for thousands of individual cells in parallel and can also deliver the living biology customers want in the form of the best cells. Our platform is a fully integrated end-to-end solution, including proprietary consumables including our OptoSelect reagent chips and kits, advanced automation systems and application software. We have developed the Berkeley Lights platform to provide the most advanced environment for rapid functional characterization of large-scale single cells, the goal of which is to set an industry standard for our customers throughout their production chain. value of cellular products.
The Berkeley Lights Beacon and Lightning systems and the Culture Station instrument are: FOR RESEARCH USE ONLY. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.
Forward-looking statements
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income (unaudited)
(In thousands, excluding data per share and per share)
Three months ended June 30 |
Six months ended June 30 |
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2021 |
2020 |
2021 |
2020 |
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Income: |
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Product turnover |
$ |
13,021 |
$ |
9,107 |
$ |
26,554 |
$ |
19 790 |
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Service revenues |
6 229 |
1462 |
11 324 |
4,557 |
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Total income |
19,250 |
10,569 |
37 878 |
24 347 |
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Cost of sales : |
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Cost of product sales |
3 332 |
2384 |
7035 |
5,004 |
|||||||||||
Cost of sales of services |
3 190 |
1 223 |
5 664 |
2 402 |
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Total cost of sales |
6 522 |
3,607 |
12 699 |
7,406 |
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Gross profit |
12 728 |
6 962 |
25,179 |
16 941 |
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Operating costs : |
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Research and development |
13,535 |
11 843 |
26,562 |
22 819 |
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general and administrative |
11 725 |
4,193 |
20,692 |
8 190 |
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Sales and Marketing |
5,317 |
3,076 |
10 923 |
6 310 |
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Total operating expenses |
30,577 |
19 112 |
58 177 |
37,319 |
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Operating loss |
(17,849 |
) |
(12 150 |
) |
(32,998 |
) |
(20,378 |
) |
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Other income (expenses): |
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Interest charges |
(356 |
) |
(356 |
) |
(710 |
) |
(713 |
) |
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Interest income |
43 |
47 |
109 |
198 |
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Other income (expenses), net |
34 |
37 |
53 |
62 |
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Loss before taxes |
(18,128 |
) |
(12,422 |
) |
(33,546 |
) |
(20 831 |
) |
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Provision for income taxes |
26 |
8 |
43 |
24 |
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Net loss and net aggregate loss |
$ |
(18 154 |
) |
$ |
(12,430) |
) |
$ |
(33,589 |
) |
$ |
(20,855 |
) |
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Net loss attributable to common shareholders per share, basic and diluted |
$ |
(0.27 |
) |
$ |
(4.25 |
) |
$ |
(0.51 |
) |
$ |
(7.29 |
) |
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Weighted average stocks used in the calculation of net loss per share, basic and diluted |
66 790 755 |
3,109,545 |
66 029 307 |
3,078,756 |
Berkeley Lights, Inc.
Condensed consolidated balance sheets
(In thousands, excluding data per share and per share)
Assets |
June 30th |
The 31st of December, |
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(unaudited) |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
215,077 |
$ |
233,408 |
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Accounts |
19,760 |
12 939 |
|||||
Inventory |
12,572 |
11,047 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
8 115 |
8 175 |
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Total current assets |
255,524 |
265,569 |
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Restricted species |
270 |
270 |
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Property and equipment, net |
20 839 |
14 544 |
|||||
Operating right of use assets |
15,724 |
16,718 |
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other assets |
3 357 |
2,557 |
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Total assets |
$ |
295,714 |
$ |
299,658 |
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Liabilities and equity |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts Payable |
$ |
8 727 |
$ |
3 491 |
|||
Accrued charges and other current liabilities |
10,501 |
8,401 |
|||||
Current portion of bills payable |
– |
11 594 |
|||||
Deferred revenue |
8 258 |
5 482 |
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Total current liabilities |
27,486 |
28,968 |
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Notes payable, net of the current portion |
19,673 |
8.301 |
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Deferred revenue, net of the current portion |
1,875 |
1,709 |
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Operating lease liability, non-current |
14,841 |
15 899 |
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Total responsibilities |
63 875 |
54 877 |
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Equity: |
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Convertible preferred shares |
– |
– |
|||||
Ordinary actions |
4 |
3 |
|||||
Premium |
457,308 |
436,662 |
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Accumulated deficit |
(225,473 |
) |
(191,884 |
) |
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Total equity for shareholders |
231 839 |
244,781 |
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Total liabilities and equity |
$ |
295,714 |
$ |
299,658 |