Veracyte Announces Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results

Veracyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCYT) today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.

“We delivered outstanding second quarter results, with revenue and test volume that exceeded our expectations. We also generated a record $17 million in cash from operations this quarter, driven by our exceptional top-line performance and strong cash collections,” said Marc Stapley, Veracyte’s chief executive officer. “The compelling clinical data we shared this quarter demonstrates our focus on producing further evidence that our tests are helping to better guide patient care at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer.”

Key Business Highlights

• Increased second quarter total revenue by 24% to $90.3 million, compared to the second quarter of 2022.
• Grew total test volume to 31,809, an increase of 28% compared to the second quarter of 2022.
• Presented 12 abstracts for our diagnostic tests and biopharmaceutical offerings at major medical conferences. Study findings demonstrate our tests’ positive real-world impact on patient care, and also advance the scientific understanding of a number of diseases that we and our biopharmaceutical customers address.
• Published real-world Decipher Prostate Genomic Classifier findings in JNCI Cancer Spectrum from a population-based study of the National Cancer Institute’s SEER program database. The findings reinforce the ability of our Decipher Prostate Genomic Classifier to help guide personalized treatment approaches for men with prostate cancer.
• Generated approximately $17 million of cash from operating activities, ending the second quarter with cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $191 million, compared to $178 million at the end of the first quarter.

Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results

Total revenue for the second quarter of 2023 was $90.3 million, an increase of 24% compared to $72.9 million reported in the second quarter of 2022. Testing revenue was $81.7 million, an increase of 37% compared to $59.7 million in the second quarter of 2022 driven primarily by the strong performance of our Decipher Prostate and Afirma tests. Product revenue was $4.0 million, an increase of 29% compared to $3.1 million in the second quarter of 2022. Biopharmaceutical and other revenue was $4.6 million, a decrease of 55% compared to $10.0 million in the second quarter of 2022.

Total gross margin for the second quarter of 2023, including the amortization of acquired intangible assets, was 62%, compared to 59% in the second quarter of 2022. Non-GAAP gross margin, excluding the amortization of acquired intangible assets and other acquisition related expenses was 67%, compared to 66% in the second quarter of 2022.

Operating expenses, excluding cost of revenue, were $63.9 million, an increase of 19% compared to the second quarter of 2022. Non-GAAP operating expenses, excluding cost of revenue, amortization of acquired intangible assets, other acquisition related expenses and other restructuring costs, were $59.3 million compared to $49.0 million in the second quarter of 2022.

Net loss for the second quarter of 2023 was $8.4 million, an improvement of 12% compared to the second quarter of 2022. Basic and diluted net loss per common share was $0.12, an improvement of 8% compared to the second quarter of 2022. Net cash provided by operating activities in the first six months of 2023 was $14.5 million, an improvement of $23.7 million compared to the same period in 2022.

A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures has been provided in the tables included in this press release. An explanation of these measures is also included below under the heading "Note Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures."

2023 Financial Outlook

The company is raising full-year 2023 total revenue guidance to $342 million to $350 million, representing year-over-year growth of 15% to 18%, and an improvement compared to prior guidance of $330 million to $340 million.

Conference Call and Webcast Details

Veracyte will host a conference call and webcast today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the company's financial results and provide a general business update. The conference call will be webcast live from the company’s website and will be available via the following link: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/iwy5xkbf. The webcast should be accessed 10 minutes prior to the conference call start time. A replay of the webcast will be available for one year following the conclusion of the live broadcast and will be accessible on the company’s website at https://investor.veracyte.com/events-presentations.

The conference call dial-in can be accessed by registering at the following link: https://register.vevent.com/register/BI62f03c15042b4d5dadeed4e37ed31fd8

About Veracyte

Veracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global diagnostics company whose vision is to transform cancer care for patients all over the world. We empower clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer. Our high-performing tests enable clinicians to make more confident diagnostic, prognostic and treatment decisions for some of the most challenging diseases such as thyroid, prostate, breast, bladder and lung cancers, as well as interstitial lung diseases. We help patients avoid unnecessary procedures and speed time to diagnosis and appropriate treatment. In addition to making our tests available in the U.S. through our central laboratories, we also aim to deliver our tests to patients worldwide through a distributed model to laboratories that can perform them locally. For more information, please visit www.veracyte.com and follow the company on Twitter (@veracyte).

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, our statements related to our expected total revenue and other financial and operating results for 2023 and our plans, objectives, expectations (financial and otherwise) or intentions with respect to our tests and products, including our biopharma atlas, for use in diagnosing and treating diseases, and our commercial organization. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as: “appears,” "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "expect," "believe," "should," "may," "will," “positioned,” “designed” and similar references to future periods. Actual results may differ materially from those projected or suggested in any forward-looking statements. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from our predictions, and include, but are not limited to: our ability to launch, commercialize and receive reimbursement for our products; to demonstrate the validity and utility of our genomic tests and biopharma offerings; to continue to integrate and expand the HalioDx and Decipher businesses and execute on our business plans; to continue to scale our global operations and enhance our internal control environment; the impact of the war in Ukraine on European economies and energy supply, as well as our facilities in France; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its variants on our business and general economic conditions; the impact of foreign currency fluctuations, increasing interest rates, inflation, and turmoil in the global banking and finance system; and the performance and utility of our tests in the clinical environment. Additional factors that may impact these forward-looking statements can be found under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 1, 2023, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2023 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these documents, when available, may be found in the Investors section of our website at investor.veracyte.com. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and, except as required by law, we specifically disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements or reasons why actual results might differ, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Veracyte, the Veracyte logo, Decipher, Afirma, Percepta, Envisia, Prosigna, Lymphmark, TMExplore, Brightplex, Immunosign, “Know by Design” and “More about You”are registered trademarks of Veracyte, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the U.S. and selected countries. Immunoscore IC® is a trademark of Veracyte SAS registered in France. Immunoscore is a registered trademark of Inserm used by Veracyte under license. nCounter is the registered trademark of NanoString Technologies used by Veracyte under license.

Note Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), this press release and the accompanying tables contain, and reference certain non‐GAAP results including non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, and non-GAAP loss from operations. These measures are not meant to be considered superior to or a substitute for financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and investors are cautioned that there are material limitations associated with the use of non-GAAP financial measures as an analytical tool.

We use non-GAAP measures to internally evaluate and analyze financial results. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of our business, enable comparison of financial results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance, and enable comparison of our financial results with other public companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures. However, the non-GAAP measures we present may be different from those used by other companies.

We exclude amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition-related expenses relating to our acquisitions of Decipher Biosciences and HalioDx and certain costs related to restructuring from certain of our non-GAAP measures. Management has excluded the effects of these items in non-GAAP measures to help investors gain a better understanding of the core operating results and future prospects of the company, consistent with how management measures and forecasts the company's performance, especially when comparing such results to previous periods or forecasts. The company encourages investors to carefully consider its results under GAAP, as well as its supplemental non‐GAAP information and the reconciliation between these presentations, to more fully understand its business.

Reconciliations between our GAAP results and non‐GAAP financial measures are presented in the tables of this release.