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Ginkgo Bioworks Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results


$251 million of Total revenue in 2023

$139 million in Cell Engineering services revenue, representing 31% growth over 2022

78 new Cell Programs added in 2023, representing 32% growth over 2022 and continued penetration in biopharma

Year-end cash balance of nearly $950 million provides meaningful multi-year runway as we drive towards profitability and begin recognizing benefits from improved platform efficiency

BOSTON, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DNA, "Ginkgo"), which is building the leading platform for cell programming and biosecurity, today announced its results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023. The update, including a webcast slide presentation and supplemental financial information, will be available at investors.ginkgobioworks.com.

"2023 was a breakout year for Ginkgo," said Jason Kelly, co-founder and CEO of Ginkgo. "We're working to build a durable platform that fundamentally transforms R&D in biotech. I'm particularly pleased with our growth in biopharma, which represents our largest untapped market - we added several new programs across modalities with large enterprises including Boehringer Ingelheim, Merck, Novo Nordisk, and Pfizer and are seeing strong momentum in pharma going into 2024. I am also thrilled to see a real ecosystem building around Ginkgo - we're honored by the trust placed in us by the terrific founders of Patch Biosciences, Reverie Labs, and Proof Diagnostics to bring their technologies to customers and by the over 25 inaugural partners in our newly announced Technology Network. We are committed to bringing the best technologies together to support our customers, and we've never been better positioned to deliver."

Recent Business Highlights & Strategic Positioning

Fourth Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights

Full Year 2023 Financial Highlights

Full Year 2024 Guidance

Conference Call Details
Ginkgo will host a videoconference today, Thursday, February 29, 2024, beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET. The presentation will include an overview of the fourth quarter and full year financial performance, recent business updates, a discussion on Ginkgo's outlook, as well as a moderated question and answer session.

To ask a question ahead of the presentation, please submit your questions to @Ginkgo on X (hashtag #GinkgoResults) or by sending an e-mail to [email protected].

A webcast link is available on Ginkgo's Investor Relations website and a replay will be made available following the presentation.

Ginkgo Investor Website: https://investors.ginkgobioworks.com/events/

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About Ginkgo Bioworks
Ginkgo Bioworks is the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, providing flexible, end-to-end services that solve challenges for organizations across diverse markets, from food and agriculture to pharmaceuticals to industrial and specialty chemicals. Ginkgo's biosecurity and public health unit, Concentric by Ginkgo, is building global infrastructure for biosecurity to empower governments, communities, and public health leaders to prevent, detect and respond to a wide variety of biological threats. For more information, visit ginkgobioworks.com and concentricbyginkgo.com, read our blog, or follow us on social media channels such as X (@Ginkgo and @ConcentricByGBW), Instagram (@GinkgoBioworks), Threads (@GinkgoBioworks) or LinkedIn.

Forward-Looking Statements of Ginkgo Bioworks
This press release, the presentation, and the conference call and webcast contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements regarding our plans, strategies, including with respect to our balance sheet and cash runway, acquisitions, current expectations, operations and anticipated results of operations, both business and financial, including opportunities for increased operational efficiency, our manufacturing capabilities, potential customer success, including successful application of our offerings by our customers, the capabilities and potential operational and financial success of our acquisitions, partnerships and collaborations, and expected timing thereof, expectations with regard to revenue, the nature of such revenue and any related downstream value share associated with such revenue, funding that is contingent upon Ginkgo's achievement of milestones, expenses, including our stock-based compensation expenses, our full year 2024 outlook, the future security and commercial applications of the BIOINT industry, the expansion, timing and potential capabilities of our bioradar network and the national biodefense strategy, plans to develop and deploy AI tools for biology and biosecurity for both internal use and external release, including the expected timing thereof, and the market environment, all of which are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, market trends, or industry results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "can," "project," "potential," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "plan," "may," "should," "will," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this document, including but not limited to: (i) volatility in the price of Ginkgo's securities due to a variety of factors, including changes in the competitive and highly regulated industries in which Ginkgo operates and plans to operate, variations in performance across competitors, and changes in laws and regulations affecting Ginkgo's business, (ii) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and to identify and realize additional business opportunities, (iii) the risk of downturns in demand for products using synthetic biology, (iv) the uncertainty regarding the demand for passive monitoring programs and biosecurity services, (v) changes to the biosecurity industry, including due to advancements in technology, emerging competition and evolution in industry demands, standards and regulations, (vi) the outcome of any pending or potential legal proceedings against Ginkgo, (vii) our ability to realize the expected benefits from and the success of our Foundry platform programs, (viii) our ability to successfully develop engineered cells, bioprocesses, data packages or other deliverables, and (ix) the product development or commercialization success of our customers. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the "Risk Factors" section of Ginkgo's most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and other documents filed by Ginkgo from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Ginkgo assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Ginkgo does not give any assurance that it will achieve its expectations. 

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Certain of the financial measures included in this release, including Adjusted EBITDA, have not been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), and constitute "non-GAAP financial measures" as defined by the SEC. Ginkgo has included these non-GAAP financial measures because it believes they provide an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating Ginkgo's financial performance and prospects. Due to the nature and/or size of the items being excluded, such items do not reflect future gains, losses, expenses or benefits and are not indicative of our future operating performance. These non-GAAP financial measures are supplemental to, and should not be considered in isolation from, or as an alternative to, financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures may differ from non-GAAP financial measures with comparable names used by other companies. See the reconciliation below for additional information regarding certain of the non-GAAP financial measures included in this release, including a description of these non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation of the historic measures to Ginkgo's most comparable GAAP financial measures.

Ginkgo Bioworks Contacts:

INVESTOR CONTACT:
[email protected] 

MEDIA CONTACT:
[email protected] 

 

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except per share data, unaudited)



As of December 31,


2023


2022

Assets




Current assets:




Cash and cash equivalents

$       944,073


$    1,315,792

Accounts receivable, net

17,157


80,907

Accounts receivable - related parties

742


1,558

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

39,777


51,822

Total current assets

1,001,749


1,450,079

Property, plant and equipment, net

188,193


314,773

Operating lease right-of-use assets

206,801


400,762

Investments

78,565


112,188

Equity method investments

?


1,543

Intangible assets, net

82,741


111,041

Goodwill

49,238


60,210

Other non-current assets

58,055


88,725

Total assets

$    1,665,342


$    2,539,321

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity




Current liabilities:




Accounts payable

$           9,323


$         10,451

Deferred revenue

44,486


47,817

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

110,051


114,694

Total current liabilities

163,860


172,962

Non-current liabilities:




Deferred revenue, net of current portion

158,062


174,767

Operating lease liabilities, non-current

221,835


413,256

Warrant liabilities

5,700


10,868

Other non-current liabilities

18,733


31,191

Total liabilities

568,190


803,044

Stockholders' equity:




Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 200,000 shares authorized; none issued

?


?

Common stock, $0.0001 par value

199


190

Additional paid-in capital

6,385,997


6,136,378

Accumulated deficit

(5,290,528)


(4,397,659)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

1,484


(2,632)

Total stockholders' equity

1,097,152


1,736,277

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$    1,665,342


$    2,539,321

 

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

(in thousands, except per share data, unaudited)



Three Months Ended December 31,


Year Ended December 31,


2023

2022


2023

2022

Cell Engineering revenue

$          26,976

$          53,257


$         143,531

$         143,666

Biosecurity revenue:






Product

?

12,431


28,949

35,455

Service

7,779

32,597


78,975

298,585

Total revenue

34,755

98,285


251,455

477,706

Costs and operating expenses:






Cost of Biosecurity product revenue

?

7,447


7,481

20,646

Cost of Biosecurity service revenue

6,611

22,771


46,524

183,570

Research and development

117,038

177,548


580,621

1,052,643

General and administrative

89,223

121,383


385,025

1,429,799

Impairment of lease assets

?

?


96,210

?

Total operating expenses

212,872

329,149


1,115,861

2,686,658

Loss from operations

(178,117)

(230,864)


(864,406)

(2,208,952)

Other income (expense):






Interest income

13,303

11,441


57,217

20,262

Interest expense

(93)

(106)


(93)

(106)

Loss on equity method investments

(1,119)

10,003


(2,635)

(43,761)

Loss on investments

(10,012)

(13,354)


(54,827)

(53,335)

Change in fair value of warrant liabilities

6,555

28,871


5,168

124,970

(Loss) gain on deconsolidation of subsidiaries

(42,502)

?


(42,502)

31,889

Other income (expense), net

93

6,161


9,138

7,634

Total other income (expense), net

(33,775)

43,016


(28,534)

87,553

Loss before income taxes

(211,892)

(187,848)


(892,940)

(2,121,399)

Income tax benefit

(198)

(14,770)


(71)

(15,027)

Net loss

(211,694)

(173,078)


(892,869)

(2,106,372)

Loss attributable to non-controlling interest

?

2,390


?

(1,443)

Net loss attributable to Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. stockholders

$      (211,694)

$      (175,468)


$       (892,869)

$   (2,104,929)

Net loss per share attributable to Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.

common stockholders:






Basic

$            (0.11)

$            (0.09)


$             (0.46)

$             (1.25)

Diluted

$            (0.11)

$            (0.10)


$             (0.46)

$             (1.25)

Weighted average common shares outstanding:






Basic

1,977,708

1,854,952


1,944,420

1,679,061

Diluted

1,978,843

1,856,610


1,944,420

1,679,839

Comprehensive loss:






Net loss

$      (211,694)

$      (173,078)


$       (892,869)

$   (2,106,372)

Other comprehensive loss:






Foreign currency translation adjustment

4,383

5,278


4,116

(917)

Total other comprehensive gain (loss)

4,383

5,278


4,116

(917)

Comprehensive loss

$      (207,311)

$      (167,800)


$       (888,753)

$   (2,107,289)


(1)

R&D and G&A expenses included a significant charge for stock-based compensation expense as a result of the modification of the vesting terms of RSUs and related earnout shares. Total stock-based compensation expense, inclusive of employer payroll taxes, was allocated as follows (in thousands):

 


Three Months Ended December 31,


Year Ended December 31,

(in thousands)

2023

2022


2023

2022

Research and development

$         26,775

$         68,171


$        148,861

$          738,821

General and administrative

16,809

43,059


86,047

1,202,099

Total

$         43,584

$       111,230


$        234,908

$       1,940,920

 

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands, unaudited)



Year Ended December 31,


2023


2022

Cash flows from operating activities:




Net loss

$       (892,869)


$    (2,106,372)

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




Depreciation and amortization

70,507


42,552

Stock-based compensation

229,884


1,930,641

Non-cash customer consideration

(1,373)


(34,263)

Loss on equity method investments

2,635


43,761

Loss on investments

54,827


53,335

Change in fair value of notes receivable

2,416


(3,757)

Change in fair value of warrant liabilities

(5,168)


(124,970)

Change in fair value of contingent consideration liability

9,168


(1,262)

Loss (gain) on deconsolidation of subsidiaries

42,502


(31,889)

Impairment of long-lived assets

121,404


?

Deferred income tax benefit

(801)


(14,609)

Loss on disposal of equipment

842


3,091

Non-cash lease expense

28,313


19,082

Non-cash in-process research and development

9,182


1,162

Amortization of finance lease right-of-use assets

1,047


1,871

Non-cash severance and retention bonus expense associated with an acquisition

?


6,152

Other non-cash activity

2,147


283

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:




Accounts receivable

50,068


55,024

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

10,473


(8,523)

Operating lease right-of-use assets

9,275


13,233

Other non-current assets

2,570


921

Accounts payable

(1,183)


(10,844)

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

16,899


(39,639)

Deferred revenue, current and non-current

(35,917)


(36,417)

Operating lease liabilities, current and non-current

(22,800)


(10,792)

Other non-current liabilities

452


31

Net cash used in operating activities

(295,500)


(252,198)

Cash flows from investing activities:




Purchases of property and equipment

(40,801)


(52,271)

Deconsolidation of subsidiaries - cash

(42,980)


(55,721)

Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired

?


82,367

Asset acquisitions, net of cash acquired

?


(7,639)

Purchases of notes receivable

(350)


(40,000)

Proceeds from notes receivable

?


10,000

Purchase of investment in equity securities

?


(3,691)

Proceeds from sale of equipment

4,428


?

Other

(990)


(439)

Net cash used in investing activities

(80,693)


(67,394)

Cash flows from financing activities:




Proceeds from exercise of stock options

93


240

Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards

(23)


(981)

Principal payments on finance/capital leases and lease financing obligation

(1,295)


(1,237)

Proceeds from public offering, net of issuance costs

?


99,303

Contingent consideration payment

(1,411)


(521)

Payment of equity issuance costs

(580)


(1,467)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

(3,216)


95,337

Effect of foreign exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

(588)


908

Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

(379,997)


(223,347)





Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

1,315,792


1,550,004

Restricted cash, beginning of period

53,789


42,924

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period

1,369,581


1,592,928





Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

944,073


1,315,792

Restricted cash, end of period

45,511


53,789

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period

$         989,584


$      1,369,581

 

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.

Selected Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(in thousands, unaudited)



Three Months Ended December 31,


Year Ended December 31,

(in thousands)

2023

2022


2023

2022

Net loss attributable to Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. stockholders

$      (211,694)

$      (175,468)


$       (892,869)

$    (2,104,929)

Interest income

(13,226)

(11,412)


(57,217)

(20,262)

Interest expense

15

77


93

106

Income tax benefit

(198)

(14,770)


(71)

(15,027)

Depreciation and amortization

12,837

15,667


70,507

42,552

EBITDA

(212,266)

(185,906)


(879,557)

(2,097,560)

Stock-based compensation (1)

43,584

111,230


234,908

1,940,920

Impairment of long-lived assets (2)

?

?


121,404

?

Merger and acquisition related expenses (3)

23,663

26,045


70,771

46,229

Loss on investments

10,012

13,354


54,827

53,335

Loss (gain) on deconsolidation of subsidiaries

42,502

?


42,502

(31,889)

Loss on equity method investments (4)

1,119

(7,612)


2,635

45,315

Change in fair value of warrant liabilities

(6,555)

(28,871)


(5,168)

(124,970)

Change in fair value of notes receivable

2,174

(3,924)


2,295

(4,153)

Adjusted EBITDA

$        (95,767)

$        (75,684)


$       (355,383)

$       (172,773)



(1)

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, includes $5.0 million and $10.3 million, respectively, in related employer payroll taxes.

(2)

For the year ended December 31, 2023, includes $25.2 million impairment loss on lab equipment and $96.2 million impairment loss on a right-of-use asset and the related leasehold improvements associated with an exited Zymergen leased facility.

(3)

Represents transaction and integration costs directly related to mergers and acquisitions, including: (i) due diligence, legal, consulting and accounting fees associated with acquisitions, (ii) post-acquisition employee retention bonuses and severance payments, (iii) the fair value adjustments to contingent consideration liabilities resulting from acquisitions, (iv) acquired intangible assets expensed as in-process research and development, and (v) costs associated with the Zymergen Bankruptcy, as well as securities litigation costs, net of insurance recovery.

(4)

Represents losses on equity method investments under the hypothetical liquidation at book value method, net of losses attributable to non-controlling interests.

 

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.

Segment Information

(in thousands, unaudited)



Three Months Ended December 31,


Year Ended December 31,


2023

2022


2023

2022

Revenue:






Cell Engineering

$            26,976

$         53,257


$       143,531

$       143,666

Biosecurity

7,779

45,028


107,924

334,040

Total revenue

34,755

98,285


251,455

477,706

Segment cost of revenue:






Biosecurity

6,611

30,218


54,005

204,216

Segment research and development expense:






Cell Engineering

77,999

95,408


353,493

273,356

Biosecurity

191

590


1,599

1,937

Total segment research and development expense

78,190

95,998


355,092

275,293

Segment general and administrative expense:






Cell Engineering

60,047

63,686


215,263

168,586

Biosecurity

12,652

13,670


55,514

56,353

Total segment general and administrative expense

72,699

77,356


270,777

224,939

Segment operating (loss) income:






Cell Engineering

(111,070)

(105,837)


(425,225)

(298,276)

Biosecurity

(11,675)

550


(3,194)

71,534

Total segment operating loss

(122,745)

(105,287)


(428,419)

(226,742)

Operating expenses not allocated to segments:






Stock-based compensation (1)

43,584

111,230


234,908

1,940,920

Impairment of long-lived assets

?

?


121,404

?

Depreciation and amortization

12,837

15,667


70,507

42,552

Change in fair value of contingent consideration liability

(1,049)

(1,320)


9,168

(1,262)

Loss from operations

$        (178,117)

$     (230,864)


$     (864,406)

$  (2,208,952)



(1)

Includes $5.0 million and $10.3 million in related employer payroll taxes for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

 

SOURCE Ginkgo Bioworks


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