Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today reported financial results and business highlights for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 ended June 30, 2022.
"We are the high quality, low cost leader and as the macroeconomic environment continues to hold uncertainty, Twist's product offerings are resonating with customers," said Emily M. Leproust, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of Twist Bioscience. "We continue to see large accounts expanding their footprint while we also focus on diversifying our risk across an increasing number of customers, particularly in biopharma. We entered into our first exclusive option and license agreement for a Twist-discovered antibody and continue to build a robust ecosystem for DNA data storage through educational materials, including the most recently published white paper, and by driving toward an interoperable system through the development of industry standards."
Dr. Leproust continued, "Moving forward, we plan to launch the Factory of the Future in January 2023, which will facilitate growth across all areas of our business. We are well positioned to take market share in synbio and NGS, deliver new antibody targets for our biopharma customers and advance our efforts in DNA data storage toward our first commercial solution, all while targeting toward adjusted EBITDA breakeven at $300 million annual revenue for the core business."
FISCAL 2022 THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS
Recent Highlights:
SynBio and NGS
BioPharma and DNA Data Storage
Updated Fiscal 2022 Financial Guidance
The following statements are based on Twist's current expectations for fiscal 2022. The following statements are forward-looking, and actual results could differ materially depending on market conditions and the factors set forth under "Forward-Looking Statements" below.
For the full fiscal year 2022, Twist provided the following updated financial guidance:
Conference Call Information
The company plans to hold a conference call and live audio webcast for analysts and investors at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time today to discuss its financial results and provide an update on the company's business. The conference call will be webcast live through the Investor Relations section under the "Company" tab at www.twistbioscience.com. Those parties interested in participating via telephone must register on the Company's Investor Relations website or by clicking here. Upon registration, all telephone participants will receive the dial-in number along with a unique PIN number that can be used to access the call. To avoid delays, we encourage participants to dial into the conference call fifteen minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The webcast replay will be available for two weeks.
About Twist Bioscience
Twist Bioscience is a leading and rapidly growing synthetic biology and genomics company that has developed a disruptive DNA synthesis platform to industrialize the engineering of biology. The core of the platform is a proprietary technology that pioneers a new method of manufacturing synthetic DNA by "writing" DNA on a silicon chip. Twist is leveraging its unique technology to manufacture a broad range of synthetic DNA-based products, including synthetic genes, tools for next-generation sequencing (NGS) preparation, and antibody libraries for drug discovery and development. Twist is also pursuing longer-term opportunities in digital data storage in DNA and biologics drug discovery. Twist makes products for use across many industries including healthcare, industrial chemicals, agriculture and academic research.
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Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained herein are forward-looking statements reflecting the current beliefs and expectations of management made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, projections under the heading "Updated Fiscal 2022 Financial Guidance," statements regarding future growth and expansion, estimated annual revenues to achieve EBITDA break-even point and Twist Bioscience's other expectations regarding its future operations plans and financial performance, introduction of new products, and newly announced partnerships. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other important factors that may cause Twist Bioscience's actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the risks and uncertainties of the duration, extent and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any reductions in demand for our products (or deferred or canceled orders) globally or in certain regions; the ability to attract new customers and retain and grow sales from existing customers; risks and uncertainties of rapidly changing technologies and extensive competition in synthetic biology that could make the products Twist Bioscience is developing obsolete or non-competitive; uncertainties of the retention of significant customers; the ability of Twist Bioscience to successfully integrate acquired companies, including Abveris, and to achieve expected benefits from acquisitions; supply chain and other disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise; risks of third party claims alleging infringement of patents and proprietary rights or seeking to invalidate Twist Bioscience's patents or proprietary rights; and the risk that Twist Bioscience's proprietary rights may be insufficient to protect its technologies. For a description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to Twist Bioscience's business in general, see Twist Bioscience's risk factors set forth in Twist Bioscience's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2022 and subsequent filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and Twist Bioscience specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Twist Bioscience Corporation |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations |
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(Unaudited) |
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(in thousands) |
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Three months ended June 30, |
Nine months ended June 30, |
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(In thousands, except per share data) |
2022 |
2021 |
2022 |
2021 |
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Revenues |
$ |
56,113 |
|
$ |
35,018 |
|
$ |
146,259 |
|
$ |
94,382 |
|
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Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
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Cost of revenues |
$ |
30,974 |
|
$ |
20,933 |
|
$ |
87,744 |
|
$ |
58,123 |
|
||||
Research and development |
|
36,840 |
|
|
19,838 |
|
|
90,701 |
|
|
49,629 |
|
||||
Selling, general and administrative |
|
53,693 |
|
|
34,478 |
|
|
158,790 |
|
|
97,658 |
|
||||
Change in fair value of contingent considerations and holdbacks |
|
(4,231 |
) |
|
1,887 |
|
|
(13,071 |
) |
|
1,887 |
|
||||
Total operating expenses |
$ |
117,276 |
|
$ |
77,136 |
|
$ |
324,164 |
|
$ |
207,297 |
|
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Loss from operations |
$ |
(61,163 |
) |
$ |
(42,118 |
) |
$ |
(177,905 |
) |
$ |
(112,915 |
) |
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Interest income |
|
722 |
|
|
86 |
|
|
1,134 |
|
|
377 |
|
||||
Interest expense |
|
? |
|
|
(70 |
) |
|
(54 |
) |
|
(284 |
) |
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Other income (expense), net |
|
(225 |
) |
|
(312 |
) |
|
(626 |
) |
|
(305 |
) |
||||
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes |
|
149 |
|
|
2,377 |
|
|
10,703 |
|
|
2,271 |
|
||||
Net loss attributable to common stockholders |
$ |
(60,517 |
) |
$ |
(40,037 |
) |
$ |
(166,748 |
) |
$ |
(110,856 |
) |
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Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders?basic and diluted |
$ |
(1.08 |
) |
$ |
(0.82 |
) |
$ |
(3.15 |
) |
$ |
(2.32 |
) |
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Weighted average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders?basic and diluted |
|
56,287 |
|
|
48,963 |
|
|
53,005 |
|
|
47,881 |
|
Twist Bioscience Corporation |
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets |
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(Unaudited) |
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(in thousands) |
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(In thousands) |
June 30,
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September 30,
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Assets |
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|
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Current assets: |
|
|
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
376,249 |
$ |
465,829 |
||
Short-term investments |
|
151,342 |
|
12,034 |
||
Accounts receivable, net |
|
41,195 |
|
28,549 |
||
Inventories |
|
43,022 |
|
31,800 |
||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
12,309 |
|
8,283 |
||
Total current assets |
$ |
624,117 |
$ |
546,495 |
||
Property and equipment, net |
|
127,011 |
|
44,122 |
||
Operating lease right-of-use assets |
|
76,165 |
|
61,580 |
||
Other non-current assets |
|
152,370 |
|
49,900 |
||
Total assets |
$ |
979,663 |
$ |
702,097 |
||
Liabilities and stockholders' equity |
|
|
||||
Current liabilities: |
|
|
||||
Accounts payable |
$ |
21,014 |
$ |
14,900 |
||
Accrued expenses |
|
9,499 |
|
6,437 |
||
Accrued compensation |
|
27,698 |
|
22,327 |
||
Current portion of operating lease liability |
|
14,352 |
|
8,213 |
||
Current portion of long-term debt |
|
? |
|
1,552 |
||
Other current liabilities |
|
20,123 |
|
9,623 |
||
Total current liabilities |
$ |
92,686 |
$ |
63,052 |
||
Operating lease liability, net of current portion |
|
64,244 |
|
53,156 |
||
Other non-current liabilities |
|
2,056 |
|
5,068 |
||
Total liabilities |
$ |
158,986 |
$ |
121,276 |
||
Total stockholders' equity |
$ |
820,677 |
$ |
580,821 |
||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity |
$ |
979,663 |
$ |
702,097 |
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