Q3 GAAP EPS of $(0.06); Q3 Non-GAAP EPS of $(0.01)

OraQuick® HCV Self-test receives initial orders following receipt of WHO pre-qualification status

Expanding Sample Management applications into blood proteomics

Exiting Risk Assessment testing business to focus on markets with attractive growth opportunities

BETHLEHEM, Pa., Nov. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSUR), a leader in point-of-care and home diagnostic tests and sample management solutions, today announced its financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2024.

“Our Q3 results were consistent with our expectations, and we continue to make progress on our strategic transformation. Core revenue improved sequentially in the third quarter and our key end markets are showing signs of gradual recovery. Our sustained focus on operational efficiency is delivering consistent productivity gains, and we generated positive cash flow from operations for the core business in Q3,” said OraSure President and CEO Carrie Eglinton Manner.

She added, “We are winding down our Risk Assessment testing business to focus on opportunities that align with our strengths in Diagnostics and Sample Management and elevate profitable growth in our core. As we position OraSure for a return to growth, our strong balance sheet provides flexibility as we invest in our innovation roadmap, including internal development, partnerships, and potential acquisition opportunities that leverage our existing capabilities.”

Financial Highlights

• Total net revenues for the third quarter of 2024 decreased 55% to $39.9 million from $89.2 million in the third quarter of 2023.
• Core revenues (all revenues excluding COVID-19 and Molecular Services revenues) of $37.8 million in the third quarter decreased 1% year-over-year. Diagnostics revenues in the third quarter increased 13% year-over-year to $22.0 million and Molecular Sample Management revenues decreased 16% to $12.8 million. The year-over-year decline in Core revenues was impacted by a decrease in revenues from the Risk Assessment testing business that we are exiting.
• COVID-19 revenues of $2.2 million in the third quarter decreased 96% year-over-year primarily due to the completion of our largest government contract earlier in 2024.
• GAAP gross margin percentage was 42.8% in the third quarter of 2024 compared to 49.7% in the third quarter of 2023. Non-GAAP gross margin percentage in the third quarter of 2024 was 43.3% compared to 50.0% in the third quarter of 2023¹. On a year-over-year basis, gross margin was impacted by the decline in COVID-19 revenues and the higher mix of International revenues.
• GAAP operating loss in the third quarter of 2024 was $6.0 million compared to operating income of $10.9 million in the third quarter of 2023. Non-GAAP operating loss was $2.7 million in the third quarter of 2024 compared to non-GAAP operating income of $20.6 million in the third quarter of 2023.
• Cash and cash equivalents were $279 million as of September 30, 2024. Cash flow from operations in the third quarter of 2024 was $12.7 million.

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¹ For additional information on non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation of the GAAP financial results to non-GAAP financial results, see the schedules below. A description of the adjustments made to the GAAP financial measures is included at the end of the schedules.

Recent Business Developments

• Received initial international orders for our OraQuick® HCV Self-test following receipt of WHO pre-qualification status in July. The OraQuick® HCV Self-test is the first Hepatitis C self-test to earn this designation, and we are actively working with the global health community to bring this test to populations in need.
• Expanding our sample management portfolio with the planned launch of a new solution targeting the blood proteomics market in the second half of 2025. Blood proteomics is a large and rapidly growing market, and there is a need for collection devices that effectively stabilize blood proteins in an easy-to-use format.
• Initiated steps to exit our Risk Assessment testing business by the end of 2024 to focus on markets that offer attractive growth opportunities. Risk Assessment testing products generated revenues of $1.9 million during the third quarter and $6.3 million during the first nine months of 2024, which was a decline from $2.6 million during the third quarter of 2023 and $7.5 million during the first nine months of 2023.
• Generated $12.7 million of operating cash flow in the third quarter, driven by positive cash flow generation in our Core business and collections of accounts receivable related to InteliSwab®.
  
  

Financial Guidance

The Company is guiding to Q4 2024 revenues of $36 to $38 million. The Company anticipates Core revenues in Q4 2024 of $35 to $37 million, which includes $1 to $2 million of Risk Assessment testing revenues. The Company anticipates COVID-19 revenues in Q4 2024 of approximately $1 million.

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call and audio webcast to discuss the Company’s third quarter 2024 results and certain business developments, beginning today at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. On the call will be Carrie Eglinton Manner, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Ken McGrath, Chief Financial Officer. The call will include prepared remarks by management and a question and answer session.

A webcast of the conference call will be available on the investor relations page of OraSure’s website at https://orasure.gcs-web.com/events-and-presentations. Please click on the webcast link and follow the prompts for registration and access at least 10 minutes prior to the call. The webcast will be archived on OraSure’s website shortly after the call has ended and will be available for approximately 90 days. If a participant will be listen-only, they are encouraged to listen via the webcast.

For participants interested in asking a question during the conference call, please follow the link below to pre-register. After registering, you will be provided with your access details via email. It is recommended to dial in at least 15 minutes prior to the call start time.

https://register.vevent.com/register/BIbe76f335a1d54f62abf8377abec292b4 

OraSure intends to use the Investor Relations Section of its website as a means of disclosing material non-public information (MNPI) and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, investors should monitor OraSure’s website in addition to following its press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, presentations, and webcasts.

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About OraSure Technologies

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (“OraSure”) transforms health through actionable insight and powers the shift that connects people to healthcare wherever they are. OraSure improves access, quality, and value of healthcare with innovation in effortless tests and sample management solutions. OraSure, together with its wholly-owned subsidiary, DNA Genotek Inc., is a leader in the development, manufacture, and distribution of rapid diagnostic tests and sample collection and stabilization devices designed to discover and detect critical medical conditions. OraSure’s portfolio of products is sold globally to clinical laboratories, hospitals, physician’s offices, clinics, public health and community-based organizations, research institutions, government agencies, pharmaceutical companies, and direct to consumers. For more information on OraSure Technologies, please visit www.orasure.com 

About InteliSwab®

OraSure has received Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA) from the FDA for its InteliSwab® COVID-19 rapid tests. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has authorized the InteliSwab® COVID-19 Rapid Test for Over-the-Counter (OTC) use without a prescription. The FDA has also authorized the InteliSwab® COVID-19 Rapid Test Pro for professional use in point of care (POC) CLIA-waived settings, and the InteliSwab® COVID-19 Rapid Test Rx for Prescription Home Use. These remarkably simple COVID-19 lateral flow tests use samples self-collected from the lower nostrils. The InteliSwab® test’s unique design incorporates a built-in swab fully integrated into the test stick. After users swab their lower nostrils, the test stick is swirled in a pre-measured buffer solution, and the result appears right on the test stick within 30 minutes, with no instruments, batteries, smartphone or laboratory analysis needed to see the result. With less than one minute of “hands-on time,” it is as simple as “Swab, Swirl, and See.”

This product has not been FDA cleared or approved, but it has been authorized by the FDA under an EUA. The emergency use of this product has been authorized only for the detection of proteins from SARS-CoV-2, not for any other viruses or pathogens. This product is only authorized for the duration of the declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for detection and/or diagnosis of COVID-19 under Section 564(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb- 3(b)(1), unless the declaration is terminated or authorization is revoked sooner.

Development of the InteliSwab® COVID-19 Rapid Test has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services; Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response; Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, under contract numbers 75A50120C00061 and 75A50121C00078, utilizing Health Care Enhancement Act (HCEA) funding. The DoD's Defense Assisted Acquisition (DA2) Cell led the manufacturing expansion effort for the InteliSwab® COVID-19 rapid test in coordination with the Department of the Air Force’s Acquisition COVID-19 Task Force (DAF ACT). The manufacturing effort was funded through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to enable and support domestic industrial base expansion for critical medical resources.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including with respect to products, product development and manufacturing activities, regulatory submissions and authorizations, revenue growth and guidance, expected revenue from government orders, cost savings, cash flow, increasing margins and other matters. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results. Known and unknown factors that could cause actual performance or results to be materially different from those expressed or implied in these statements include, but are not limited to: our ability to satisfy customer demand; ability to reduce our spending rate, capitalize on manufacturing efficiencies and drive profitable growth; ability to achieve the anticipated cost savings as a result of our business restructuring, including from insourcing third party manufacturing and exiting microbiome services; ability to market and sell products, whether through our internal, direct sales force or third parties; impact of significant customer concentration in the genomics business; failure of distributors or other customers to meet purchase forecasts, historic purchase levels or minimum purchase requirements for our products; ability to manufacture or have manufactured products in accordance with applicable specifications, performance standards and quality requirements; ability to obtain, and timing and cost of obtaining, necessary regulatory approvals for new products or new indications or applications for existing products; ability to comply with applicable regulatory requirements; ability to effectively resolve warning letters, audit observations and other findings or comments from the FDA or other regulators; the impact of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic or other public health crises on the Company's business, supply chain, labor force, ability to successfully develop new products, validate the expanded use of existing collector products, receive necessary regulatory approvals and authorizations and commercialize such products for COVID-19 testing, and demand for our COVID-19 testing products; changes in relationships, including disputes or disagreements, with strategic partners or other parties and reliance on strategic partners for the performance of critical activities under collaborative arrangements; impact of replacing distributors; inventory levels at distributors and other customers; ability of the Company to achieve its financial and strategic objectives and continue to increase its revenues, including the ability to expand international sales and the ability to continue to reduce costs; impact of competitors, competing products and technology changes; reduction or deferral of public funding available to customers; competition from new or better technology or lower cost products; ability to develop, commercialize and market new products; market acceptance of oral fluid or urine testing, collection or other products; market acceptance and uptake of microbiome informatics, microbial genetics technology and related analytics services; changes in market acceptance of products based on product performance or other factors, including changes in testing guidelines, algorithms or other recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or other agencies; ability to fund research and development and other products and operations; ability to obtain and maintain new or existing product distribution channels; reliance on sole supply sources for critical products and components; availability of related products produced by third parties or products required for use of our products; impact of contracting with the U.S. government; impact of negative economic conditions; ability to achieve and maintain sustained profitability; ability to utilize net operating loss carry forwards or other deferred tax assets; volatility of the Company’s stock price; uncertainty relating to patent protection and potential patent infringement claims; uncertainty and costs of litigation relating to patents and other intellectual property; availability of licenses to patents or other technology; ability to enter into international manufacturing agreements; obstacles to international marketing and manufacturing of products; ability to sell products internationally, including the impact of changes in international funding sources and testing algorithms; adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates; loss or impairment of sources of capital; ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; exposure to product liability and other types of litigation; changes in international, federal or state laws and regulations; customer consolidations and inventory practices; equipment failures and ability to obtain needed raw materials and components; cybersecurity breaches or other attacks involving our systems or those of our third-party contractors and IT service providers, suppliers and customers; the impact of terrorist attacks, civil unrest, hostilities and war ; and general political, business and economic conditions, including inflationary pressures and banking stability. These and other factors that could affect our results are discussed more fully in our SEC filings, including our registration statements, Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and other filings with the SEC. Although forward-looking statements help to provide information about future prospects, readers should keep in mind that forward-looking statements may not be reliable. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release and OraSure Technologies undertakes no duty to update these statements.

Statement Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In this press release, the Company’s financial results and financial guidance are provided in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) and using certain non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP operating income (loss), and non-GAAP earnings (loss) per share. Management believes that presentation of operating results using these non-GAAP financial measures provides useful supplemental information to investors and facilitates the analysis of the Company’s core operating results and comparison of operating results across reporting periods, while excluding certain expenses that may not be indicative of the Company’s recurring core business operating results. In addition, management believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors both because they (1) allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision-making and (2) are used by OraSure’s institutional investors and the analysis community to help them analyze the health of OraSure’s business. Management also uses non-GAAP financial measures to establish budgets and to manage the Company’s business. A reconciliation of the GAAP financial results to non-GAAP financial results is included in the schedules below and a description of the adjustments made to the GAAP financial measures is included at the end of the schedules.

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. Non-GAAP financial results are reported in addition to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. Further, non-GAAP financial measures, even if similarly titled, may not be calculated in the same manner by all companies, and therefore should not be compared.

OraSure Technologies GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation ($ in 000's)

The following is a description of the adjustments made to GAAP financial measures:

• Stock Compensation: non-cash equity-based compensation provided to OraSure employees and directors
• Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets: represents recurring amortization charges resulting from the acquisition of intangible assets associated with our business combinations
• Reduction in workforce severance: termination benefits associated with the Company’s workforce reduction associated with certain business events
• Loss on impairment: charges related to the write down of Company’s intangibles, PP&E, or leased assets
• Transformation related expenses: transitory costs such as consulting and professional fees related to transformation initiatives
• Government contract accounting: As required under International Accounting Standard Board IAS 20, Accounting for Government Contracts and Disclosure of Government Assistance, our operating expenses associated with the Department of Defense expansion contract are reflected in operating expenses with offsetting reimbursement reflected in other income
• Change in fair value of acquisition-related contingent consideration: changes in the fair value of contingent consideration liability associated with estimate changes in reaching contingent consideration metrics
• Loss on equity investment: we have excluded our proportionate share of our equity method investee’s net loss as we do not have direct control over the investee’s operations or resulting revenue and expenses
• Tax impact associated with non-GAAP adjustments – tax expense/(benefit) due to non-GAAP adjustments
  
  

A reconciliation of our non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures can also be found at: https://orasure.gcs-web.com/gaap-non-gaap-reconciliation