REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Seer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEER), a leading life sciences company commercializing a disruptive new platform for proteomics, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024.
Recent Highlights
- Achieved revenue of $3.1 million for the second quarter of 2024
- Launched the Seer Technology Access Center (STAC) in Europe, providing researchers with end-to-end services from sample to data
- Demonstrated how the Proteograph Product Suite can uncover differentiated insights into plasma proteomic changes that occur during spaceflight through customer publications in Nature and Nature Communications
- Ended the quarter with $344.6 million of cash, cash equivalents and investments
“We remain focused on reducing barriers to access for our differentiated technology in the face of ongoing macroeconomic headwinds. During the second quarter, we significantly expanded our commercial team and are excited about the talented individuals that have come on board to capture the opportunity ahead in proteomics,” said Omid Farokhzad, Chair and CEO of Seer. “Our customers are generating novel data that we believe is only possible with the Proteograph Product Suite, and we saw multiple manuscripts get submitted to and published in high-impact journals during the quarter. Looking ahead, we will continue to execute against our core strategies of driving evidence and publications, continuing to enhance access to the Proteograph, innovating with our products, and expanding our applications.”
Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results
Revenue was $3.1 million for the second quarter of 2024, a 23% decrease from $4.0 million for the corresponding prior year period, primarily due to a decrease in related party and grant revenue. Product revenue for the second quarter of 2024 was $2.2 million, including $420 thousand of related party revenue, and consisted of sales of SP100 instruments and consumable kits. Service revenue was $845 thousand for the second quarter of 2024, including $163 thousand of related party revenue, and primarily consisted of revenue related to the STAC program. Grant and other revenue was $46 thousand for the second quarter of 2024.
Gross profit, inclusive of grant and other revenue, was $1.7 million and gross margin was 56% for the second quarter of 2024.
Operating expenses were $28.8 million for the second quarter of 2024, including $7.7 million of stock-based compensation, a decrease of 5% compared to $30.2 million for the corresponding prior year period, including $9.8 million of stock-based compensation. The decrease in operating expenses was primarily driven by a decrease in employee and stock-based compensation expenses and a decrease in laboratory expenses.
Net loss was $22.9 million for the second quarter of 2024, as compared to $23.4 million for the corresponding prior year period.
Cash, cash equivalents and investments were $344.6 million as of June 30, 2024.
2024 Guidance
Seer now expects full year 2024 revenue to be in the range of $13 million to $15 million, compared to the prior range of $16 million to $18 million.
Webcast Information
Seer will host a conference call to discuss the second quarter 2024 financial results on Thursday, August 8, 2024. A webcast of the conference call can be accessed at https://investor.seer.bio. The webcast will be archived and available for replay for at least 90 days after the event.
About Seer
Seer is a life sciences company developing transformative products that open a new gateway to the proteome. Seer’s Proteograph Product Suite is an integrated solution that includes proprietary engineered nanoparticles, consumables, automation instrumentation and software to perform deep, unbiased proteomic analysis at scale in a matter of hours. Seer designed the Proteograph workflow to be efficient and easy to use, leveraging widely adopted laboratory instrumentation to provide a decentralized solution that can be incorporated by nearly any lab. Seer’s Proteograph Product Suite is for research use only and is not intended for diagnostic procedures. For more information, please visit www.seer.bio.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Such forward-looking statements are based on Seer’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to it on the date of this press release. Forward-looking statements may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Seer’s actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These statements include but are not limited to statements regarding Seer’s expectations for future results of operations and its financial position, business strategy, customer publications and adoption and outlook for fiscal year 2024. These and other risks are described more fully in Seer’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other documents that Seer subsequently files with the SEC from time to time. Except to the extent required by law, Seer undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.
Investor Contact:
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| SEER, INC. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (Unaudited) (in thousands, except share and per share amounts) | |||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Revenue: | |||||||||||||||
| Product | $ | 1,761 | $ | 1,645 | $ | 3,429 | $ | 3,988 | |||||||
| Service | 682 | 467 | 1,090 | 536 | |||||||||||
| Related party | 583 | 1,358 | 1,537 | 2,664 | |||||||||||
| Grant and other | 46 | 538 | 82 | 873 | |||||||||||
| Total revenue | 3,072 | 4,008 | 6,138 | 8,061 | |||||||||||
| Cost of revenue: | |||||||||||||||
| Product | 701 | 1,118 | 1,692 | 2,554 | |||||||||||
| Service | 362 | 193 | 631 | 200 | |||||||||||
| Related party | 156 | 352 | 468 | 830 | |||||||||||
| Grant and other | 122 | 64 | 255 | 128 | |||||||||||
| Total cost of revenue | 1,341 | 1,727 | 3,046 | 3,712 | |||||||||||
| Gross profit | 1,731 | 2,281 | 3,092 | 4,349 | |||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||
| Research and development | 12,734 | 14,148 | 24,999 | 28,622 | |||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 16,093 | 16,074 | 30,381 | 31,113 | |||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 28,827 | 30,222 | 55,380 | 59,735 | |||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (27,096 | ) | (27,941 | ) | (52,288 | ) | (55,386 | ) | |||||||
| Other income (expense): | |||||||||||||||
| Interest income | 4,433 | 4,560 | 9,019 | 8,277 | |||||||||||
| Other expense | (187 | ) | (50 | ) | (260 | ) | (281 | ) | |||||||
| Total other income | 4,246 | 4,510 | 8,759 | 7,996 | |||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (22,850 | ) | $ | (23,431 | ) | $ | (43,529 | ) | $ | (47,390 | ) | |||
| Other comprehensive loss: | |||||||||||||||
| Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities | (105 | ) | (1,439 | ) | (434 | ) | (281 | ) | |||||||
| Comprehensive loss | $ | (22,955 | ) | $ | (24,870 | ) | $ | (43,963 | ) | $ | (47,671 | ) | |||
| Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted | $ | (0.35 | ) | $ | (0.37 | ) | $ | (0.67 | ) | $ | (0.74 | ) | |||
| Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted | 64,576,399 | 63,762,625 | 64,581,228 | 63,654,348 | |||||||||||
| SEER, INC. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands, except share and per share amounts) | ||||||||
| June 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 31,947 | $ | 32,499 | ||||
| Short-term investments | 251,506 | 283,725 | ||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 3,145 | 4,831 | ||||||
| Related party receivables | 594 | 559 | ||||||
| Other receivables | 1,962 | 1,326 | ||||||
| Inventory | 7,581 | 4,491 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 2,954 | 3,082 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 299,689 | 330,513 | ||||||
| Long-term investments | 61,188 | 56,858 | ||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 23,956 | 25,177 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 20,436 | 22,193 | ||||||
| Restricted cash | 524 | 524 | ||||||
| Other assets | 818 | 1,004 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 406,611 | $ | 436,269 | ||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 4,628 | $ | 1,370 | ||||
| Accrued expenses | 9,815 | 9,212 | ||||||
| Deferred revenue | 189 | 206 | ||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, current | 2,265 | 2,295 | ||||||
| Other current liabilities | 140 | 139 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 17,037 | 13,222 | ||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion | 24,831 | 25,964 | ||||||
| Other noncurrent liabilities | 44 | 179 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 41,912 | 39,365 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | ||||||||
| Preferred stock, $0.00001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023; zero shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 | — | — | ||||||
| Class A common stock, $0.00001 par value; 94,000,000 shares authorized as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023; 59,180,625 and 60,253,707 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Class B common stock, $0.00001 par value; 6,000,000 shares authorized as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023; 4,044,969 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 | — | — | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 714,626 | 702,868 | ||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (626 | ) | (192 | ) | ||||
| Accumulated deficit | (349,302 | ) | (305,773 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 364,699 | 396,904 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 406,611 | $ | 436,269 | ||||
