BOSTON, Nov. 12, 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 third quarter ended September 30, 2024. The update, including a webcast slide presentation with additional details on the third quarter and supplemental financial information will be available at investors.ginkgobioworks.com.
Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results
"I'm extremely proud of the significant progress we made in the third quarter," said Jason Kelly, co-founder and CEO of Ginkgo. "The team has been laser-focused on delivering for customers while driving down costs even further. We are achieving ambitious milestones, signing new deals with several new and existing customers while also launching our new Automation, Datapoints and AI offerings. Beyond customer successes, we will substantially consolidate our overall real estate footprint by exiting several facilities in Cambridge, MA and Europe by year end. We couldn't have done this without the support of our Board and we're very grateful to Arie for all of his service and contributions to our journey since going public, and look forward to working closely with Sri as he brings a wealth of knowledge in the automation and life science tools space as we expand increasingly into tools. It's an incredibly important time to be pursuing the mission of making biology easier to engineer and creating sustainable biosecurity infrastructure for the future. I am excited by the momentum we are gaining to meet that mission as we close out this year on a substantially reduced cost base."
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Full Year 2024 Outlook
Conference Call Details
Ginkgo will host a videoconference today, Tuesday, November 12, 2024, beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET. The presentation will include an overview of third quarter financial performance, recent business updates, a discussion on Ginkgo's outlook, as well as a moderated question and answer session.
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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 Biosecurity is building and deploying the next-generation infrastructure and technologies that global leaders need to predict, detect, and respond to a wide variety of biological threats. For more information, visit ginkgobioworks.com and ginkgobiosecurity.com, read our blog, or follow us on social media channels such as X (@Ginkgo and @Ginkgo_Biosec), 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 current expectations, operations and anticipated results of operations, both business and financial, including the timing for attaining Adjusted EBITDA breakeven and profitability, our reduction in workforce and anticipated impacts thereof, the timing and structuring of our facilities consolidation and the potential financial impact thereof, potential customer success, including successful application of our offerings by our customers, expectations with regard to revenue, expenses, including our stock-based compensation expenses, our full year 2024 outlook, 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) our ability to realize near-term and long-term cost savings associated with our site consolidation plans, including the ability to terminate leases or find sub-lease tenants for unused facilities, (ii) 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, (iii) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and to identify and realize additional business opportunities, (iv) the risk of downturns in demand for products using synthetic biology, (v) the uncertainty regarding the demand for passive monitoring programs and biosecurity services, (vi) changes to the biosecurity industry, including due to advancements in technology, emerging competition and evolution in industry demands, standards and regulations, (vii) the outcome of any pending or potential legal proceedings against Ginkgo, (viii) our ability to realize the expected benefits from and the success of our Foundry platform programs, (ix) our ability to successfully develop engineered cells, bioprocesses, data packages or other deliverables, (x) the product development or commercialization success of our customers, and (xi) the potential negative impact on our business of our planned reduction in force or the failure to realize the anticipated savings associated therewith. 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 annual report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on February 29, 2024 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.
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Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. | |||||
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets | |||||
(in thousands, except per share data, unaudited) | |||||
As of September 30, 2024 | As of December 31, 2023 | ||||
Assets | |||||
Current assets: | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 616,214 | $ 944,073 | |||
Accounts receivable, net | 23,411 | 17,157 | |||
Accounts receivable - related parties | 531 | 742 | |||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 22,324 | 39,777 | |||
Total current assets | 662,480 | 1,001,749 | |||
Property, plant, and equipment, net | 211,035 | 188,193 | |||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 405,911 | 206,801 | |||
Investments | 62,103 | 78,565 | |||
Intangible assets, net | 79,566 | 82,741 | |||
Goodwill | — | 49,238 | |||
Other non-current assets | 59,788 | 58,055 | |||
Total assets | $ 1,480,883 | $ 1,665,342 | |||
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | |||||
Current liabilities: | |||||
Accounts payable | $ 15,700 | $ 9,323 | |||
Deferred revenue | 22,894 | 44,486 | |||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 75,833 | 110,051 | |||
Total current liabilities | 114,427 | 163,860 | |||
Non-current liabilities: | |||||
Deferred revenue, net of current portion | 105,247 | 158,062 | |||
Operating lease liabilities, non-current | 445,592 | 221,835 | |||
Other non-current liabilities | 17,674 | 24,433 | |||
Total liabilities | 682,940 | 568,190 | |||
Commitments and contingencies | |||||
Stockholders' equity: | |||||
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value | — | — | |||
Common stock, $0.0001 par value | 5 | 5 | |||
Additional paid-in capital | 6,527,698 | 6,386,191 | |||
Accumulated deficit | (5,730,023) | (5,290,528) | |||
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 263 | 1,484 | |||
Total stockholders' equity | 797,943 | 1,097,152 | |||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ 1,480,883 | $ 1,665,342 | |||
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. | |||||||||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss | |||||||||
(in thousands, except per share data, unaudited) | |||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
Cell Engineering revenue | $ 75,089 | $ 37,176 | $ 139,183 | $ 116,555 | |||||
Biosecurity revenue: | |||||||||
Product | — | 6,495 | — | 28,949 | |||||
Service | 13,957 | 11,759 | 44,013 | 71,196 | |||||
Total revenue | 89,046 | 55,430 | 183,196 | 216,700 | |||||
Costs and operating expenses: | |||||||||
Cost of Biosecurity product revenue | — | 906 | — | 7,481 | |||||
Cost of Biosecurity service revenue | 9,987 | 6,017 | 30,996 | 39,913 | |||||
Cost of other revenue | 2,016 | — | 3,930 | — | |||||
Research and development (1) | 77,006 | 156,662 | 347,684 | 463,583 | |||||
General and administrative (1) | 52,292 | 82,028 | 188,864 | 295,802 | |||||
Impairment of lease assets | — | 96,210 | — | 96,210 | |||||
Goodwill impairment | — | — | 47,858 | — | |||||
Restructuring charges | 2,949 | — | 20,015 | — | |||||
Total operating expenses | 144,250 | 341,823 | 639,347 | 902,989 | |||||
Loss from operations | (55,204) | (286,393) | (456,151) | (686,289) | |||||
Other income (expense): | |||||||||
Interest income, net | 9,251 | 15,020 | 31,275 | 43,914 | |||||
Loss on equity method investments | — | — | — | (1,516) | |||||
Loss on investments | (6,912) | (36,324) | (16,282) | (44,815) | |||||
Loss on deconsolidation of subsidiary | (7,013) | — | (7,013) | — | |||||
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | 1,528 | 1,891 | 5,701 | (1,387) | |||||
Other income, net | 1,572 | 2,893 | 2,821 | 9,045 | |||||
Total other income (expense) | (1,574) | (16,520) | 16,502 | 5,241 | |||||
Loss before income taxes | (56,778) | (302,913) | (439,649) | (681,048) | |||||
Income tax expense (benefit) | (375) | (22) | (154) | 127 | |||||
Net loss | $ (56,403) | $ (302,891) | $ (439,495) | $ (681,175) | |||||
Net loss per share, basic and diluted | $ (1.08) | $ (6.21) | $ (8.58) | $ (14.09) | |||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding: | |||||||||
Basic | 52,240 | 48,770 | 51,244 | 48,330 | |||||
Diluted | 52,246 | 48,770 | 51,250 | 48,330 | |||||
Comprehensive loss: | |||||||||
Net loss | $ (56,403) | $ (302,891) | $ (439,495) | $ (681,175) | |||||
Other comprehensive income (loss): | |||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | 494 | (1,599) | (2,713) | (267) | |||||
Reclassification of foreign currency translation adjustment realized upon sale of foreign subsidiary | 1,492 | — | 1,492 | — | |||||
Total other comprehensive income (loss) | 1,986 | (1,599) | (1,221) | (267) | |||||
Comprehensive loss | $ (54,417) | $ (304,490) | $ (440,716) | $ (681,442) | |||||
(1) Total stock-based compensation expense, inclusive of employer payroll taxes, was allocated as follows (in thousands): | |||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
Research and development | $ 3,214 | $ 33,976 | $ 48,028 | $ 122,086 | |||||
General and administrative | 10,799 | 19,671 | 46,608 | 69,238 | |||||
Total | $ 14,013 | $ 53,647 | $ 94,636 | $ 191,324 | |||||
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. | ||||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | ||||
(in thousands, unaudited) | ||||
Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||
2024 | 2023 | |||
Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||
Net loss | $ (439,495) | $ (681,175) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | 47,368 | 57,670 | ||
Stock-based compensation | 91,783 | 187,047 | ||
Goodwill impairment | 47,858 | — | ||
Restructuring related impairment charges | 4,823 | — | ||
Loss on investments and equity method investments | 16,282 | 46,331 | ||
Loss on deconsolidation of subsidiary | 7,013 | — | ||
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | (5,701) | 1,387 | ||
Change in fair value of contingent consideration liability | 3,698 | 10,217 | ||
Non-cash lease expense | 20,619 | 24,635 | ||
Non-cash in-process research and development | 19,796 | 3,981 | ||
Impairment of long-lived assets | — | 121,404 | ||
Other non-cash activity | 655 | 3,053 | ||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||
Accounts receivable | (6,101) | 21,168 | ||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 3,487 | 13,557 | ||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 19,224 | 9,277 | ||
Other non-current assets | (196) | (2,733) | ||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities | (31,099) | (4,822) | ||
Deferred revenue, current and non-current | (67,779) | (29,382) | ||
Operating lease liabilities, current and non-current | (11,383) | (18,310) | ||
Other non-current liabilities | 1,998 | (974) | ||
Net cash used in operating activities | (277,150) | (237,669) | ||
Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||
Purchases of property and equipment | (48,831) | (37,355) | ||
Business acquisition | (5,400) | — | ||
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities | 3,951 | — | ||
Proceeds from sale of equipment | 591 | 3,000 | ||
Other | 538 | 336 | ||
Net cash used in investing activities | (49,151) | (34,019) | ||
Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||
Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 84 | 79 | ||
Principal payments on finance leases | (694) | (977) | ||
Contingent consideration payment | (922) | (1,082) | ||
Other | (4) | (604) | ||
Net cash used in financing activities | (1,536) | (2,584) | ||
Effect of foreign exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents | (208) | (690) | ||
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (328,045) | (274,962) | ||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 944,073 | 1,315,792 | ||
Restricted cash, beginning of period | 45,511 | 53,789 | ||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period | 989,584 | 1,369,581 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | 616,214 | 1,049,244 | ||
Restricted cash, end of period | 45,325 | 45,375 | ||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period | $ 661,539 | $ 1,094,619 | ||
Selected Non-GAAP Financial Measures | ||||||||
(in thousands, unaudited) | ||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||
Net loss (1) | $ (56,403) | $ (302,891) | $ (439,495) | $ (681,175) | ||||
Interest income, net | (9,251) | (15,020) | (31,275) | (43,914) | ||||
Income tax expense (benefit) | (375) | (22) | (154) | 127 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | 17,171 | 21,060 | 47,368 | 57,670 | ||||
EBITDA | (48,858) | (296,873) | (423,556) | (667,292) | ||||
Stock-based compensation (2) | 14,013 | 53,647 | 94,636 | 191,324 | ||||
Impairment expense (3) | — | 112,403 | 47,858 | 121,404 | ||||
Restructuring charges (4) | 2,949 | — | 20,015 | — | ||||
Merger and acquisition related expenses (5) | (796) | 12,253 | 6,110 | 43,127 | ||||
Loss on equity method investments | — | — | — | 1,516 | ||||
Loss on investments | 6,912 | 36,324 | 16,282 | 44,815 | ||||
Loss on deconsolidation of subsidiary | 7,013 | — | 7,013 | — | ||||
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | (1,528) | (1,891) | (5,701) | 1,387 | ||||
Change in fair value of convertible notes | 281 | 317 | 1,127 | 121 | ||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ (20,014) | $ (83,820) | $ (236,216) | $ (263,598) | ||||
(1) | All periods include non-cash revenue when earned, including $45.4 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, recognized pursuant to the termination of revenue contracts with Motif. |
(2) | Includes $0.2 million and $1.1 million in employer payroll taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $2.9 and $4.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. |
(3) | For 2024, includes $47.9 million related to goodwill impairment. For the three months ended September 30, 2023, includes a $16.2 million impairment loss on lab equipment and a $96.2 million impairment loss on an operating lease right-of-use asset and related leasehold improvements associated with an exited Zymergen leased facility. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, includes a $25.2 million impairment loss on lab equipment and a $96.2 million impairment loss on lease assets associated with the exited Zymergen leased facility. |
(4) | Restructuring charges consist of employee termination costs from the reduction in force commenced in June 2024, as well as the impairment of a right-of-use asset relating to facilities consolidation. |
(5) | 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) costs associated with the Zymergen Bankruptcy, as well as securities litigation costs, net of insurance recovery. Not included in this adjustment are non-cash charges for acquired in-process research and development expenses, which totaled $19.8 million and $4.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. |
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. | |||||||
Segment Information | |||||||
(in thousands, unaudited) | |||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||
Revenue: | |||||||
Cell Engineering | $ 75,089 | $ 37,176 | $ 139,183 | $ 116,555 | |||
Biosecurity | 13,957 | 18,254 | 44,013 | 100,145 | |||
Total revenue | 89,046 | 55,430 | 183,196 | 216,700 | |||
Segment cost of revenue: | |||||||
Cell Engineering | 2,016 | — | 3,930 | — | |||
Biosecurity | 9,987 | 6,923 | 30,996 | 47,394 | |||
Segment research and development expense: | |||||||
Cell Engineering | 57,201 | 90,889 | 253,790 | 275,494 | |||
Biosecurity | 141 | 313 | 720 | 1,408 | |||
Total segment research and development expense | 57,342 | 91,202 | 254,510 | 276,902 | |||
Segment general and administrative expense: | |||||||
Cell Engineering | 29,319 | 42,617 | 103,167 | 155,216 | |||
Biosecurity | 10,040 | 12,207 | 33,169 | 42,862 | |||
Total segment general and administrative expense | 39,359 | 54,824 | 136,336 | 198,078 | |||
Segment operating (loss) income: | |||||||
Cell Engineering | (13,447) | (96,330) | (221,704) | (314,155) | |||
Biosecurity | (6,211) | (1,189) | (20,872) | 8,481 | |||
Total segment operating loss | (19,658) | (97,519) | (242,576) | (305,674) | |||
Operating expenses not allocated to segments: | |||||||
Stock-based compensation (1) | 14,013 | 53,647 | 94,636 | 191,324 | |||
Depreciation and amortization | 17,171 | 21,060 | 47,368 | 57,670 | |||
Impairment expense (2) | — | 112,403 | 47,858 | 121,404 | |||
Restructuring charges | 2,949 | — | 20,015 | — | |||
Change in fair value of contingent consideration liability | 1,413 | 1,764 | 3,698 | 10,217 | |||
Loss from operations | $ (55,204) | $ (286,393) | $ (456,151) | $ (686,289) | |||
(1) | Includes $0.2 million and $1.1 million in employer payroll taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $2.9 million and $4.3 million in employer payroll taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. |
(2) | For 2024, includes $47.9 million related to goodwill impairment. For the three months ended September 30, 2023, includes a $16.2 million impairment loss on lab equipment and a $96.2 million impairment loss on an operating lease right-of-use asset and related leasehold improvements associated with an exited Zymergen leased facility. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, includes a $25.2 million impairment loss on lab equipment and a $96.2 million impairment loss on lease assets associated with the exited Zymergen leased facility. |
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