• Grew total revenue to $115.9 million, an increase of 29%
• Grew testing revenue to $109.5 million, an increase of 34%
• Conference call and webcast today at 4:30 p.m. ET

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. / Nov 06, 2024 / Business Wire / Veracyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCYT) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024.

"The strong momentum across our testing business continued during the third quarter as we delivered record revenue along with profitability and cash generation,” said Marc Stapley, Veracyte’s chief executive officer. “Looking ahead, we see tremendous opportunities for further market penetration for both Decipher and Afirma, to serve even more patients and their physicians. We also remain excited about our focused portfolio of strategic growth drivers. The Veracyte Diagnostics Platform is generating the data, insights and evidence to drive commercial success and sustained long-term growth.”

Key Financial Highlights

• Increased third quarter total revenue by 29%, to $115.9 million, and total volume by 20%, to 39,032 tests, compared to the third quarter of 2023.
• Increased testing revenue by 34%, to $109.5 million, and testing volume by 24%, to 36,792 tests, compared to the third quarter of 2023.
• Grew Decipher revenue by 48% and volume by 36%, to approximately 21,250 tests, compared to the third quarter of 2023.
• Grew Afirma revenue by 19% and volume by 12%, to close to 15,100 tests, compared to the third quarter of 2023.
• Increased third quarter net income to $15.2 million and delivered adjusted EBITDA of $27.3 million, or 24% of revenue.
• Generated $30.0 million of cash from operations during the third quarter to end the quarter with $274.1 million of cash and cash equivalents.

Key Business Highlights

• Expanded clinical evidence for Decipher Prostate with a presentation at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2024 Congress on new data from the STAMPEDE trial, a multi-center, randomized, phase 3 clinical trial showing that the test was prognostic for clinical outcomes and predicted benefit from docetaxel in patients with metastatic prostate cancer.
• Demonstrated Veracyte’s commitment to expanding clinical evidence in populations disproportionately impacted by prostate cancer with data from the VANDAAM study shared at ASTRO 2024, the annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, demonstrating that Decipher Prostate accurately predicts aggressive prostate cancer among African-American men with early-stage disease.
• Promoted Keith Gligorich Ph.D. to Senior Vice President of Global Operations and a member of the executive leadership team.
• Appointed Tom Miller, Ph.D., and Brent Shafer to our Board of Directors.

A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures has been provided in the tables included in this press release. An explanation of these measures is also included below under the heading "Note Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures."

Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Total revenue for the third quarter of 2024 was $115.9 million, an increase of 29% compared to $90.1 million reported in the third quarter of 2023. Testing revenue was $109.5 million, an increase of 34% compared to $82.0 million in the third quarter of 2023, driven by the strong performance of our Decipher Prostate and Afirma tests. Product revenue was $3.2 million, a decrease of 21% compared to $4.0 million in the third quarter of 2023. Biopharmaceutical and other revenue was $3.1 million, a decrease of 23% compared to $4.1 million in the third quarter of 2023.

Total gross margin for the third quarter of 2024 was 68%, compared to 64% in the third quarter of 2023. Non-GAAP gross margin was 71%, compared to 70% in the third quarter of 2023.

Operating expenses were $67.0 million for the third quarter of 2024. Non-GAAP operating expenses grew 11% to $57.6 million compared to $51.8 million in the third quarter of 2023.

Net income for the third quarter of 2024 was $15.2 million, an improvement of 151% compared to the third quarter of 2023. Diluted net earnings per common share was $0.19, an improvement of $0.60 compared to the third quarter of 2023. Non-GAAP diluted net earnings per common share was $0.33, an improvement of $0.16 compared to the third quarter of 2023. Net cash provided by operating activities in the first nine months of 2024 was $50.6 million, an improvement of $21.9 million compared to the same period in 2023.

Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2024 was $27.3 million, an improvement of 117% compared to the third quarter of 2023, representing 24% of revenue compared to 14% of revenue in the same period of 2023.

A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures has been provided in the tables included in this press release. An explanation of these measures is also included below under the heading "Note Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures."

2024 Financial Outlook

The company is raising full-year 2024 total revenue guidance to $442 million to $445 million, representing year-over-year growth of 22% to 23% and testing revenue growth of approximately 28%. This guidance range represents an increase compared to prior guidance of $432 million to $438 million. In addition, the company now expects cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments at the end of the year to be $280 million to $285 million compared to prior guidance of $260 million to $270 million.

Conference Call and Webcast Details

Veracyte will host a conference call and webcast today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the company's financial results and provide a general business update. The conference call will be webcast live from the company’s website and will be available via the following link: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/kzh3s376. The webcast should be accessed 10 minutes prior to the conference call start time. A replay of the webcast will be available for one year following the conclusion of the live broadcast and will be accessible on the company’s website at https://investor.veracyte.com/events-presentations.

The conference call dial-in can be accessed by registering at the following link: https://register.vevent.com/register/BI945e651d9e5f40acbfaec616e1b85b4e

About Veracyte

Veracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global diagnostics company whose vision is to transform cancer care for patients all over the world. We empower clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer. Our Veracyte Diagnostics Platform delivers high-performing cancer tests that are fueled by broad genomic and clinical data, deep bioinformatic and AI capabilities, and a powerful evidence-generation engine, which ultimately drives durable reimbursement and guideline inclusion for our tests, along with new insights to support continued innovation and pipeline development. For more information, please visit www.veracyte.com or follow us on LinkedIn or X (Twitter).

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to our statements related to our plans, objectives, and expectations (financial and otherwise), including with respect to 2024 financial and operating results; and our intentions with respect to our tests and products, for use in diagnosing and treating diseases, in and outside of the United States. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as: “appears,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “expect,” “believe,” “should,” “may,” “will,” “enable,” “positioned,” “offers,” “designed” and similar references to future periods. Actual results may differ materially from those projected or suggested in any forward-looking statements. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from our predictions, and include, but are not limited to: our ability to launch, commercialize and receive reimbursement for our products; our ability to execute on our business strategies relating to the C2i Genomics acquisition, integration of the business and the realization of expected benefits and synergies; our ability to demonstrate the validity and utility of our genomic tests and biopharma and other offerings; our ability to continue executing on our business plan; our ability to continue to scale our global operations and enhance our internal control environment; the impact of the war in Ukraine and other regional conflicts on European economies and our facilities in France; the impact of foreign currency fluctuations, increasing interest rates, inflation, the U.S. election and turmoil in the global banking and finance system; the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and the performance and utility of our tests in the clinical environment. Additional factors that may impact these forward-looking statements can be found under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 29, 2024, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for the three months ended September 30, 2024, to be filed on November 7, 2024, as well as in other documents that we may file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these documents, when available, may be found in the Investors section of our website at investor.veracyte.com. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and, except as required by law, we specifically disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements or reasons why actual results might differ, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Note Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), this press release and the accompanying tables contain, and reference certain non‐GAAP results including non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP earnings per share (EPS). These non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered superior to or a substitute for financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and investors are cautioned that there are material limitations associated with the use of non-GAAP financial measures as an analytical tool.

We use non-GAAP financial measures to internally evaluate and analyze financial results. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of our business, enable comparison of financial results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance, and enable comparison of our financial results with other public companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures. However, the non-GAAP financial measures we present may be different from those used by other companies.

We exclude amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition-related expenses relating to our acquisitions of Decipher Biosciences, HalioDx and C2i Genomics, impairment charges associated with the nCounter license and other biopharmaceutical services related to HalioDx intangible assets, all stock-based compensation and certain costs related to restructuring from our non-GAAP financial measures. Beginning in the second quarter of 2024, we changed our non-GAAP policy to exclude all stock-based compensation to align with our peers and we have also excluded all stock-based compensation from our prior period non-GAAP financial measures. Management has excluded the effects of these items in non-GAAP financial measures to help investors gain a better understanding of the core operating results and future prospects of the company, consistent with how management measures and forecasts the company's performance, especially when comparing such results to previous periods or forecasts. 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.