Rapid Micro Biosystems Reports First Quarter 2022 Financial Results

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Rapid Micro Biosystems reported first quarter 2022 commercial revenue of $4.2 million, down from $4.8 million in Q1 2021.

Recurring commercial revenue grew by 66% to $2.7 million. The company reaffirmed its full-year 2022 revenue outlook of $27 million to $32 million, expecting growth of 25% to 50% year-over-year. The net loss decreased to ($14.9 million) from ($22.1 million) in Q1 2021. Cash and investments totaled $184.2 million, with no debt. System placements are anticipated to peak in Q4 2022 as access to customer sites improves.

Positive

• Recurring commercial revenue increased by 66% to $2.7 million.
• Reaffirmed full-year 2022 revenue outlook of $27 million to $32 million, indicating strong growth potential.
• Net loss improved to ($14.9 million) from ($22.1 million) in Q1 2021.

Negative

• Q1 2022 commercial revenue declined by 12.5% compared to Q1 2021.
• No revenue recognized from the BARDA contract in Q1 2022, previously contributing $0.2 million in Q1 2021.
• Total operating expenses rose to $13.1 million, up from $7.6 million in Q1 2021.

Reports first quarter 2022 commercial revenue of $4.2 million

Reaffirms full year 2022 commercial revenue outlook range of $27 million to $32 million, representing growth of approximately 25% to 50%

LOWELL, Mass., May 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: RPID) (the “Company”), an innovative life sciences technology company providing mission critical automation solutions to facilitate the efficient manufacturing and fast, safe release of healthcare products, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.

Recent Highlights

• First quarter commercial revenue (combined product and service revenue) was $4.2 million
• First quarter recurring commercial revenue was $2.7 million, representing growth of 66%, with consumable growth of approximately 100%
• Placed two new systems and completed validation of nine customer systems
• Installed rapid sterility system with a global top 20 pharma customer with beta testing expected to commence later in the second quarter

“As anticipated, access to customer sites continued to be limited in the first quarter which impacted our ability to place systems,” said Robert Spignesi, President and Chief Executive Officer. “However, we executed well and achieved broad-based strength across the rest of the business including consumables and service. We have seen incremental improvement in access to customer sites recently and we expect this trend to continue, which is critical to our sales process. While this is very encouraging for the full year, we do not expect it to benefit our system placements in the second quarter, which we currently expect to be in line with the first quarter.”

First Quarter Financial Results

Total revenue for the first quarter of 2022 was $4.2 million, compared to commercial revenue of $4.8 million in the first quarter of 2021. A breakdown of first quarter 2022 financial results follows:

• Commercial revenue (combined product and service revenue) was $4.2 million, compared to $4.8 million in the first quarter of 2021
• Recurring commercial revenue was $2.7 million, compared to $1.6 million in the first quarter of 2021
• Placed two new systems and completed validation of nine new customer systems
  

In the first quarter of 2022, the Company did not recognize any revenue from its contract with the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (“BARDA”), which was completed in the fourth quarter 2021. In the first quarter of 2021, the Company recognized $0.2 million of non-commercial revenue related to its BARDA contract.

Total cost of commercial revenue was $6.1 million in the first quarter of 2022, compared to $6.6 million in the first quarter of 2021, representing a decrease of 8%. The decrease was due to lower system sales volume and increased manufacturing efficiencies in consumables, partially offset by higher consumables sales volume and higher service costs associated with higher field service and validation headcount to support increasing service activity.

Total operating expenses were $13.1 million in the first quarter of 2022, compared to $7.6 million in the first quarter of 2021. The increase was mainly due to higher general and administrative expenses incurred to operate as a publicly traded company as well as higher employee-related costs due to increased investment in commercial and product development headcount.

Net loss for the first quarter of 2022 was ($14.9) million, compared to ($22.1) million in the first quarter of 2021. The decrease in net loss was primarily due to a $11.4 million charge to adjust the fair value of the Company’s outstanding preferred stock warrants in the first quarter of 2021, partially offset by higher operating expenses in the first quarter of 2022. Net loss per share attributable to common shareholders for the first quarter of 2022 was ($0.35), compared to ($37.89) in the first quarter of 2021. The number of weighted-average common shares outstanding in the first quarter this year was materially higher than the first quarter last year because of the conversion of outstanding preferred stock to common stock in connection with the Company’s initial public offering in July 2021. This difference accounts for a substantial portion of the decrease in net loss per share between the periods.

Cash, cash equivalents and investments were approximately $184.2 million, and the Company had no debt outstanding as of March 31, 2022.

Full Year 2022 Outlook

The Company is reaffirming its prior full year 2022 outlook for revenue of between $27 million and $32 million, representing growth of approximately 25% to 50% as compared to the full year 2021. The Company’s full year 2022 revenue outlook assumes that roughly 30% of the revenue will be delivered in the first half of the year, with the remaining 70% in the second half. System placements represent roughly 80% of the potential variability between the high end and low end of the revenue guidance range. The Company is forecasting that roughly 15% of its system placements for full year 2022 will take place in the first half of the year and roughly 85% in the second half of the year, with placements peaking in the fourth quarter.

Webcast Details

The Company will host a conference call before the market opens today, May 10, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. EST to discuss its first quarter 2022 financial results. The live call is accessible on the Company’s website at investors.rapidmicrobio.com and will be archived and available for replay for one year.

About Rapid Micro Biosystems

Rapid Micro Biosystems is an innovative life sciences technology company providing mission critical automation solutions to facilitate the efficient manufacturing and fast, safe release of healthcare products such as biologics, vaccines, cell and gene therapies, and sterile injectables. The Company’s flagship Growth Direct system automates and modernizes the antiquated, manual microbial quality control (“MQC”) testing workflows used in the largest and most complex pharmaceutical manufacturing operations across the globe. The Growth Direct system brings the quality control lab to the manufacturing floor, unlocking the power of in-line/at-the-line MQC automation to deliver faster results, greater accuracy, increased operational efficiency, better compliance with data integrity regulations, and quicker decision making, that customers rely on to ensure safe and consistent supply of important healthcare products. The Company is headquartered and has U.S. manufacturing in Lowell, Massachusetts, with global locations in Lexington, Massachusetts, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands. For more information, please visit www.rapidmicrobio.com or follow the Company on Twitter at @rapidmicrobio or on LinkedIn.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements relating to the Company’s full year 2022 revenue outlook range and expected future revenue and growth; expected timing of Growth Direct system placements and the impact on the Company’s commercial revenue; expectations regarding the Company’s sales process, including improved access to customer sites; customer interest in and adoption of the Company's Growth Direct microbial quality control platform; and the development and beta testing of new products.

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RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2022				2021
Revenue:
Product revenue	$	2,563			$	3,718
Service revenue		1,597				1,067
Non-commercial revenue		—				210
Total revenue		4,160				4,995
Costs and operating expenses:
Cost of product revenue		4,358				5,510
Cost of service revenue		1,726				1,137
Cost of non-commercial revenue		—				414
Research and development		3,525				2,147
Sales and marketing		3,456				2,275
General and administrative		6,094				3,203
Total costs and operating expenses		19,159				14,686
Loss from operations		(14,999	)			(9,691	)
Other income (expense):
Interest expense		(11	)			(932	)
Change in fair value of preferred stock warrant liability		—				(11,448	)
Other income (expense), net		103				(11	)
Total other income (expense), net		92				(12,391	)
Loss before income taxes		(14,907	)			(22,082	)
Income tax expense		23				19
Net loss		(14,930	)			(22,101	)
Accretion of redeemable convertible preferred stock to redemption value		—				(787	)
Cumulative redeemable convertible preferred stock dividends		—				(1,411	)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders — basic and diluted	$	(14,930	)		$	(24,299	)
Net loss per share attributable to Class A and Class B common stockholders — basic and diluted	$	(0.35	)		$	(37.89	)
Weighted average common shares outstanding — basic and diluted		42,197,887				641,371

RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands)

	March 31,			December 31,
	2022			2021
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	62,501		$	178,387
Short-term investments		99,732			15,110
Accounts receivable		3,835			5,005
Inventory		17,711			15,671
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		3,118			3,951
Total current assets		186,897			218,124
Property and equipment, net		12,388			11,304
Right-of-use assets, net		7,081			—
Long-term investments		21,944			9,966
Other long-term assets		1,458			1,491
Restricted cash		284			284
Total assets	$	230,052		$	241,169
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	3,550		$	3,944
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		6,735			10,917
Deferred revenue		3,952			3,305
Lease liabilities, short-term		635			—
Total current liabilities		14,872			18,166
Deferred rent, long term		—			813
Lease liabilities, long-term		7,375			—
Other long-term liabilities		735			1,210
Total liabilities		22,982			20,189
Total stockholders’ equity		207,070			220,980
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	230,052		$	241,169

RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2022				2021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$	(14,930	)		$	(22,101	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization expense		560				344
Stock-based compensation expense		983				191
Change in fair value of preferred stock warrant liability		—				11,448
Noncash lease expense		261				—
Noncash interest expense		—				139
Accretion on investments		6				—
Other, net		8				(3	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable		1,169				1,264
Inventory		(2,041	)			(812	)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		839				324
Other long-term assets		(51	)			13
Accounts payable		(372	)			(1,974	)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		(5,837	)			(781	)
Deferred revenue		647				717
Deferred rent, long term		—				(31	)
Net cash used in operating activities		(18,758	)			(11,262	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		(396	)			(251	)
Purchases of investments		(97,195	)			—
Maturity of investments		—				10,000
Net cash (used) provided by investing activities		(97,591	)			9,749
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of redeemable convertible preferred stock, net of issuance costs		—				79,808
Proceeds from issuance of Class A common stock upon stock option exercise		471				67
Proceeds from issuance of restricted Class A stock award		—				523
Payments on finance lease obligations		(8	)			—
Payments of deferred offering costs		—				(329	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		463				80,069
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(115,886	)			78,556
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period		178,671				30,179
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	62,785			$	108,735

FAQ

What were Rapid Micro Biosystems' earnings results for Q1 2022?

Rapid Micro Biosystems reported Q1 2022 commercial revenue of $4.2 million and a net loss of ($14.9 million).

What is the revenue outlook for Rapid Micro Biosystems in 2022?

The company reaffirms a full-year revenue outlook of $27 million to $32 million, indicating growth of 25% to 50% year-over-year.

How did the manufacturing efficiencies impact Rapid Micro Biosystems' costs in Q1 2022?

Total cost of commercial revenue decreased by 8% to $6.1 million, attributed to lower system sales but improved efficiencies in consumables.

What is the expected trend for system placements in 2022?

System placements are projected to peak in Q4 2022, with roughly 15% expected in the first half and 85% in the second half.