BOSTON, Nov. 8, 2023 /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, 2023. 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.
"We have continued to expand our customer base and partnerships this quarter," said Jason Kelly, co-founder and CEO of Ginkgo. "We're particularly excited about our new program with Pfizer to advance the discovery and development of novel RNA molecules. I'm also thrilled about the five-year strategic cloud and AI partnership we signed with Google Cloud to deploy and develop AI tools for biology and biosecurity. Our team is hard at work building new, state-of-the-art foundation models that speak the languages of biology, and I couldn't be more excited about the opportunities that lie ahead."
Recent Business Highlights & Strategic Positioning
Third Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights
Full Year 2023 Outlook
Conference Call Details
Ginkgo will host a videoconference today, Wednesday, November 8, 2023, beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET. The presentation will include an overview of the 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's biosecurity and public health unit, Concentric by Ginkgo, is building global infrastructure for biosecurity to empower governments, communities, and public health leaders to prevent, detect and respond to a wide variety of biological threats. For more information, visit ginkgobioworks.com and concentricbyginkgo.com, read our blog, or follow us on social media channels such as X (formerly known as Twitter) (@Ginkgo and @ConcentricByGBW), Instagram (@GinkgoBioworks and @ConcentricByGinkgo), 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 balance sheet and cash runway, acquisitions, current expectations, operations and anticipated results of operations, both business and financial, including opportunities for increased operational efficiency, potential customer success, including successful application of our offerings by our customers, the capabilities and potential operational and financial success of our partnerships and collaborations, and expected timing thereof, expectations with regard to revenue, the nature of such revenue and any related downstream value share associated with such revenue, funding that is contingent upon Ginkgo's achievement of milestones, expenses, including our stock-based compensation expenses, our full year 2023 outlook, the future security and commercial applications of the BIOINT industry, the expansion and potential capabilities of our bioradar network and the national biodefense strategy, the achievement of milestones in our partnership with Google and the expected timing thereof, plans to develop and deploy AI tools for biology and biosecurity for both internal use and external release, 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) 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, (ii) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and to identify and realize additional business opportunities, (iii) the risk of downturns in demand for products using synthetic biology, (iv) the uncertainty regarding the demand for passive monitoring programs and biosecurity services, (v) changes to the biosecurity industry, including due to advancements in technology, emerging competition and evolution in industry demands, standards and regulations, (vi) our ability to realize the expected benefits of merger and acquisition transactions, (vii) the outcome of any legal proceedings against Ginkgo, including as a result of recent acquisitions, (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, and (x) the product development or commercialization success of our customers. 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 most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), 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, 2023 | As of December 31, 2022 | |||
Assets | ||||
Current assets: | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 1,049,244 | $ 1,315,792 | ||
Accounts receivable, net | 61,897 | 80,907 | ||
Accounts receivable - related parties | 1,246 | 1,558 | ||
Inventory, net | 70 | 4,364 | ||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 29,389 | 47,458 | ||
Total current assets | 1,141,846 | 1,450,079 | ||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 201,595 | 314,773 | ||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 341,614 | 400,762 | ||
Investments | 84,970 | 112,188 | ||
Equity method investments | 1,120 | 1,543 | ||
Intangible assets, net | 100,168 | 111,041 | ||
Goodwill | 58,057 | 60,210 | ||
Other non-current assets | 97,022 | 88,725 | ||
Total assets | $ 2,026,392 | $ 2,539,321 | ||
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | ||||
Current liabilities: | ||||
Accounts payable | $ 10,753 | $ 10,451 | ||
Deferred revenue | 42,762 | 47,817 | ||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 114,947 | 114,694 | ||
Total current liabilities | 168,462 | 172,962 | ||
Non-current liabilities: | ||||
Deferred revenue, net of current portion | 170,011 | 174,767 | ||
Operating lease liabilities, non-current | 403,662 | 413,256 | ||
Warrant liabilities | 12,255 | 10,868 | ||
Other non-current liabilities | 19,319 | 31,191 | ||
Total liabilities | 773,709 | 803,044 | ||
Commitments and contingencies | ||||
Stockholders' equity: | ||||
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value | — | — | ||
Common stock, $0.0001 par value | 198 | 190 | ||
Additional paid-in capital | 6,334,218 | 6,136,378 | ||
Accumulated deficit | (5,078,834) | (4,397,659) | ||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (2,899) | (2,632) | ||
Total stockholders' equity | 1,252,683 | 1,736,277 | ||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ 2,026,392 | $ 2,539,321 | ||
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, | ||||||||
2023 | 2022 (as adjusted*) | 2023 | 2022 (as adjusted*) | ||||||
Cell Engineering revenue | $ 37,176 | $ 24,679 | $ 116,555 | $ 90,409 | |||||
Biosecurity revenue: | |||||||||
Product | 6,495 | 5,190 | 28,949 | 23,024 | |||||
Service | 11,759 | 36,529 | 71,196 | 265,988 | |||||
Total revenue | 55,430 | 66,398 | 216,700 | 379,421 | |||||
Costs and operating expenses: | |||||||||
Cost of Biosecurity product revenue | 906 | 2,660 | 7,481 | 13,199 | |||||
Cost of Biosecurity service revenue | 6,017 | 21,995 | 39,913 | 160,799 | |||||
Research and development (1) | 156,662 | 261,460 | 463,583 | 875,095 | |||||
General and administrative (1) | 82,028 | 435,221 | 295,802 | 1,308,416 | |||||
Impairment of lease assets | 96,210 | — | 96,210 | — | |||||
Total operating expenses | 341,823 | 721,336 | 902,989 | 2,357,509 | |||||
Loss from operations | (286,393) | (654,938) | (686,289) | (1,978,088) | |||||
Other (expense) income: | |||||||||
Interest income, net | 15,020 | 6,380 | 43,914 | 8,821 | |||||
Loss on equity method investments | — | (22,711) | (1,516) | (53,764) | |||||
Loss on investments | (36,324) | (1,758) | (44,815) | (39,981) | |||||
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | 1,891 | (12,445) | (1,387) | 96,099 | |||||
Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiaries | — | 15,989 | — | 31,889 | |||||
Other income (expense), net | 2,893 | (676) | 9,045 | 1,473 | |||||
Total other (expense) income, net | (16,520) | (15,221) | 5,241 | 44,537 | |||||
Loss before income taxes | (302,913) | (670,159) | (681,048) | (1,933,551) | |||||
Income tax (benefit) provision | (22) | (28) | 127 | (257) | |||||
Net loss | (302,891) | (670,131) | (681,175) | (1,933,294) | |||||
Loss attributable to non-controlling interest | — | — | — | (3,833) | |||||
Net loss attributable to Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. | $ (302,891) | $ (670,131) | $ (681,175) | $ (1,929,461) | |||||
Net loss per share attributable to Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, | $ (0.16) | $ (0.41) | $ (0.35) | $ (1.19) | |||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic and | 1,950,814 | 1,630,911 | 1,933,202 | 1,619,790 | |||||
Comprehensive loss: | |||||||||
Net loss | $ (302,891) | $ (670,131) | $ (681,175) | $ (1,933,294) | |||||
Other comprehensive loss: | |||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | (1,599) | (2,414) | (267) | (6,195) | |||||
Total other comprehensive loss | (1,599) | (2,414) | (267) | (6,195) | |||||
Comprehensive loss | $ (304,490) | $ (672,545) | $ (681,442) | $ (1,939,489) | |||||
* As adjusted to reflect the impact of the adoption of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 842, Leases ("ASC 842"). See Note 1 to the condensed consolidated | |||||||||
(1) | R&D and G&A expenses included a significant charge for stock-based compensation expense as a result of the modification of the vesting terms of RSUs and all related earnout shares. 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, | |||||||
(in thousands) | 2023 | 2022 (as | 2023 | 2022 (as | ||||
Research and development | $ 33,976 | $ 187,019 | $ 122,086 | $ 670,650 | ||||
General and administrative | 19,671 | 376,366 | 69,238 | 1,159,040 | ||||
Total | $ 53,647 | $ 563,385 | $ 191,324 | $ 1,829,690 | ||||
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. | ||||
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | ||||
(in thousands, unaudited) | ||||
Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||
2023 | 2022 (as adjusted*) | |||
Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||
Net loss | $ (681,175) | $ (1,933,294) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | 57,670 | 26,885 | ||
Stock-based compensation | 187,047 | 1,822,472 | ||
Loss on investments and equity method investments | 46,331 | 93,745 | ||
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | 1,387 | (96,099) | ||
Change in fair value of contingent consideration liability | 10,217 | 58 | ||
Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiaries | — | (31,889) | ||
Impairment of long-lived assets | 121,404 | — | ||
Non-cash customer consideration | (884) | (18,139) | ||
Non-cash lease expense | 24,635 | 11,877 | ||
Non-cash in-process research and development | 3,981 | 1,162 | ||
Other non-cash activity | 3,937 | 4,602 | ||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||
Accounts receivable | 21,168 | 20,521 | ||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 13,557 | 5,230 | ||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 9,277 | — | ||
Other non-current assets | (2,733) | 144 | ||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities | (4,822) | (11,852) | ||
Deferred revenue, current and non-current | (29,382) | (35,365) | ||
Operating lease liabilities, current and non-current | (18,310) | (7,807) | ||
Other non-current liabilities | (974) | 82 | ||
Net cash used in operating activities | (237,669) | (147,667) | ||
Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||
Purchase of convertible note | — | (10,000) | ||
Purchases of property and equipment | (37,355) | (26,626) | ||
Proceeds from sale of equipment | 3,000 | 110 | ||
Purchase of investment in equity securities | — | (3,691) | ||
Deconsolidation of subsidiaries - cash | — | (55,721) | ||
Other | 336 | (1,206) | ||
Net cash used in investing activities | (34,019) | (97,134) | ||
Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||
Principal payments on finance leases | (977) | (912) | ||
Contingent consideration payment | (1,082) | (521) | ||
Other | (525) | (993) | ||
Net cash used in financing activities | (2,584) | (2,426) | ||
Effect of foreign exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents | (690) | (191) | ||
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (274,962) | (247,418) | ||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 1,315,792 | 1,550,004 | ||
Restricted cash, beginning of period | 53,789 | 42,924 | ||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period | 1,369,581 | 1,592,928 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | 1,049,244 | 1,302,603 | ||
Restricted cash, end of period | 45,375 | 42,907 | ||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period | $ 1,094,619 | $ 1,345,510 | ||
* As adjusted to reflect the impact of the adoption of ASC 842. See Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements contained in Part I, |
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. | |||||||||
Selected Non-GAAP Financial Measures | |||||||||
(in thousands, unaudited) | |||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
2023 | 2022 (as adjusted*) | 2023 | 2022 (as adjusted*) | ||||||
Net loss attributable to Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. stockholders | $ (302,891) | $ (670,131) | $ (681,175) | $ (1,929,461) | |||||
Interest income, net | (15,020) | (6,380) | (43,914) | (8,821) | |||||
Income tax (benefit) provision | (22) | (28) | 127 | (257) | |||||
Depreciation and amortization | 21,060 | 8,917 | 57,670 | 26,885 | |||||
EBITDA | (296,873) | (667,622) | (667,292) | (1,911,654) | |||||
Stock-based compensation (1) | 53,647 | 563,385 | 191,324 | 1,829,690 | |||||
Loss on equity method investments (2) | — | 22,711 | 1,516 | 52,927 | |||||
Loss on investments | 36,324 | 1,758 | 44,815 | 39,981 | |||||
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | (1,891) | 12,445 | 1,387 | (96,099) | |||||
Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiaries | — | (15,989) | — | (31,889) | |||||
Merger and acquisition related expenses (3) | 12,253 | 12,017 | 47,108 | 20,184 | |||||
Impairment of long-lived assets (4) | 112,403 | — | 121,404 | — | |||||
Change in fair value of convertible notes | 317 | (561) | 121 | (229) | |||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ (83,820) | $ (71,856) | $ (259,617) | $ (97,089) | |||||
* As adjusted to reflect the impact of the adoption of ASC 842. See Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements contained in | |||||||||
(1) | For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, includes $1.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, in employer payroll taxes. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, includes $4.3 million and $7.2 million, respectively, in employer payroll taxes. |
(2) | Represents losses on equity method investments under the hypothetical liquidation at book value method, net of losses attributable to non-controlling interests. |
(3) | 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) acquired intangible assets expensed as in-process research and development associated with asset acquisitions and (v) costs associated with the Zymergen bankruptcy. |
(4) | For the three months ended September 30, 2023, includes $16.2 million impairment loss on lab equipment and $96.2 million impairment loss on a right-of-use asset and the related leasehold improvements associated with an exited Zymergen leased facility. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, includes $25.2 million impairment loss on lab equipment and $96.2 million impairment loss on a right-of-use asset and the related leasehold improvements associated with an exited Zymergen leased facility. |
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. | |||||||
Segment Information | |||||||
(in thousands, unaudited) | |||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||
2023 | 2022 (as | 2023 | 2022 (as | ||||
Revenue: | |||||||
Cell Engineering | $ 37,176 | $ 24,679 | $ 116,555 | $ 90,409 | |||
Biosecurity | 18,254 | 41,719 | 100,145 | 289,012 | |||
Total revenue | 55,430 | 66,398 | 216,700 | 379,421 | |||
Segment cost of revenue: | |||||||
Biosecurity | 6,923 | 24,655 | 47,394 | 173,998 | |||
Segment research and development expense: | |||||||
Cell Engineering | 90,889 | 65,589 | 275,494 | 177,948 | |||
Biosecurity | 313 | 387 | 1,408 | 1,347 | |||
Total segment research and development | 91,202 | 65,976 | 276,902 | 179,295 | |||
Segment general and administrative expense: | |||||||
Cell Engineering | 42,617 | 41,606 | 155,216 | 104,900 | |||
Biosecurity | 12,207 | 17,039 | 42,862 | 42,683 | |||
Total segment general and administrative | 54,824 | 58,645 | 198,078 | 147,583 | |||
Segment operating (loss) income: | |||||||
Cell Engineering | (96,330) | (82,516) | (314,155) | (192,439) | |||
Biosecurity | (1,189) | (362) | 8,481 | 70,984 | |||
Total segment operating loss | (97,519) | (82,878) | (305,674) | (121,455) | |||
Operating expenses not allocated to segments: | |||||||
Stock-based compensation (1) | 53,647 | 563,385 | 191,324 | 1,829,690 | |||
Depreciation and amortization | 21,060 | 8,917 | 57,670 | 26,885 | |||
Impairment of long-lived assets | 112,403 | — | 121,404 | — | |||
Change in fair value of contingent | 1,764 | (242) | 10,217 | 58 | |||
Loss from operations | $ (286,393) | $ (654,938) | $ (686,289) | $ (1,978,088) | |||
* As adjusted to reflect the impact of the adoption of ASC 842. See Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements contained in | |||||||
(1) Includes $1.1 million and $0.2 million in employer payroll taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and | |||||||
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