Berkeley Lights Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2020

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Berkeley Lights, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLI), a leader in Digital Cell Biology, today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2020.

Recent Highlights

• Total revenue of $18.2 million for the third quarter, representing a 16% increase over the same period in 2019 and a 72% increase compared to the second quarter of 2020
• Released Opto Cell Line Development 2.0 Workflow which enables higher throughput, assays for complex proteins such as multi-specifics, and acceleration of our customers’ path to production cell lines
• Released new assays for Cell Therapy which drove more than a third of the quarter’s total platform placements

Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results

Revenue was $18.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, representing a 16% increase from the third quarter in the prior year. Product revenue was $14.1 million for the quarter, representing a 7% increase from the third quarter in the prior year. Service revenue was $4.1 million for the quarter, representing a 66% increase from the third quarter in the prior year.

Direct platform revenue was $12.4 million for the quarter, compared to $12.3 million for the third quarter in the prior year. Recurring revenue was $3.7 million for the quarter, compared to $1.9 million for the third quarter in the prior year. Milestone and related revenue was $2.1 million for the quarter, compared to $1.5 million for the third quarter in the prior year.

Gross profit was $12.8 million for the third quarter of 2020, up $1.1 million from $11.7 million for the corresponding prior year period. Gross margin was 70% for the third quarter of 2020, compared to 74% for the corresponding prior year period. 

Operating expenses were $21.0 million for the third quarter of 2020, compared to $15.9 million in the third quarter of the prior year, representing an increase of approximately 32%.

Net loss was $8.6 million in the third quarter of 2020, compared to $4.4 million in the same period in 2019.

Cash and cash equivalents were $237.2 million as of September 30, 2020 including $187.9 million of net proceeds from the Company’s IPO in mid-July.

Webcast and Conference Call Information

Berkeley Lights will host a conference call to discuss the third quarter 2020 financial results after market close on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 1:30 PM Pacific Time/4:30 PM Eastern Time. A webcast of the conference call can be accessed at http://investors.berkeleylights.com. The webcast will be archived and available for replay for at least 90 days after the event.

About Berkeley Lights

Berkeley Lights is a leading Digital Cell Biology company focused on enabling and accelerating the rapid development and commercialization of biotherapeutics and other cell-based products for our customers. The Berkeley Lights Platform captures deep phenotypic, functional, and genotypic information for thousands of single cells in parallel and can also deliver the live biology customers desire in the form of the best cells. Our platform is a fully integrated, end-to-end solution, comprising proprietary consumables, including our OptoSelect chips and reagent kits, advanced automation systems, and application software. We developed the Berkeley Lights Platform to provide the most advanced environment for rapid functional characterization of single cells at scale, the goal of which is to establish an industry standard for our customers throughout their cell-based product value chain.            

Berkeley Lights’ Beacon and Lightning systems and Culture Station instrument are: FOR RESEARCH USE ONLY. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.

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