Cue Health Reports Second Quarter 2022 Results

Cue Health Inc. (“Cue”) (Nasdaq: HLTH), a healthcare technology company, today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2022.

Recent Highlights

• Revenue of $87.7 million in the second quarter of 2022 exceeds guidance with stronger than anticipated ordering from existing customers
• 250,000+ Cue Readers shipped through the end of the second quarter of 2022
• Flu standalone clinical studies completed and preparations are underway for a de novo submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for at-home and point-of-care use
• Flu + COVID multiplex clinical studies started in the second quarter of 2022 and on track for submission for U.S. FDA emergency use authorization (EUA) in the third quarter of 2022
• RSV scheduled to begin clinical studies in the third quarter of 2022
• Chlamydia + Gonorrhea multiplex clinical studies expected to begin in the second half of 2022
• Began phased rollout of Cue Care^TM, closing the home-based virtual care loop from diagnostics, to telehealth, to medication delivery service
• Ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $363.1 million and further increased financial flexibility by entering a $100 million secured revolving credit facility

“We achieved stronger-than expected revenue performance in the quarter and continued to deliver on our pipeline programs,” said Ayub Khattak, Chairman and CEO of Cue Health. “We are very excited about our upcoming full launch of Cue Care, closing the virtual health care loop by allowing customers to conduct a molecular diagnostic test, consult a medical professional, and get treatment delivered, all within the Cue Health platform. With the addition of e-prescription fulfillment and delivery to our product offerings, Cue has taken another important step forward on our mission to enable personalized, proactive and informed healthcare that empower people to live their healthiest lives.”

Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Revenue in the second quarter of 2022 was $87.7 million which exceeded our guidance due to stronger than anticipated COVID-19 testing orders from existing customers.

Private sector revenue was $80.5 million, or 91.8% of total revenue, an increase of $48.1 million over last year. Public sector revenue was 8.2% of total revenue or $7.2 million. Disposable test cartridge revenue was $82.9 million in the second quarter of 2022.

GAAP product gross profit margin was a loss of 20.8% in the second quarter of 2022. Adjusted product gross profit margin was 30.0% after excluding one-time inventory charges of $42.8 million.

Operating expenses in the second quarter of 2022 were $88.3 million, excluding cost of revenues, driven by product development, software technology, and menu expansion investments. In the quarter, there was a one-time restructuring charge of $1.9 million related to manufacturing workforce reduction.

GAAP net income in the second quarter of 2022 was a loss of $99.1 million and earnings per diluted share was a loss of $0.67. Cue’s Adjusted net income was a loss of $55.2 million and earnings per diluted share was a loss of $0.37. Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $29.9 million.

Cash and cash equivalents were $363.1 million as of June 30, 2022.

Guidance

Cue Health expects third quarter 2022 revenues in the range of $55 to $60 million, excluding any adjustment to deferred revenue held on the balance sheet.

About Cue Health

Cue is a healthcare technology company that makes it easy for individuals to access health information and places diagnostic information at the center of care. Cue enables people to manage their health through real-time, actionable, and connected health information, offering individuals and their healthcare providers easy access to lab-quality diagnostics anywhere, anytime, in a device that fits in the palm of the hand. Cue’s first-of-its-kind COVID-19 test was the first FDA-authorized molecular diagnostic test for at-home and over-the-counter use without a prescription and physician supervision. Outside the United States, Cue has received the CE mark in the European Union, Interim Order authorization from Health Canada, regulatory approval from India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, and PSAR authorization from Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority. Cue was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Diego. For more information, please visit www.cuehealth.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects, including statements related to the submission of any FDA applications and expectations around receiving clearance, growth in our customer base, expectations regarding production capacity, potential technology enhancements and future performance and our guidance, including third quarter 2022 guidance, as well as any other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, may constitute “forward-looking statements”. The words, without limitation, “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “would,” “develop,” “pave,” “seek,” “offer,” “grow”, “expand” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these or similar identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those related to the expected capabilities of the flu standalone, flu + Covid multiplex, RSV and Chlamydia + Gonorrhea multiplex test, the rollout of Cue Care, our ability to maintain customer growth rates, our ability to increase private sector revenue, our ability maintain or replace the revenue historically generated from our government contracts, our ability to effectively scale our manufacturing capacity to meet contractual obligations with our customers and market demand, and the factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of Cue’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 to be filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on the current expectations of Cue’s management team and speak only as of the date hereof, and Cue specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

*This product has not been FDA cleared or approved; but has been authorized by FDA under an Emergency Use Authorization, or EUA. This product has been authorized only for the detection of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2, not for any other viruses or pathogens. The emergency use of this product is only authorized for the duration of the declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for detection and/or diagnosis of COVID-19 under Section 564(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3(b)(1), unless the declaration is terminated or authorization is revoked sooner.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement our financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, we consider certain financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, including Adjusted Product Gross Profit Margin, Adjusted Net (loss) Income, Adjusted Diluted EPS and Adjusted EBITDA (loss). We use these financial measures in conjunction with GAAP measures as part of our overall assessment of our performance, including the preparation of our annual operating budget and quarterly forecasts, to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies and to communicate with our board of directors concerning our business and financial performance. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors about our business and financial performance, enhance their overall understanding of our past performance and future prospects, and allow for greater transparency with respect to metrics used by our management in their financial and operational decision making. We are presenting these non-GAAP financial measures to assist investors in seeing our business and financial performance through the eyes of management, and because we believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide an additional tool for investors to use in comparing results of operations of our business over multiple periods with other companies in our industry.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income before interest expense, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, restructuring expense, inventory charges – inventory reserves/warranty reserves, banking and finance-related items including fair value adjustments – convertible notes.

Adjusted product gross profit is defined as product gross profit (loss), before inventory charges – inventory reserves / warranty reserves.

Adjusted net (loss) income is defined as Net (loss) income, before Inventory charges – inventory reserves / warranty reserves, restructuring expense and tax effects.

Adjusted diluted EPS is defined as Diluted EPS before Inventory charges – inventory reserves / warranty reserves, restructuring expense and tax effects.

Our definitions may differ from the definitions used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited. In addition, other companies may not publish these or similar metrics. Further, these metrics have certain limitations in that they do not include the impact of certain expenses that are reflected in our consolidated statements of operations. Thus, these non-GAAP metrics should be considered in addition to, not as substitutes for, or in isolation from, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. For reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures see the financial tables below.

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