Brief review..
Financial Highlights and Results
· Peregrine continues to execute its previously-announced strategy to reach sustained profitability by increasing contract manufacturing revenue while decreasing research and development expenses, with the goal of reaching profitability 18 months from now. During the first six months of FY 2017, the company made significant progress toward this goal with contract manufacturing revenues increasing 53% compared to the first six months of FY 2016 and research and development expenses decreasing by 45% compared to the first six months of FY 2016.
o Contract manufacturing revenue from Avid's clinical and commercial biomanufacturing services provided to its third-party customers increased to $23,370,000 for the second quarter of FY 2017 compared to $9,523,000 for the second quarter of FY 2016. In addition, as previously-announced, a backlog at a third-party testing lab, unrelated to product quality, required that the recognition of some revenue be shifted from the first quarter to the second quarter of fiscal year 2017.
o Total costs and expenses for the second quarter of FY 2017 were $27,447,000, compared to $23,347,000 for the second quarter of FY 2016. For the second quarter of FY 2017, research and development expenses decreased 51% to $7,022,000, compared to $14,190,000 for the second quarter of FY 2016. Cost of contract manufacturing increased to $15,441,000 in the second quarter of FY 2017 compared to $4,741,000 for the second quarter of FY 2016, primarily due to an increase in the cost of contract manufacturing associated with higher reported revenue. Also contributing to this increase and impacting gross margins for the period is the higher cost of operating the new Myford facility as well as the higher cost associated with performing process validation runs during the quarter. For the second quarter of FY 2017, selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $4,984,000 compared to $4,416,000 for the second quarter of FY 2016 primarily due to the company’s growing manufacturing business.
o Peregrine's consolidated net loss attributable to common stockholders was $5,498,000 or $0.02 per share, for the second quarter of FY 2017, compared to a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $14,578,000, or $0.07 per share, for the same prior year quarter.
o Peregrine reported $49,055,000 in cash and cash equivalents as of October 31, 2016, compared to $61,412,000 at fiscal year ended April 30, 2016.
More detailed financial information and analysis may be found in Peregrine's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission today.
7,022,000+15,441,000+4984,000=$27,447,000 Expenses
(exp)27,447,000- (rev)23,370,000=4,077,000 Loss
Regarding Avid expansion will the expenses go down for the existing facilities due to completion of lab build out? I know another facility is forecast to be built will it impact next QTR?
