Adaptive Biotechnologies Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results

SEATTLE, Feb. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation (“Adaptive Biotechnologies”) (Nasdaq: ADPT), a commercial stage biotechnology company that aims to translate the genetics of the adaptive immune system into clinical products to diagnose and treat disease, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024.

“2024 was a year of strong execution, marked by key catalysts achieved in our MRD business and advancements in our Immune Medicine programs. Our MRD revenue grew by 42%, with a 35% increase in clonoSEQ test volume, and we nominated a lead autoimmune indication within our Immune Medicine business,” said Chad Robins, chief executive officer and co-founder of Adaptive Biotechnologies. “With strong momentum heading into 2025, we are focused on achieving profitability in MRD, advancing our therapeutics pipeline in Immune Medicine, and maintaining a durable cash position to support sustainable, long-term growth.”

Recent Highlights

• Revenue for the fourth quarter and full year 2024 was $47.5 million and $179.0 million, respectively. The MRD business, which contributed 85% of revenue in the fourth quarter and 81% of revenue in the full year, grew 31% and 42% over the corresponding periods a year ago.
• clonoSEQ® test volume increased 34% to 20,945 tests delivered in the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to the fourth quarter 2023 and ended the year with 76,105 tests delivered, up 35% versus 2023.
• Obtained updated Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) Gapfill Determination for clonoSEQ of $2,007 per test, a 17% increase from the previous implied rate under the episode structure.
• The FDA’s Oncologic Drug Advisory Committee (ODAC) voted unanimously in favor of the use of MRD as a primary endpoint to support the accelerated approval of new therapies for patients with multiple myeloma.
• Received expanded Medicare coverage of clonoSEQ for assessing measurable residual disease in Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL), enabling initiation of MCL promotional efforts.
• Signed an exclusive strategic commercial partnership with NeoGenomics to cross-promote our clonoSEQ® test along with NeoGenomics’ COMPASS® and CHART® hematopathology services.
• Completed multiple antibody mouse immunization campaigns in prioritized autoimmune indications and functionally tested a subset of selected antibodies to a number of disease-causing targets in these indications.
• Nominated a lead autoimmune indication to further advance on the preclinical development of antibody therapeutic candidates in this first autoimmune indication.

Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Revenue was $47.5 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, representing a 4% increase from the fourth quarter in the prior year. MRD revenue was $40.1 million for the quarter, representing a 31% increase from the fourth quarter in the prior year. Immune Medicine revenue was $7.3 million for the quarter, representing a 51% decrease from the fourth quarter in the prior year.

Operating expenses for the fourth quarter of 2024 were $81.3 million, compared to $116.9 million in the fourth quarter of the prior year, which included a $25.4 million lease impairment charge, representing a decrease of 30%. Excluding the impact of the lease impairment charge, operating expenses for the fourth quarter of 2024 decreased 11% compared to the fourth quarter of the prior year.

Interest and other income, net was $3.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to $4.6 million in the fourth quarter of the prior year. Interest expense from our revenue interest purchase agreement was $3.0 million in both the fourth quarter of 2024 and the fourth quarter of the prior year.

Net loss was $33.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to $69.5 million for the same period in 2023.

Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) was a loss of $16.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to a loss of $24.7 million for the fourth quarter of the prior year.

Full Year 2024 Financial Results

Revenue was $179.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, representing a 5% increase from the prior year. MRD revenue was $145.5 million in 2024, representing a 42% increase from the prior year. Immune Medicine revenue was $33.4 million in 2024, representing a 51% decrease from 2023.

Operating expenses for 2024, which included restructuring and long-lived asset impairment charges of $9.2 million, were $341.5 million, compared to $397.3 million for 2023, which included a $25.4 million lease impairment charge, representing a decrease of 14%. Excluding the impact of restructuring and impairment charges, operating expenses for 2024 decreased 11% compared to the prior year.

Interest and other income, net was $14.5 million in 2024, compared to $15.5 million in 2023. Interest expense from our revenue interest purchase agreement was $11.6 million in 2024, compared to $13.8 million in 2023.

Net loss was $159.6 million in 2024, compared to $225.3 million in 2023.

Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) was a loss of $80.4 million for 2024, compared to a loss of $116.4 million in the prior year.

Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities was $256.0 million as of December 31, 2024.

2025 Financial Guidance

Adaptive Biotechnologies expects full year revenue for the MRD business to be between $175 million and $185 million. No revenue guidance is provided for the Immune Medicine business.

We expect full year total company operating expenses, including cost of revenue, to be between $340 million and $350 million.

We expect full year total company cash burn to be between $60 million and $70 million.

Management will provide further details on the outlook during the conference call.

Webcast and Conference Call Information

Adaptive Biotechnologies will host a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial results after market close on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM Eastern Time. The conference call can be accessed at http://investors.adaptivebiotech.com. The webcast will be archived and available for replay at least 90 days after the event.

About Adaptive Biotechnologies

Adaptive Biotechnologies (“we” or “our”) is a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on harnessing the inherent biology of the adaptive immune system to transform the diagnosis and treatment of disease. We believe the adaptive immune system is nature’s most finely tuned diagnostic and therapeutic for most diseases, but the inability to decode it has prevented the medical community from fully leveraging its capabilities. Our proprietary immune medicine platform reveals and translates the massive genetics of the adaptive immune system with scale, precision and speed. We apply our platform to partner with biopharmaceutical companies, inform drug development, and develop clinical diagnostics across our two business segments: Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) and Immune Medicine. Our commercial products and clinical pipeline enable the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of diseases such as cancer and autoimmune disorders. Our goal is to develop and commercialize immune-driven clinical products tailored to each individual patient.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measure

To supplement our unaudited consolidated statements of operations and unaudited consolidated balance sheets, which are prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), this press release also includes references to Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure that we define as net loss attributable to Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation adjusted for interest and other income, net, interest expense, income tax (expense) benefit, depreciation and amortization expense, impairment costs for long-lived assets, restructuring expense and share-based compensation expense. We define our segment Adjusted EBITDA in the same way to the extent the net loss attributable to Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation and adjustments are allocable to each segment. We have provided reconciliations of net loss attributable to Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, to Adjusted EBITDA at the end of this press release.

Management uses Adjusted EBITDA, including segment Adjusted EBITDA, to evaluate the financial performance of our business and segments and to evaluate the effectiveness of our strategies. We present these figures because we believe it is frequently used by analysts, investors and other interested parties to evaluate companies in our industry and it facilitates comparisons on a consistent basis across reporting periods. Further, we believe it is helpful in highlighting trends in our operating results because it excludes items that are not indicative of our core operating performance.

Adjusted EBITDA, including segment Adjusted EBITDA, has limitations as an analytical tool and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. We may in the future incur expenses similar to the adjustments we make. In particular, we expect to incur meaningful share-based compensation expense in the future. Other limitations include that Adjusted EBITDA, including segment Adjusted EBITDA, does not reflect:

• all expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;
• changes in our working capital needs;
• interest expense, which is an ongoing element of our costs to operate;
• income tax (expense) benefit, which may be a necessary element of our costs and ability to operate;
• the costs of replacing the assets being depreciated and amortized, which will often have to be replaced in the future;
• the noncash component of employee compensation expense;
• long-lived assets impairment costs; and
• the impact of earnings or charges resulting from matters we consider not to be reflective, on a recurring basis, of our ongoing operations, such as our restructuring activities and reductions in workforce.

In addition, Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies in our industry or across different industries.

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Adaptive Biotechnologies
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(unaudited)

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Year Ended December 31,
		2024				2023				2024				2023
Revenue		$	47,459			$	45,784			$	178,957			$	170,276
Operating expenses
Cost of revenue			18,045				19,616				72,080				75,553
Research and development			23,192				28,746				102,953				122,117
Sales and marketing			21,575				21,906				84,759				88,579
General and administrative			18,056				20,726				72,806				83,934
Amortization of intangible assets			428				429				1,703				1,699
Impairment of long-lived assets			—				25,429				7,205				25,429
Total operating expenses			81,296				116,852				341,506				397,311
Loss from operations			(33,837	)			(71,068	)			(162,549	)			(227,035	)
Interest and other income, net			3,072				4,613				14,534				15,531
Interest expense			(2,952	)			(3,012	)			(11,580	)			(13,800	)
Net loss			(33,717	)			(69,467	)			(159,595	)			(225,304	)
Add: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest			25				26				103				54
Net loss attributable to Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation		$	(33,692	)		$	(69,441	)		$	(159,492	)		$	(225,250	)
Net loss per share attributable to Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation common shareholders, basic and diluted		$	(0.23	)		$	(0.48	)		$	(1.08	)		$	(1.56	)
Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation common shareholders, basic and diluted			147,677,685				144,900,669				147,101,648				144,383,294

Adaptive Biotechnologies
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(unaudited)

		December 31,
		2024				2023
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents		$	47,920			$	65,064
Short-term marketable securities (amortized cost of $174,186 and $281,122, respectively)			174,374				281,337
Accounts receivable, net			41,731				37,969
Inventory			8,440				14,448
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			11,287				11,370
Total current assets			283,752				410,188
Long-term assets
Property and equipment, net			48,616				68,227
Operating lease right-of-use assets			45,767				52,096
Long-term marketable securities (amortized cost of $33,682)			33,660				—
Restricted cash			2,897				2,932
Intangible assets, net			3,425				5,128
Goodwill			118,972				118,972
Other assets			2,287				3,591
Total assets		$	539,376			$	661,134
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable		$	7,265			$	7,719
Accrued liabilities			8,157				8,597
Accrued compensation and benefits			15,838				13,685
Current portion of operating lease liabilities			10,239				9,384
Current portion of deferred revenue			55,689				48,630
Current portion of revenue interest liability, net			865				—
Total current liabilities			98,053				88,015
Long-term liabilities
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion			79,148				89,388
Deferred revenue, less current portion			27,256				44,793
Revenue interest liability, net, less current portion			132,414				130,660
Other long-term liabilities			20				—
Total liabilities			336,891				352,856
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity
Preferred stock: $0.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2024 and 2023; no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024 and 2023			—				—
Common stock: $0.0001 par value, 340,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2024 and 2023; 147,773,744 and 145,082,271 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively			14				14
Additional paid-in capital			1,506,353				1,452,502
Accumulated other comprehensive gain			166				215
Accumulated deficit			(1,303,824	)			(1,144,332	)
Total Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation shareholders’ equity			202,709				308,399
Noncontrolling interest			(224	)			(121	)
Total shareholders’ equity			202,485				308,278
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$	539,376			$	661,134

Adjusted EBITDA

The following is a reconciliation of net loss attributable to Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, to Adjusted EBITDA for the periods presented (in thousands, unaudited):

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Year Ended December 31,
		2024				2023				2024				2023
Net loss attributable to Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation		$	(33,692	)		$	(69,441	)		$	(159,492	)		$	(225,250	)
Interest and other income, net			(3,072	)			(4,613	)			(14,534	)			(15,531	)
Interest expense			2,952				3,012				11,580				13,800
Depreciation and amortization expense			4,448				5,392				19,256				22,231
Impairment of long-lived assets			—				25,429				7,205				25,429
Restructuring expense			87				—				2,004				—
Share-based compensation expense			12,832				15,556				53,610				62,908
Adjusted EBITDA		$	(16,445	)		$	(24,665	)		$	(80,371	)		$	(116,413	)

Segment Information (Including Segment Adjusted EBITDA)

The following tables set forth segment information for the periods presented (in thousands, unaudited):

		Three Months Ended December 31, 2024
		MRD				Immune Medicine				Unallocated Corporate				Total
Revenue		$	40,149			$	7,310			$	—			$	47,459
Operating expenses			54,979				20,389				5,928				81,296
Adjusted EBITDA			(6,555	)			(6,833	)			(3,057	)			(16,445	)
Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA:
Net loss		$	(14,830	)		$	(13,079	)		$	(5,808	)		$	(33,717	)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest			—				—				25				25
Net loss attributable to Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation			(14,830	)			(13,079	)			(5,783	)			(33,692	)
Interest and other income, net			—				—				(3,072	)			(3,072	)
Interest expense			—				—				2,952				2,952
Depreciation and amortization expense			2,340				1,673				435				4,448
Restructuring expense			77				10				—				87
Share-based compensation expense			5,858				4,563				2,411				12,832
Adjusted EBITDA		$	(6,555	)		$	(6,833	)		$	(3,057	)		$	(16,445	)

		Three Months Ended December 31, 2023
		MRD				Immune Medicine				Unallocated Corporate				Total
Revenue		$	30,762			$	15,022			$	—			$	45,784
Operating expenses			58,183				26,280				32,389				116,852
Adjusted EBITDA			(17,763	)			(2,979	)			(3,923	)			(24,665	)
Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA:
Net loss		$	(27,421	)		$	(11,258	)		$	(30,788	)		$	(69,467	)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest			—				—				26				26
Net loss attributable to Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation			(27,421	)			(11,258	)			(30,762	)			(69,441	)
Interest and other income, net			—				—				(4,613	)			(4,613	)
Interest expense			—				—				3,012				3,012
Depreciation and amortization expense			2,413				2,529				450				5,392
Impairment of right-of-use and related long-lived assets			—				—				25,429				25,429
Share-based compensation expense			7,245				5,750				2,561				15,556
Adjusted EBITDA		$	(17,763	)		$	(2,979	)		$	(3,923	)		$	(24,665	)

		Year Ended December 31, 2024
		MRD				Immune Medicine				Unallocated Corporate				Total
Revenue		$	145,529			$	33,428			$	—			$	178,957
Operating expenses			225,764				91,052				24,690				341,506
Adjusted EBITDA			(41,223	)			(26,005	)			(13,143	)			(80,371	)
Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA:
Net loss		$	(80,235	)		$	(57,624	)		$	(21,736	)		$	(159,595	)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest			—				—				103				103
Net loss attributable to Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation			(80,235	)			(57,624	)			(21,633	)			(159,492	)
Interest and other income, net			—				—				(14,534	)			(14,534	)
Interest expense			—				—				11,580				11,580
Depreciation and amortization expense			10,073				7,450				1,733				19,256
Impairment of long-lived assets			2,819				4,386				—				7,205
Restructuring expense			1,272				732				—				2,004
Share-based compensation expense			24,848				19,051				9,711				53,610
Adjusted EBITDA		$	(41,223	)		$	(26,005	)		$	(13,143	)		$	(80,371	)

		Year Ended December 31, 2023
		MRD				Immune Medicine				Unallocated Corporate				Total
Revenue		$	102,739			$	67,537			$	—			$	170,276
Operating expenses			229,129				115,031				53,151				397,311
Adjusted EBITDA			(88,844	)			(14,128	)			(13,441	)			(116,413	)
Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA:
Net loss		$	(126,390	)		$	(47,494	)		$	(51,420	)		$	(225,304	)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest			—				—				54				54
Net loss attributable to Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation			(126,390	)			(47,494	)			(51,366	)			(225,250	)
Interest and other income, net			—				—				(15,531	)			(15,531	)
Interest expense			—				—				13,800				13,800
Depreciation and amortization expense			9,225				10,436				2,570				22,231
Impairment of right-of-use and related long-lived assets			—				—				25,429				25,429
Share-based compensation expense			28,321				22,930				11,657				62,908
Adjusted EBITDA		$	(88,844	)		$	(14,128	)		$	(13,441	)		$	(116,413	)