Personalis Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Revenue

On January 6, 2022 Personalis, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSNL), a leader in advanced genomics for cancer and population sequencing, reported unaudited preliminary revenue for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021 (Press release, Personalis, JAN 6, 2022, View Source [SID1234598336]).

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Personalis estimates revenue of approximately $20.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 and approximately $85.5 million for the full year of 2021.

Fourth Quarter Highlights

Preliminary revenue from biopharma and other customers is estimated to be $15.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with $7.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, a 102% increase and a record quarter; preliminary revenue from biopharma and other customers includes estimated revenue from Natera at $5.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2021; preliminary revenue from biopharma customers excluding Natera at $9.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, a 26% increase compared with the fourth quarter of 2020
Preliminary revenue from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Million Veterans Program (VA MVP) is estimated to be $5.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with $12.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, a decrease of 58%
Launch of tumor-informed liquid biopsy assay, NeXT Personal (molecular residual disease) in December 2021; NeXT Personal delivers industry leading MRD sensitivity down to 1 part-per-million (PPM), which is expected to enable earlier detection across a broader set of cancers with low mutational burden and low-shedding cancers
Preliminary cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments is estimated to be $287 million as of December 31, 2021
Full Year 2021 Revenue

Preliminary revenue from biopharma and other customers is estimated to be $39.8 million for the full year of 2021 compared with $22.5 million for the full year of 2020, a 77% increase; preliminary revenue from biopharma and other customers includes estimated revenue from Natera at $8.6 million for the full year of 2021; preliminary revenue from biopharma customers excluding Natera at $31.2 million for the full year of 2021, a 39% increase
Preliminary revenue from the VA MVP is estimated to be $45.7 million for the full year of 2021 compared with $56.2 million for the full year of 2020, a decrease of 19%; VA MVP unfulfilled orders were approximately $7.6 million at December 31, 2021 and remaining unfulfilled orders are expected to be recognized as revenue from the first quarter through the third quarter of 2022, depending upon sample receipt volume and timing from the VA MVP
"I’m proud that preliminary revenue for our oncology business has exceeded $15 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 and was nearly $40 million for the full year 2021, despite all the headwinds from the COVID-19 pandemic. Customer orders from our oncology business were once again significantly above preliminary revenue estimates for both the fourth quarter and full year of 2021, which puts us in position to grow our oncology revenue by more than 50% in 2022 compared to 2021," said John West, Chief Executive Officer. "In addition, we recently launched NeXT Personal, our MRD liquid biopsy offering, which is expected to be an important growth driver for both biopharma and diagnostic test revenue in the future."

The above information is preliminary and subject to Personalis’ normal quarter and year-end accounting procedures and external audit by the company’s independent registered public accounting firm.