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Hyperfine, Inc. (HYPR)

Q3 2023 Earnings Call· Fri, Nov 10, 2023

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Transcript

Operator

Operator

Good afternoon, and welcome to Hyperfine's Third Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. Currently, all participants are in a listen-only mode. We will be facilitating a question-and-answer session towards the end of today's call. As a reminder, this call is being recorded for replay purposes. I would now like to turn the call over to Marissa Bych from Gilmartin Group for introductory disclosures.

Marissa Bych

Management

Great. Thank you for joining today's call. Earlier today, Hyperfine Inc. released financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023. A copy of the press release is available on the company's website as well as sec.gov. Before we begin, I'd like to remind you that management will make statements during this call that include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Federal Securities laws, which are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements contained in this call that relate to expectations or predictions of future events, results or performance are forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, those relating to our operating trends and future financial performance, expense management, expectations for hiring, training and adoption, growth in our organization, market opportunities, commercial and international expansion, regulatory approvals and product development are based upon our current estimates and various assumptions. These statements involve material risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to materially differ from those anticipated or implied by these forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these statements. For a list and description of the risks and uncertainties associated with our business, please refer to the Risk Factors section of our latest periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This conference call contains time-sensitive information that is accurate only as of the live broadcast today, November 9, 2023. Hyperfine Inc. disclaims any intention or obligation, except as required by law, to update or revise any financial projections or forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise. And with that, I will turn the call over to Maria Sainz, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Maria Sainz

Management

Good afternoon, and thank you all for joining us. On the call with me today is our Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Brett Hale. In the third quarter, we saw the benefits of our focus in the U.S. and the realization of our new pricing model resulting in an improvement in the financial profile of our business. We achieved revenue of $2.3 million plus compared to the same period last year and up 55% year-to-date. We saw six Swoop systems predominantly U.S. direct sales, driving record, average selling price, and gross margin. As we have mentioned in the past, commercializing ultra-low-field MR brain imaging requires us to develop a new capital equipment imaging market. Our technology may explain imaging possible at multiple types of care from critical care units to neurology offices anytime a patient can benefit. We are still learning the dynamics of the selling cycle and advancing through many firsts, with every deal being somewhat unique considering our customers are early adopters of these new imaging paradigms. This involves adoption of new technology and new workflows. We also continue to closely manage our cash use with controlled spending while investing in our three strategic pillars, innovation, clinical evidence, and commercialization. Exiting the third quarter, I'm very proud of the execution of the team, transforming our financial profile and laying a strong foundation for the future of our business. Innovation continues to be an area of great focus as we pursue development projects across all elements of the Swoop system. In addition to our many year-to-date improvements, we have a strong cadence of enhancements in hardware and AI powered software planned to further advance the image quality, clinical utility, and application of ultra-low-field MRI. On our last call, we mentioned our plan to launch another software upgrade…

Brett Hale

Management

Thank you, Maria. Turning to our financial results for the third quarter 2023. Revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 was $2.3 million, flat compared to the third quarter of 2022. Year-to-date, we've generated $8.3 million of revenue up 55% from the first nine months of 2022. Gross profit for the third quarter of 2023 was $1.1 million, compared to $0.7 million in the third quarter of 2022 and reflecting a record 48% gross margin. Year-to-date, we have a 45% gross margin up 34 percentage points, from the 11% for the first nine months of 2022. R&D expenses for the third quarter of 2023 were $5.7 million compared to $7.3 million in the third quarter of 2022. Sales, general and administrative expenses for the third quarter of 2023 were $7.1 million compared to $6.6 million in the third quarter of 2022. Year-to-date, total OpEx of $40.2 million is down 34% from $60.9 million in the first nine months of 2022. Net loss for the third quarter was $10.8 million equating to a net loss of $0.15 per share as compared to a net loss of $13.2 million or a net loss of $0.19 per share for the same period of the prior year. Year-to-date net loss of $33.6 million is down 44% from $60.1 million in the first nine months of 2022. Our cash burn in the third quarter was $8.5 million and as of September 30, 2023, we have $85.4 million in cash and cash equivalents on our balance sheet. Year-to-date, our cash burn of $32 million is down 43% from $56 million in the first nine months of 2022. Turning to our 2023 outlook, we are narrowing our full year revenue expectations to a range of $11 million to $13 million based on our early Q4 closings and the progress in our pipeline. Looking at gross margin for the year, we are narrowing our range to 44% to 46% as we grow and realize higher average Swoop system pricing, we are very pleased to be driving healthy margins in our business even at small scale. And lastly, we are narrowing our total cash burn expectations to $41 million to $44 million for the full year 2023. This incorporates and expectations for continued investment in R&D and substantially streamlined investments in SG&A versus history, while we maintain customer facing resources to continue to drive adoption and growth. We will continue to focus on our three strategic pillars and maintained spending discipline, maintaining enough cash to fund the business through 2025. We are excited about the momentum we are building for the remainder of the year and beyond, and we are pleased to have the cash and flexibility to invest in the right areas for continuous Swoop system adoption. At this point, I'd like to turn the call back to Maria, for closing comments.

Maria Sainz

Management

Thank you, Brett. I'm proud of the progress the Hyperfine team has made so far this year, and I remain very optimistic up to what this team can deliver. With that, I want to thank you for your time and open the line up for questions.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. [Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from Neil Chatterji with B. Riley. Your line is open.

Neil Chatterji

Analyst

Hey, guys. Thanks for taking the questions. Good afternoon. Can you hear me okay?

Maria Sainz

Management

Hi, good afternoon. Yes. I can hear you fine.

Neil Chatterji

Analyst

Great. Perfect. Just maybe just starting out just on the sales funnel. Just curious if you have any more color on how that's progressing as we kind of get closer to exiting the year and getting it to 2024. And then just with the latest software update how might that help with the funnel and just future uptake?

Maria Sainz

Management

Sure. So we just said, we are feeling positive about the early traction with the breadth of the, the pipeline. We do have more tenured and more experienced reps every quarter that we go buy, and that continues to drive sort of the good traction and progress on our pipeline. We have announced the clearance of the new software, but we haven't yet launched it. We're taking a little bit of a different sense this time in which we're doing an early access program with few customers here these weeks to make sure we get all of the feedback, so that we can launch with more testimonials and more meat on the bone. So, you should expect the release for all customers sort of very early into the New Year. So, from an innovation perspective, that is going to really drive nice thing, as we said, there is enhancements in DWI, which is really the king and the queen sequence, especially in the stroke application, but it also has a nice set of features around usability that are that I think are going to be well appreciated by existing customers to continue to reinforce usage and by new customers that are contemplating apart in the system.

Neil Chatterji

Analyst

Great. Thanks for that. And then just on Alzheimer's, just any update on kind of the progress there for I think you were planning for some early feasibility studies, return to Swoop users, any update there and any update or thoughts on that potential opportunity.

Maria Sainz

Management

Sure. So, we continue to be really bullish about that because we believe access and ease of getting this gap is going to really drive a lot of the efficiency and how those patients are going to navigate the way between neurology infusion sites and an imaging location. And we are even more pleased that what we're doing is really following the very strong interest that has been formulated to us by some of the physicians that know our system and what it can do. So we're going to start early feasibility. By the end of this year, with one of those Swoop aficionados or KOL. That is also someone very involved in Alzheimer's treatment. And as I said in the prepared remarks, what we're doing is trying to place our Swoop system in the workflow of the infusion of the drug to make it a lot more convenient for the patient. And the idea is going to be how this really helps assess the risk for these patients. But early feasibility is something that we expect to starting the next couple of months.

Neil Chatterji

Analyst

Great. That’s it for me. I’ll hop back in queue. Thanks.

Maria Sainz

Management

Sure. Thank you.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. There are no further questions at this time. I'd like to turn the call over to Maria Sainz, for any closing remarks.

Maria Sainz

Management

Thank you for your interest this afternoon, and we look forward to keeping you informed in future calls.

Operator

Operator

Thank you for your participation. This does conclude the program and you may now disconnect. Everyone, have a great day.