Q3 2024 Exact Sciences Corp Earnings Call Transcript
Key Points
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS) achieved a 13% year-over-year revenue growth, reaching $709 million for the third quarter.
- The company expanded its adjusted EBITDA by 75% year over year to $99 million, highlighting strong operational execution.
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS) received FDA approval for Cologuard Plus, which sets a new performance standard with 95% cancer sensitivity and 94% specificity.
- The company generated a record $113 million in free cash flow, marking a significant improvement from the previous year.
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS) is seeing positive contributions from new sales representatives, with expectations for increased returns in the near and long term.
- The growth in Cologuard testing frequency among the expanding provider base was disappointing, impacting third-quarter performance.
- Hurricanes Helene and Milton negatively affected Cologuard orders and results, particularly impacting the fourth quarter due to the 30-day timing between order and test completion.
- The transition of the Precision Oncology portfolio onto the ExactNexus platform faced challenges, resulting in a one-time negative impact on revenue.
- The company experienced slower-than-expected ramp-up from new sales representatives, affecting the anticipated growth rate.
- Exact Sciences Corp (EXAS) revised its full-year revenue guidance downward due to lower-than-expected demand growth in primary care offices.
Hello. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Exact Sciences third-quarter 2024 earnings conference call. (Operator Instructions)
I would now like to turn the call over to Erik Holznecht, Director of Investor Relations. You may begin.
Thanks operator. Thank you for joining us for Exact Sciences third-quarter 2024 conference call. On the call today are Kevin Conroy, the company's Chairman and CEO; and Aaron Bloomer, our Chief Financial Officer. Exact Sciences issued a news release earlier this afternoon detailing our third-quarter financial results. This news release and today's presentation are available on our website at exactsciences.com.
During today's call, we will make forward-looking statements based on current expectations. Our actual results may be materially different from such statements. Discussions of non-GAAP figures and reconciliations to GAAP figures are available in our earnings press release and descriptions of the risks and uncertainties
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