---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-040716"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DNA"
cik: "0001830214"
company_name: "Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T23:16:41.606007+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ginkgo Q2 revenue $81M (-44% YoY); Cell Engineering services up 72%; guides FY23 rev $245-260M

## Summary
- Q2 total revenue $81M, down 44% YoY as Biosecurity K-12 testing wound down.
- Cell Engineering services revenue $44M, up 72% YoY; total Cell Engineering $45M.
- Biosecurity revenue $35M (49% gross margin); expanding internationally.
- Adjusted EBITDA loss $(75)M; operating loss $(184)M including $62M stock comp.
- FY23 guidance: total rev $245-260M, Cell Eng rev revised to $145-160M, Bio at least $100M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-040716
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DNA
- cik: 0001830214
- company_name: Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830214/000095017023040716/0000950170-23-040716-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830214/000095017023040716/dna-20230809.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-040716.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. reported second quarter ended June 30, 2023 results: revenue $81 million. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: second quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $81 million
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Second quarter 2023 Total revenue of $81 million
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830214/000095017023040716/0000950170-23-040716-index.htm

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