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Lifecore Biomedical Q4 revenue up 12% to $31.5M; net loss widens to $33.8M on debt refinancing
LIFECORE BIOMEDICAL, INC. DE
2024-Q1 EPS reported
-$0.35
revenue$24,522,000
- Q4 consolidated revenue $31.5M (+12.2% YoY); gross profit $8.4M (-33.9% YoY); net loss from continuing ops $33.8M vs $1.0M loss prior year.
- Full year FY2023 revenue $103.3M (-7.2% YoY); net loss from continuing ops $69.0M; adjusted EBITDA $5.8M vs $22.9M prior year.
- Q4 net loss includes $23.8M loss on debt refinancing and $6.8M restructuring/legal charges; adjusted EBITDA fell to $3.7M from $9.1M.
- CEO notes final divestitures of Curation Foods, expanded supply agreement with Alcon, and new customer projects added in Q4.
- Capacity expansions: multi-use fillers to double filling capacity to ~45M units; HA fermentation moving to 24/7 to boost capacity up to 50% by June 2024.