earnings
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.80
ImmuCell Q1 product sales down 43% to $3.4M; net loss $2.3M due to contamination
IMMUCELL CORP /DE/
2023-Q1 EPS reported
-$0.30
revenue$3,446,527
- Product sales fell 43% YoY to $3.4M; net loss of $2.3M ($0.30/basic share) vs net income of $513K ($0.07 diluted) in Q1 2022.
- Gross margin collapsed to 9% from 52% on write-off of contaminated inventory and production slowdown.
- Order backlog surged to ~$8M as of May 3, 2023, from $2.5M at Dec 31, 2022, due to reduced output.
- Cash dropped to $3.1M from $5.8M; EBITDA turned negative to ($1.6M) from $1.2M a year ago.
- Remediation efforts underway; management targets $6M quarterly production run-rate (80% of $30M capacity).