StemCells Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

Author's Avatar
Aug 10, 2009
StemCells Inc. (STEM, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-06-30.

Stemcells Inc. is engaged in research aimed at the development of therapies that would use stem and progenitor cells derived from fetal or adult sources to treat and possibly cure human diseases and injuries such as Parkinson\'s disease hepatitis diabetes and spinal cord injuries. StemCells Inc. has a market cap of $176.41 million; its shares were traded at around $1.66 with and P/S ratio of 760.39. StemCells Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 5.6% over the past 5 years.

Highlight of Business Operations:

Second quarter ended June 30, 2009 versus second quarter ended June 30, 2008. Licensing and grant revenue for the second quarter of 2009 were approximately $145,000, or 386%, higher as compared to the same period in 2008. This increase was primarily attributable to approximately $90,000 in grant revenue recognized and consolidated as part of our acquisition of the SCS operations. Licensing and grant revenue for 2009 also includes approximately $21,000 from an existing grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to research and develop a potential cell-based therapeutic for liver disease. The remaining revenue under licensing and grant revenue for the second quarter of 2009 and 2008 consist of licensing fees from existing licensing agreements. In the second quarter of 2009, we recognized and consolidated approximately $121,000 and $60,000 as revenue from product sales and cost of product sales, respectively, in connection with our acquisition of the SCS operations, compared to none in the same period of 2008.

Six-month period ended June 30, 2009 versus six-month period ended June 30, 2008. Licensing and grant revenue for the second quarter of 2009 were approximately $201,000, or 326%, higher as compared to the same period in 2008. This increase was primarily attributable to approximately $90,000 in grant revenue recognized and consolidated as part of our acquisition of the SCS operations. Licensing and grant revenue for 2009 also includes approximately $51,000 from an existing grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to research and develop a potential cell-based therapeutic for liver disease. The remaining revenue under licensing and grant revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 consist of licensing fees from existing licensing agreements. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, we recognized and consolidated approximately $121,000 and $60,000 as revenue from product sales and cost of product sales, respectively, in connection with of our acquisition of the SCS operations, compared to none in the same period of 2008.

R&D expenses totaled approximately $5,055,000 in the second quarter of 2009 compared with $4,416,000 in the second quarter of 2008, and $9,290,000 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2009 compared with $8,915,000 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2008.

Six-month period ended June 30, 2009 versus six-month period ended June 30, 2008. R&D expense totaled approximately $9,290,000 in the six-month period ended June 30, 2009, as compared to $8,915,000 for the same period in 2008. The increase of approximately $375,000, or 4%, from 2008 to 2009 was primarily attributable to approximately $648,000 of additional R&D operations from our acquisition of the SCS operations. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in expenses for external services, including expenses related to manufacturing and testing of our cells and for our six-patient Phase I clinical trial for NCL, which was completed in January 2009.

General and administrative (G&A) expenses totaled approximately $2,202,000 in the second quarter of 2009 compared with $2,346,000 in the second quarter of 2008, and $4,741,000 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2009 compared with $4,600,000 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2008.

Second quarter ended June 30, 2009 versus second quarter ended June 30, 2008. G&A expenses totaled approximately $2,202,000 in the second quarter of 2009, compared with $2,346,000 for the same period in 2008. The decrease of approximately $144,000, or 6%, from 2008 to 2009 was primarily attributable to a decrease in external services of approximately $484,000, mainly due to a decrease in legal expenses. This decrease was partially offset by approximately $172,000 of acquisition costs related to the acquisition of the SCS operations, an increase in personnel expenses of $124,000 primarily related to stock based compensation and an increase in other operating expenses of approximately $44,000.

Read the The complete Report