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IRIDEX Corporation (IRIX)

Q3 2025 Earnings Call· Tue, Nov 11, 2025

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Operator

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Third Quarter 2025 IRIDEX Earnings Conference Call. I would now like to turn the conference over to Trip Taylor, Investor Relations. You may begin.

Philip Taylor

Management

Thank you, and thank you all for participating in today's call. Joining me from the company are Patrick Mercer, IRIDEX's Chief Executive Officer; and Romeo Dizon, the company's Chief Financial Officer. Earlier today, IRIDEX released financial results for the quarter ended September 27, 2025. A copy of the press release is available on the company's website. Before we begin, I'd like to remind you that management will make statements during this call that include forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements made during this call that are not statements of historical facts including, but not limited to, statements concerning our strategic goals and priorities, product development matters, sales trends and the markets in which we operate. All forward-looking statements are based upon current estimates and various assumptions. These statements involve material risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to materially differ from those anticipated or implied by these forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not place reliance on these statements. For a discussion of the risks and uncertainties associated with our business, please see our most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filings with the SEC. IRIDEX disclaims any intention or obligation, except as required by law, to update or revise any financial projections or forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise. This conference call contains time-sensitive information and is accurate only as of the live broadcast today, November 11, 2025. And with that, I'll turn the call over to Patrick.

Patrick Mercer

Management

Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Today, I'm excited to highlight our third quarter business results. We are proud of the steady progress we have made during my first year as CEO. And over the past 4 quarters, we have executed our strategy to streamline our operations and advance IRIDEX towards profitability. The financial transformation of this business is demonstrating by our fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth, reduced operating expenses and improved adjusted EBITDA. We are on track to achieve both positive cash flows in the fourth quarter and positive adjusted EBITDA for the full year 2025. Importantly, the result of our hard work over the last year puts us in a position to achieve cash flow positive operations in 2026 as well. I am proud to say we have accomplished the goals we set in place for IRIDEX when we started this transformation. Turning to the third quarter specifically, we achieved strong year-over-year revenue growth of 8%. This was accomplished while reducing operating expenses by 12% and improving our adjusted EBITDA by $1.3 million compared to the prior year period. You will recall that beginning in the fourth quarter of 2024, we implemented a series of targeted cost reduction programs that have resulted in lowered operating expenses throughout 2025. For the 9 months ending September 27, operating expenses have been reduced by 25%. These efforts have meaningfully reduced our cash burn and strengthened the company's overall financial position as the cost structure is now better in line with our revenues. We have identified additional opportunities to further strengthen the company's financial profile and are now implementing actions to enhance our gross margins and further reduce operating expenses. On the manufacturing front, we are in negotiation with contract manufacturers that could reduce our cost of…

Romeo Dizon

Management

Thank you, Patrick. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. I would like to begin by reviewing our financial performance for the third quarter ended September 27, 2025. As we noted in our press release and in Patrick's comments, our total revenues for the third quarter of 2025 were $12.5 million, representing an 8% year-over-year increase. Growth was driven primarily by higher glaucoma probe sales and PASCAL system sales partially offset by lower surgical retina probe sales. Retina product revenue increased 4% in the third quarter of 2025 to $6.7 million compared to the third quarter of 2024, driven primarily by higher PASCAL system sales, medical and surgical retina system sales, partially offset by a decrease in surgical retina probe sales. Total product revenue from the Cyclo G6 glaucoma product group was $3.5 million, representing a growth of 13% year-over-year. Other revenue increased $0.2 million to $2.2 million in the third quarter of 2025 compared to $2.0 million in the third quarter of 2024, driven primarily by an increase in service revenue. Gross profit in the third quarter of 2025 was $4.0 million or a gross margin of 32.1%, a decrease of $0.3 million compared to $4.3 million or a gross margin of $37.3 million in the third quarter of 2024. Gross margin decreased by 520 basis points driven by $0.8 million charge to cost of goods sold, issued inventory write-down, partially offset by more favorable geographic and product mix in the current year. In the third quarter of 2025, we recorded a onetime nonrecurring noncash charge to write-down inventory, following a detailed review related to the transition to a new resource planning system in our estimate of the cost of raw materials and subassembled products not absorbed as we continue to transfer our production of various…

Patrick Mercer

Management

Thank you, Romeo. Looking back over the past 12 months, we have made significant progress towards the goals we established a year ago when I assumed the CEO role. Most notably, we are proud that our focus on operating improvements are expected to support sustained cash flow positivity for IRIDEX going forward. We continue to take decisive actions to reduce operating expenses and strengthen our financial position. IRIDEX is well positioned to extend its leadership in ophthalmic laser systems. To the IRIDEX team, I'd like to take a moment to thank you for your continued commitment, dedication and outstanding execution. We recognize that many of you are wearing multiple hats and your contributions have not gone unnoted. To our shareholders, thank you for your continued support of IRIDEX. We look forward to updating you on our progress next quarter. To all the veterans, Happy Veterans Day. Thank you for your sacrifice and service.

Operator

Operator

This concludes today's conference call. Thank you for joining. You may now disconnect.