Steve Furlong
Analyst · Matt OBrien with Piper Sandler. Your line is now open
Thanks, Chris. Before I provide a review of our fourth quarter financial performance, I would like to bring your attention to a change in the way we are going to report our U.S. revenues. As our business has evolved, as a result of the increased usage of sales-type leases as well as fixed price treatment session contracts, the composition of our U.S. revenue has shifted. In an effort to provide investors with the most useful information on our business, we have changed how we present our U.S. revenue. Under the new reporting structure, U.S. NeuroStar Advanced Therapy system revenue will be reported as three separate items. NeuroStar capital revenue the significant majority of system revenue, which consists of revenue from capital sales and revenue from sales-type leases; operating lease revenue, which consists of revenue recognized from units previously rented; and other revenue, primarily revenue generated from the sale of treatment coil upgrades. In addition to providing a breakout of these three items within U.S. NeuroStar Advanced Therapy system revenue, we will be providing a number of new systems installed in the U.S. during the quarter. This number represents the total number of units sold in the U.S. as either a capital sale or a sales type lease. Total U.S. treatment session revenue is comprised of all U.S. treatment session revenues from both our per click business as well as our fixed-price contracts. Going forward, we will provide an average revenue per active system metric defined as total U.S. treatment session revenue divided by the U.S. active installed base at the end of the prior quarter. We will be providing a supplemental disclosure document on the IR portion of our website, which includes a quarterly historical breakout of the new U.S. revenue reporting structure for 2018 and 2019. Turning to the quarterly results. Total revenue for the quarter was $17.4 million, an 11% increase over the prior year quarter. U.S. revenue was $17 million, an increase of 13% over the fourth quarter of 2018. International revenue was approximately $325,000, a decrease of approximately $220,000 versus the prior year quarter. The year-over-year decrease was a function of the initial stocking order of systems placed by Teijin during the fourth quarter of 2018 that did not recur this year. U.S. NeuroStar Advanced Therapy system revenue for the fourth quarter of 2019 was $5.4 million, an increase of 14% over the fourth quarter of 2018 revenue of $4.8 million. In the fourth quarter of 2019, NeuroStar capital revenue was $5 million, an increase of 14% over the fourth quarter of 2018. In the quarter, a total of 78 units were sold compared to 65 units in the fourth quarter of 2018. As anticipated, blended average selling prices declined 11% as compared to the prior year due to a higher mix of sales-type leases versus capital sales and lower prices on capital sales. We expect that average selling prices will fluctuate based on the mix of capital sales and sales-type leases as well as underlying pricing trends. During the quarter, we saw our active installed base increase by 21% to 1,085 units, a net increase of 178 units from the fourth quarter of 2018 and a net increase of 53 units sequentially. As a reminder, the active installed base includes capital units sold, sales type leases and operating lease units. In the fourth quarter of 2019, U.S. operating lease revenue was $176,000, a decrease of 24% as compared to the prior year quarter. Due to the accounting change that went into effect in 2019, we don't currently expect to install any new systems under operating lease agreements. And thus, this revenue number will eventually go to zero. In the fourth quarter of 2019, other U.S. NeuroStar Advanced Therapy system revenue was $278,000, an increase of 50% over the prior year quarter as we saw an increase in the number of treatment coil upgrades compared to the prior year quarter. Turning to U.S. treatment session revenues. U.S. treatment session revenue was $11.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2019, an increase of 13% over the prior year quarter. The increase in treatment session revenue was driven by our larger customer base, purchasing more treatment sessions and a larger number of systems installed under fixed-price contracts During the quarter, average revenue per active system was approximately $10,900, a decrease of 5% from the prior year quarter, primarily due to the substantial number of new systems sold in the last 18 months that have not yet ramped up to steady state utilization and price declines for per click treatment session. The U.S. service and other revenue was approximately $376,000, a 12% decline over the prior year. Gross profit for the fourth quarter of 2019 was $13.1 million, an increase of $1.2 million from $11.9 million during the fourth quarter of 2018. We continue to generate very strong gross margins in the fourth quarter of 2019 at 75.7%, down just a bit from the fourth quarter of 2018 gross margin of 76.3%. This small decrease in gross margin resulted from a higher mix of sales-type leases and lower average selling prices on capital system sales. Sales and marketing expenses for the fourth quarter of 2019 were $11.5 million, an increase of approximately $825,000 over the prior year. This increase was primarily due to the increased size of our sales force. General and administrative expenses were $4.3 million, a decrease of approximately $385,000 compared to the prior year. This decrease was primarily driven by the year-over-year timing of public company costs. Research and development expenses for the fourth quarter of 2019 were $4.2 million, an increase of approximately $2 million from the prior year period. The increase was primarily due to product development costs related to the continued development of our next-generation platform, and higher personnel costs in preparation for clinical trials. Net loss for the fourth quarter was $7.6 million compared to a net loss of $6.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2018. EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure for the fourth quarter of 2019 was a loss of $6.3 million compared to an EBITDA loss of $5 million in the fourth quarter of 2018. Moving to the balance sheet. We ended the year with cash and cash equivalents of $75.7 million compared to $104.6 million at the end of 2018. We are pleased to announce we just closed on a $50 million term loan with Solar Capital, which allows us to repay the $30 million currently outstanding on our prior debt facility within the interest-only period and provides for additional capital to bolster our balance sheet at favorable terms. The debt is available in two tranches, which would be funded as follows: tranche one, $35 million, funded yesterday; tranche two, $15 million will be available to be funded on or before December 15, 2021, at our request and within 30 days of our achieving a net product revenue milestone measured on a trailing 12-month basis, measured on or before November 30, 2021. The interest-only period on the initial tranche is 24 months, but can be extended by an additional 12 months on our achieving a net product revenue milestone measured on a trailing 12-month basis, measured again on or before November 30, 2021. I'll now turn the call back over to Chris. Chris?