H1 FY24 Results Presentation
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WHO IS ATOMO AND WHAT DO WE DO?
Our unique portfolio of test solutions are increasingly relevant in a diagnostic market transitioning to decentralised and at-home environments
WHO IS ATOMO?
WHAT DO WE DO?
Headquartered in Australia and with operations in South Africa, we
Point of Care Rapid Test Products:
develop, manufacture and supply innovative rapid tests and test devices
• Supply of commercialised rapid blood test for HIV across
into Point-of-Care (POC) and self-test/consumer markets
global markets and launch pending for blood pregnancy
• Interest in a range of infectious disease and wellness
Our solutions are increasingly recognised as delivering best-in-class
usability & accuracy and delivering high levels of user preference
applications where Atomo’s channel partners have
expressed interest
across rapid testing applications
Proven usability and an ability to secure hard to achieve blood-based
approvals in key markets gives Atomo potential to achieve first mover
success in key international markets
Point of Care Test Platform Technology:
• Commercialised solutions supplied to partners requiring
improved usability, or seeking CLIA waiver / self-test
approvals
Atomo’s products offer a significant growth opportunity as the market
continues to shift to decentralised and at-home testing post-pandemic
• Custom cassette solutions (blood and swab-based)
developed for diagnostic partners in lateral flow and
rapid molecular markets
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H1 FY24 - PROFIT & LOSS
AUD
H1
FY24($m)
H1
FY23($m)
•
(%)
Normalised revenue doubled period on period from <$1m to $1.92m, suggesting
increasing demand for Atomo products and technology
Revenue
1.92
1.36
Cost of sales
(1.05)
(1.12)
Gross Profit
0.87
0.24
Gross Margin
45%
18%
Less COVID-19 rapid test sales
41%
•
gross margin for the period ended H1 FY24 at 45%
263%
•
(0.39)
Normalised gross margin also improved materially when compared with H1 FY23, with
Revenue of $1.92m includes $1.52m relating to finished product sales and $407k
relating to sales of OEM cassettes. Orders continue to be received supporting H2 FY24
Normalised Revenue*
Normalised Gross Margin*
Other income
1.92
0.97
45%
39%
0.58
0.61
98%
(5%)
outlook
•
With historical investment already made supporting Atomo’s core business
infrastructure, patents, products and manufacturing capacity, key focus is directed
Employee benefits expense
(2.33)
(2.41)
3%
Foreign exchanges gains/(losses)
0.01
0.09
89%
Research and development costs
(0.11)
(0.38)
71%
Professional fees expense
(0.34)
(0.42)
19%
Inventory obsolescence expense
(0.02)
(1.05)
98%
Other expenses
(0.96)
(1.35)
29%
Underlying EBITDA
(2.30)
(4.67)
51%
a
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towards reducing business costs and investing prudently in key areas of the business
to support revenue generating activities
•
Ongoing measures continued to reduce operating expenditure with expenses
moderating and are within target at less than $600 per month
*Excluding COVID
Prior year comparative includes $1m COVID stock provision
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H1 FY24 – BALANCE SHEET
H1 FY24
FY23
AUD
($m)
($m)
Cash and cash equivalents
6.51
6.47
Trade and other receivables
1.31
1.82
•
Cash balance of $6.51m at 31 December 23 and debt free
•
Capital raised during the period resulting in share capital increase of $2m
net of costs
Inventories
1.81
2.14
Property, plant and equipment
2.06
2.51
•
Capitalised expenditure relating to R&D and PPE was insignificant during
the period. With investment in infrastructure already completed,
Intangible assets
3.08
movement largely driven by depreciation/amortisation in line with useful
3.30
life assessments of assets
Other assets
0.15
0.23
Total assets
14.92
16.47
•
Ongoing targeted investment continues to focus on expanding finished
products sales and securing new OEM cassette business (development
Trade and other payables
0.69
0.86
Other liabilities
0.54
0.82
Total liabilities
1.23
1.68
Net Assets
13.69
14.79
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fees and cassette supply), utilising Atomo’s existing technologies and IP
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H1 FY24 – CASH FLOW
•
Cash receipts for the period totalled $4.8m
•
~$2m was received from product sales and an additional $761k
received from the R&D tax rebate
•
Capital raised during the period net of transaction cost ~$2m
•
Cash payments for stock of $734k
•
Total Cash inflow for the H1 period was ~$50k - a small top up raise,
increased sales revenues, improved gross margins and reduced
operating costs all contributed to Atomo’s improved cash position
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IMPROVING REVENUES AND MARGINS
Revenue
Gross Profit
50%
1.0
2.5
45%
40%
0.8
2.0
35%
30%
0.6
$’000
$’000
1.5
25%
20%
0.4
1.0
15%
10%
0.2
0.5
5%
0%
-
H1 FY22
H2 FY22
H1 FY23
H2 FY23
H1 FY22
H1 FY24
H2 FY22
H1 FY23
GP
Revenue (Excld Covid)
H2 FY23
H1 FY24
GP %
(Excld Covid)
•
Revenue, Gross Profit and underlying Gross Margin all show
material improvement as the company emerges into a more user-
•
Increasing market traction outside of global health channels sees
quality of revenue and gross margins continue to improve
focused market post COVID
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REDUCING BUSINESS COSTS AND LOSSES
Rolling 12mth EBITDA* (Excl. COVID)
Operating Expenditure*
6.0
Q3 FY23
Q4 FY23
Q1 FY24
Q2 FY24
0.0
5.0
(0.2)
(0.4)
4.0
(0.8)
3.0
$’000
$'000
(0.6)
2.0
(1.0)
(1.2)
(1.4)
1.0
(1.6)
0.0
H1 FY22
H2 FY22
H1 FY23
H2 FY23
(1.8)
H1 FY24
(2.0)
•
OPEX continues to reduce materially having come down ~30% over
•
Growing margins and reduced operating costs see EBITDA loss now reducing
the last two years, with further reduction implementation ongoing
with further improvement expected to continue into the future as core
in H2 FY24
business grows and new customers come to the technology
*Operating expenses and EBITDA prior to one-off stock obsolescence H1 FY23 for COVID Stock $1m
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DRIVERS OF MARKET ACCEPTANCE
Pascal has been independently validated* as delivering very significant reduction in user errors and high levels of user preference:
This combination of offering unmatched ease of use and reliability in the hands of
untrained users makes Atomo’s solutions increasingly attractive in a user focused
market
Recent milestones such as US FDA approval and securing contacts to supply leading
retail chains such as TESCO in the UK provide further evidence of the value proposition
to potential partners
90% of participants found the
Pascal reduced critical errors by
Pascal test easier to use than a
more than 90% compared to a
multi-component kit*
multi-component kit*
*Pascal Usability Study 2023 – Ergonomie Laboratories
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NOVEL TECHNOLOGY – INCREASINGLY MARKET RELEVANT
Atomo offers partners a broad range of unique products that fundamentally improve rapid testing performance and user acceptance
BLOOD TEST SOLUTIONS
SWAB TEST SOLUTIONS
INTEGRATED REAGENT SOLUTIONS
DIGITAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS
A range of proprietary integrated blood test
Portfolio of patents and device development
Direct supply opportunity to OEM device
Digital IFU to improve usability. Automated
devices proven to reduce common errors
that improve swab and saliva rapid testing
partners and POC cassette developers; esp.
Image Recognition to interpret results
in rapid molecular and microfluidic markets
(removes errors and improves precision)
multiple test applications, including many
Frangible seal delivers best in class precision
Result quantitation and traceability
existing Quidel-Ortho rapid test products
and multi-stage reagent delivery
with rapid testing and improve usability,
especially with untrained self-test users
Commercialised across an increasing range of
Supports a broad range of swabs with
clinical applications
Patented Blood delivery QC algorithm to
Compatible with existing standard cassettes
Co-commercialisation/license or component
ensure valid assay result
supply options
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USER-FRIENDLY RAPID TESTING COMES OF AGE
Post COVID and post US FDA approval of Pascal, Atomo is seeing increasing awareness of and interest in its novel integrated rapid test solutions
Re-emerging OEM Technology demand post COVID: Existing OEM customers NG Biotech and Lumos Diagnostics both
reordering after COVID hiatus and making good progress since recommencing activities related to their Pascal bloodbased tests post COVID:
•
Lumos secured US 510k approval from FDA (to add to existing Health Canada, Australian TGA and CE Mark)
•
NG Biotech secured Brazilian product registration and recently secured a distribution agreement with TOWA
Pharmaceutical covering launch in a number of European countries
Establishing a new expanded customer base for Atomo’s integrated OEM test cassettes: Increase enquiries and
commercial discussions related to accessing Atomo products and technology
•
A $3m grant funded partnership with Nexsen Biotech and RMIT related to a Step B rapid test utilising Atomo’s Swab
https://lateralflowconference.com/
test device and product development capabilities*
•
An inaugural purchase order from a global diagnostic company relating to assessment of Atomo cassettes for
potential use with a diagnostic reader system
•
Several on-going custom cassette development discussions post Atomo presenting at the Advanced Lateral Flow
Conference (ALFC 2024) in San Diego earlier this month
https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2024/feb/strepsure
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ATOMO’S HIV BUSINESS
Atomo saw good momentum in its HIV business develop this last year due to two main trends:
•
Increasing adoption of consumer self-test through mainstream retail channels
•
Recognition by public health of the need to utilise self-test to manage HIV
Atomo’s contract with Newfoundland Diagnostics has
Atomo’s global health partner Viatris continues to promote
seen our HIV test recently launched in Tesco
the Mylan branded version of the Atomo HIV Self-Test
supermarkets across the UK and in pharmacy stores
across Africa, with good progress made in a number of
across Germany, with more than 400,000 tests
national tenders recently.
ordered in the first year
Grindr for Equality Team’s Equality Outreach
Manager, Steph Niaupari, and Director Jack
Harrison-Quintana visiting Atomo’s Cape Town
Facility
Atomo being the only HIV Self-Test manufacturer
producing in Africa continues to generate interest from
leading global health funders
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ATOMO’S AUSTRALIAN HIV BUSINESS
HIV Sales (Australia Only) H1 FY24
100
90
80
$'000 AUD
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
Jul-23
Aug-23
Sep-23
Oct-23
Nov-23
Dec-23
HIV - Aus Revenue
Over the last two years Atomo has helped pilot innovative
30 Nov 2023: Based on a growing body of
Increased options for accessing HIV Self-Tests
ways to access HIV testing in Australia, including vending
evidence demonstrating demand for HIV
outside of Pharmacy channels has enabled Atomo
machines in Universities and adult premises, as well as a
Self-Testing, the Australian Government
to grow its HIV business locally
‘free to user’ funded home delivery program
adopts HIV Self-Test as a key pillar of the its
management of HIV moving forward
It is anticipated that the formal adoption of HIV Self
Test as a pillar of Government policy into health
budgets will further drive demand for Atomo’s HIV
Test over the coming years
https://hivtest.au/
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https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/hiv
-taskforce-report?language=en
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FIRST BLOOD BASED PREGNANCY SELF-TEST PREGNANCY TO MARKET*
The AtomoNOW rapid pregnancy test is a unique solution in a very large addressable consumer test market
Our blood-based pregnancy test offers a number of significant advantages over
traditional urine based rapid tests:
•
Earlier detection of pregnancy and more reliable in the early phases of pregnancy
•
Can perform the test at any time of day (rather than needing first flow with urine)
Atomo and NG Biotech (NGB) have been generating additional data requested by
TGA. Atomo submitted a response end of January and remains hopeful that both
versions of the product will receive regulatory approval for Australia during 2024
NGB secured a strategic partnership agreement with multinational TOWA
Pharmaceutical covering NGB’s version of the Pascal based blood pregnancy self-test
with launch planned in April across several European countries, and seeing NGB now
ordering an additional container of Pascal devices to support this demand
We consistently see that 1 in 5 pregnancy test purchasers would buy AtomoNOW**
Matches the proportion who feel very positive about the concept and express that they
are very interested in purchasing it (unpriced) and the proportion who say they will buy it
at US$20
**Independent survey of 300 women aged 18-45 in Australia who bought a pregnancy test in the last 12 months
* The Test is commercialised in France, the UK, Brazil and other markets under the NG Biotech brand
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KEY PRIORITIES AND GROWTH DRIVERS
Continued growth of HIV business revenues and margins:
•
Extension of the Newfoundland agreement covering Europe for a further 5 years
•
Expansion of HIV ST into public health in Australia as policy opens up funded demand
Expansion of OEM Cassette business post COVID:
•
Re-emergence of sales to existing customers and expansion of their products into new markets
•
Expanding customer based for existing cassettes
•
Securing additional funded development agreements for custom cassette solutions
Completion of regulatory approval of Atomo’s pregnancy blood test in Australia
Continued reductions in OpEx to minimise burn rate while revenues grow
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DISCLAIMER
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information available as at the date of this presentation. The information in this presentation
is provided in summary form and does not contain all information necessary to make an
investment decision. Reliance should not be placed on the information or opinions contained
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presentation but should make its own assessment of Atomo as part of its own investigations.
This presentation has been provided for general information purposes only. It does not
constitute an offer, invitation, solicitation or recommendation with respect to the purchase or
sale of any security in Atomo, nor does it constitute financial product advice or take into
account any individual’s investment objectives, taxation situation, financial situation or
needs.
Although reasonable care has been taken to ensure that the facts stated in this presentation
are accurate and that the opinions expressed are fair and reasonable, no representation or
warranty, express or implied, is made as to the fairness, accuracy, completeness or
correctness of the information, opinions and conclusions contained in this presentation. To
the maximum extent permitted by law, neither Atomo, nor any of its officers, directors,
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