Q1 2022 Sensus Healthcare Inc Earnings Call
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Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Simpson Health care, one Q 'twenty two financial results conference call.
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Thank you this is Kim <unk> with L. A J. Thank you all for participating in today's call. Joining me from Sensus healthcare are jokes Adamo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Michael Giordano, President and General Counsel, and Javier <unk> Chief Financial Officer.
As a reminder, some of the matters that will be discussed during today's call contains forward looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws.
<unk> other than historical facts that address activities Sensus healthcare assumes plans expects believes intends or anticipates and other similar expressions will should work may occur in the future are forward looking statements.
The forward looking statements are management's beliefs based on currently available information.
Sensus healthcare undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward looking statements, except as required by law. All forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the continuation of severity of the COVID-19, pandemic and its impact on sales and marketing.
Described in the company's Form 10-K and 10-Q.
During today's call. There will also be reference to certain non-GAAP financial measure Sensus believes these measures provide useful information for investors. It should not be considered a substitute for GAAP, nor should they be viewed as a substitute for operating results determined in accordance with GAAP, a reconciliation of non-GAAP to GAAP results.
It is included in today's financial results press release.
With that said I'd like to turn the call over to Joe Sardana Joe.
Thank you, Tim Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone and happy skin cancer awareness month.
I'd like to take this opportunity the urge all of you to take proper precautions from the Sun and to see a dermatologist for skin cancer screening and.
I'm delighted once again to be reporting excellent quarterly financial results with revenues of $10 3 million, which is more than three times last year's Q1 revenues. In addition, we earned <unk> 20, a share from continuing operations compared with a loss of seven cents last year. Indeed.
Indeed, the year's off to a terrific start and we are optimistic this momentum will continue.
As you all know during the worst of the COVID-19 outbreak, we did everything we could to support our customers providing PPE leads on scarce medicines and continued educational programs via zoom regarding the use of SRT in treating non melanoma skin cancer and key Lloyds during the pandemic.
In short we spent that time preparing for sustained growth. We later focused on educating our physician customers on the improved return on investment for the SRT.
Recall that CMS reimbursement code for delivery of superficial radiation therapy, along with other codes associated with SRT were revalued upward effective January of 2021, while codes for most surgery were revalued downwards. These changes have had a direct and positive impact.
Patient access to care.
During Q1, we shipped 33 total units 26, srt's, including one to China, and seven transdermal infusion systems, which I'll talk about in more detail shortly.
The bulk of those units, where the SRT 100 vision, our premium system with image guided ultrasound.
Additionally, the physicians are seeing the value in purchasing central our proprietary HIPAA compliant software Sentinel is available on all of our new products and it allows the physician to easily and accurately document patient data for both clinical and billing purposes. In addition, Sentinel allows the streamlining of <unk>.
Service with remote diagnosis and asset management capabilities. This.
This technology has been a game changer for our SRT customers and for Sensus as it clearly demonstrates the attractive ROI for the SRT 100 vision and SRT 100 plus systems.
Sentinel is also included now in all five of our sensus branded aesthetic smart lasers.
We have continued to see growing patient volumes at customer sites in part because SRT became so much more prominent during the pandemic, while surgeries were kept to a minimum.
We believe this positive shift resulted in best practice migration towards SRT that will not only be a permanent gain for sensus, but will continue to generate demand for noninvasive treatment approach.
In conjunction with the improved CMS reimbursement, we have firmly established our fair market value leasing program. The program has been well received both in Q1 of 2022 and in subsequent weeks and is supporting sales of our products across the board.
We're also benefiting from the recurring revenue associated with service agreements.
Approximately 50% of our customers have purchased extended warranty service agreements compared with just 25% a few years ago note that our ability to diagnose any issues, including before they happen has been made easier with the Sentinel technology and it has greatly enhanced our customer service.
During the first quarter, we continue to sharpen our focus on our core dermatology market and in March we sold a noncore asset for $15 million cash we now have the strongest balance sheet in the history.
The history of the company with $32 8 million in cash and equivalents and no debt as of March 31, 2022 or.
Our board of directors approved a $3 billion share repurchase program that we intend to deploy thoughtfully and in the best interest of our stockholders we.
We will also utilize our cash to add to our product portfolio. As we continue to search for unique technologies that will expand our footprint in the dermatology space contributing to our profitability and bottom line.
As we plan for future growth, we are mindful of ways to leverage one of our core competencies, namely our sales organization.
With a view towards adding product to serve our customers recall that in December we entered into an exclusive U S distribution agreement for a non invasive drug delivery system.
We have branded this product as transdermal infusion systems. This system is cleared by the U S. FDA for local administration of Ionic drug solutions into the body for medical purposes, and can be used as an alternative to ingest injections offering patient treatments with no pain, no needles and no downtime.
We were delighted to highlight this system for noninvasive drug delivery for skin rejuvenation treatments pre laser treatments pre and post plastic surgery at the winter clinical in Hawaii in January and at the American Academy of Dermatology Conference in Boston in March we're excited about the potential for this system in particular.
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The delivery of PRP with our transdermal system.
We believe her work will validate the systems excellent utility for this hair restoration indicate indication and we are pleased to be working with a physician to her caliber and look forward to the results of our study. Additionally.
Additionally, Dr. Mark Nestor director of cosmetic enhancement center for clinical and cosmetic research in Aventura, Florida recently presented an abstract outlining the efficacy of use utilizing trends dermal infusion for subjects with axillary hyperhidrosis, which are for access of <unk>.
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We also featured our SRT systems at the AAD Conference, where we continued to highlight srt's impact on treating non melanoma skin cancer and <unk> as well as the fair market value leasing program I just mentioned.
In both Hawaii and AED in Boston, we were so very happy to return to in person meetings. They are a very valuable Avenue for solidifying our customer relationships and generating important sales leads. In addition, we have some marketing initiatives that we will be active and will be active in may in conjunction with the skin cancer.
Awareness month.
Turning to international markets, we delivered one SRT unit to China, which is as you know <unk>.
Solid market for us, especially for the use of SRT in the prevention of Keloid, we remain encouraged with this market in spite of the pandemic situation in parts of the country.
On another note, we're very excited to announce that census was given regulatory approval to treat non melanoma skin cancer and keywords with SRT in Taiwan.
We're seeing a lot of interest and are looking forward to announcing orders coming from this new territory.
I also want to mention that during the first quarter, we hired nine sales representatives, returning our sales organization to pre pandemic levels.
Plus two service engineers and a clinical application specialist we will continue to hire throughout the remainder of the year to support sales and marketing and customer service as we continue to expand our footprint.
We continue to be confident in our sales and earnings trajectory as supported by a robust organization excellent products backed by rigorous research and creative methods of financing and a committed management team.
Before I turn the call over to Javier to review our financial results I want to emphasize how pleased I am with our financial performance and just as important with the dedication of our staff. We're always cognizant of our surroundings, notwithstanding the geopolitical and financial turmoil that bounds and noting our usual seasonality, we're very much aware of the three.
Let's have inflation wars Pandemics in spite of these factors, we expect continued profitability for the year for the most part the pandemic seems to be behind US we have a robust backlog of orders and we continue to keep an E. A keen eye on expenses with that I'll turn the call over to Javier.
Sure. Thanks, Joe It is a pressure to be speaking with all of the early software known as Joe mentioned revenues for the first quarter of 2022 were $10 3 million and this compares with revenues of $3 1 million for the first quarter of 2021, which weapons factset by COVID-19.
And pandemic.
Revenues for the 2022 quarter reflects the sale of 33 units 26, SRT assistant, including one SRT 100 system shipped to China, and seven transdermal infusion assistance as well as revenue from service contracts and our mobile the laser business.
Gross profit for Q1 of 2022 was $7 1 million or 69, 1% of revenues and this compares with $1 6 million or 51, 6% of revenues for the first quarter of 2021.
The increases were primarily driven by the higher number of units sold in 2022 service revenue on installed units and the impact of COVID-19 on the 2021 quarter gross margin was up more than 100 basis points over the fourth quarter of 2021, owing to product mix.
Selling and marketing expense for the first quarter of 2022 was $1 2 million compared with $1 1 million for the first quarter of 2021.
The increase was primarily attributable to higher ratio expenses and commissions.
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<unk> expense for Q1 of 2022 was $1 3 million compared with 1 million for the first quarter of 2021.
The increase was primarily due to higher professional fees and compensation expense.
Research and development expense for the first quarter of 2022 was <unk> 7 million unchanged from prior year quarter.
Other income of $12 8 million is related to the gain resulted on the sale of a noncore asset.
Net income for the first quarter of 2022 was $16 1 million or 97 cents per diluted share and this compares with a net loss of $1 1 million or <unk> <unk> per share for the first quarter of 2021.
Note that the net income includes a gain on to sell up a noncore asset of $12 8 million, which is recorded as other income on the P&L and which translate to 77%.
Adjusted EBITDA, which we define as earnings before interest taxes, depreciation amortization and stock compensation expense was a positive $16 9 million for the 2022 first quarter compared with a negative <unk> 8 million for the first quarter of last year.
Turning now to our balance sheet.
Cash and investments were $32 8 million.
But at one 2022, compared with $14 5 million as of December 31, 2021.
The company had no outstanding borrowings under its revolving line of credit as of March 31, 2022 or December 31 2021.
As Joe mentioned, but in the first quarter, our more of directors authorized Australian and share repurchase program.
The company has not yet repurchased shares under this program.
We have being in a quiet period since the program was put in place.
While we continue to place utmost attention on expense management. The recent cash infusion from the sale of the noncore asset plus the ability to access our revolving line of credit with sensus into stronger financial position in the company's history.
As a final comment please see the table in the news release, we issued earlier today for a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures.
That I will turn the call back over to Joe.
Thanks, Javier I can't say enough, how proud I am of our entire census team and their continued dedication to our customers and patients during past challenging times, our financial results speak to that dedication our SRT systems are well positioned in a large market consisting of some 14000.
<unk> 1000, most surgeons in the U S representing more than 7500 offices not to mention a further 6500 plastic surgeons and 5500 radiation oncologists, our systems provide a compelling alternative to surgery for millions of patients and arguably the only solution to prevent the recurrence of keloid.
It's following surgical excision.
Before we open the call for questions I want to mention that we'll be presenting at the H C. Wainwright Global investment conference being held in Miami Beach May 'twenty, three 'twenty five and will be available for one on one meetings I hope to see you all there with those comments I. Thank you for your time and attention and now operator, we're ready to take questions.
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Good afternoon, everyone. This is Jason on for Alex first of all congrats on the great quarter.
And first from me.
The acceleration in demand for SRT can you call out if it's all from the better reimbursement piece.
Practice conversion or how much of it is from the SMB lease program. Thanks.
Thanks, Jason first of all.
That all of the above is contributed to the overall results that we've seen so it's a combination of increased reimbursement better fair market value lease, which lowers the monthly commitment that the doctors have to come up with which provides them with.
A much better ROI on their investment so I think it's a combination of everything and then of course the best practices. We think has the one of the biggest factors in this because doctors got to learn more about SRT and how it kept the cash flow going as well as their productivity. So.
I think all of the above is contributed equally to the to the success that we're seeing.
And along those lines when your sales reps are are entering dermatology practices and how many of them are aware of the reimbursement change now or I guess, what I'm trying to Eke out is how much more greenfield opportunity is there for you guys to spread the spread the news.
Well I think every one of our salespeople have been thoroughly trained on what this all means for them and their customers and of course this is their livelihood. So.
I think we're getting better and better at educating the doctors and teaching them about fair market value lease because thats very new to them and I think.
We can see the light going on with everybody that we make.
Got it.
Colon, so cold calling has become even more important and.
Identifying what these opportunities are for these for these doctors is becoming even more important so as.
As we get more people in the field and as we talk to more people and as we go to more trade shows I think we're going to see more excitement and more.
More results.
Great that's helpful color.
And then as you've expanded your reach here and continue to within the dermatology practices.
Any more additional color on what you could give for other products that you are looking to add.
Maybe some verticals are what you'd think is.
Really nice tuck in potentially.
Well I think the the targets that we're looking at are all going to be something that we can put in the briefcase of every one of our salespeople and still talk to the same decision maker.
Our customers have been asking for from us for the last several years because of the fact that they enjoy to work with with Sensus healthcare.
And so I think that will continue along those lines is this will allow us for opportunities to bundled sales with customers and provide them with with opportunities to get into some unique.
Devices and unique applications, just like we did with transdermal infusion.
And then just lastly for me is there any way to quantify what portion of the growth that transdermal system is driving.
No.
You don't want to get into specifics about asps, but any way you could help us kind of.
Understand what portion of the growth that that system is driving.
Sure well as we've made as we stated seven of the units that were shipped in the first quarter were transdermal units. So you can see that it represents about 20% 22% of our overall shipments as far as units goes.
And then of course those units were placed pretty much with with very key kols. So that we can establish a good base for the product in the market space. So it's very very strategic in how we're bringing it to the market, we're going with the doctors who are.
Can provide us with a lot of data a lot of feedback and a lot of information and not just for us but for the rest of the market regarding the indications and the.
Use of the equipment. So as that continues to grow I think that.
The product will continue to grow and the fact that it's a very low cost effective type of product that can generate a lot of revenue for <unk>.
For our doctors I think that it bodes well for volume sales in the future, but it certainly at some point going to take off with a lot more units sold than were seeing with SRT, just because of the cost factors.
That's it for me, Thanks, again and congrats on the quarter. Thank.
Thank you very much.
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Yes.
Congratulations obviously, it's another strong quarter.
So I just I guess just following up on the transdermal system and then I had a question about.
The two conferences AAD in asthma.
So right now the seven that you shipped.
To the Kols are those.
Place for now and then and then what's the what's the business model what will be the go forward.
Commercial price list price or ASP.
And just exactly how is that going to work.
The revenues came in in all seven units, we never give anything away there is value there and the doctors perceive it as value.
And our selling price, we're looking at around 35, 32% to 35000 for the product. So it's a very affordable price for a lot of dermatology <unk> plastic surgery offices. So we expect we expect the device to.
Fly off the shelves if you will once once we get going and once some of these publications that our doctors are working on are going to get it out there.
And did the consumable prices consumable for that is how much.
There is a consumable that's going to be made available with the various tips that come with the handheld with the handheld pieces.
So it's going to be used on.
On a patient by patient basis and in the area by area basis on the body for whatever its used theyre very inexpensive tips, but they have to be used so we expect to have a consumable component to that system as well.
Okay, Great and then.
Yes.
In Boston and then Humira.
The American Society laser medicine and surgery.
And San Diego can you talk about obviously those were in person can you talk about the the traffic at your booth.
And just talk about customer interest and then whether or not.
You actually took any orders at either one of those conferences.
Well first of all for US it was a thrill to get back to meetings to be in person. After two years of absence and doing everything on zoom and.
The dermatology community is a very welcoming community. It's a very small community in spite of the $14 15000, dermatologists that are involved but.
Everybody knows each other and there's references all over the place and we had some outside third parties that we are assisting us theyre looking at potential future marketing and PR work for us they were amazed to see how many customers came to our booth and how.
How good the meeting's worthy.
Again, when I worked at some of the big companies and went to some of these major meetings.
Where a lot of complaints that came to the meeting you have patient.
Physicians and accounts that would come to those meetings and they were complaining about something something wasn't working with the equipment I can tell you that 100% of the customers that came to visit us work coming to us to complain about anything they were happy to see us. They were they were looking at buying second and third units and they were genuinely interested in.
And the well being of the company and we were happy to see them as well. So we were very excited for the meetings and we just can't wait to do more and we're following up on all of the prospects and all the opportunities that we've had since.
And to get to your point also Anthony on the transdermal piece I think everybody was interested in the transdermal piece everybody wanted to know what the applications. We're in one of the big applications that we're seeing is with PRP with hair restoration as we know the current process for hair restoration requires a lot of needles.
Going into the scalp, which causes an awful lot of pain for patients that are looking to restore their hair. This eliminates that pain right across the board with this product you're eliminating the use of needles and therefore, eliminating the use of <unk>.
The pain part of it so I think that it's going to be an enhancement for those people that are looking to to restore their airline and I think the doctors to be able to offer. This is they're going to be ahead of the game the ones that get in there sooner are going to are going to expand their business very very well.
And then just lastly on the new hires.
<unk> two service engineers, the clinical specialist did that all happen in the first quarter or did some of that.
Some of that hiring happened after the first quarter.
Most of it happened after the first quarter. There was nine sales reps that we brought in I can tell you. There was probably seven of the nine that happened in the first quarter two extra service engineers and another applications person for clinical training and things like that all happened in the first quarter and we're going to continue to expand the market throughout the year, we want to I'd love to have.
Our sales force doubled by the end of the year, but as everybody can probably figure out the.
The market is very very tough, there's a lot of competition out there for hiring the right people and we don't want to make a mistake, we want to hire the right people and I think that we did that in the first quarter.
Excellent I will hop back in the queue. Thanks appreciate it. Thank you appreciate it Anthony.
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Okay. So it doesn't look like we have any questions come again, I would like to turn it back over to Joe for closing remarks.
Thank you very much and I appreciate everybody's questions and assistance today. So in closing I want to thank you once again for your time this afternoon and for your interest in Sensus healthcare, we look forward to our next financial results Conference call. When we report our second quarter results in early August B well everyone. Thank you.
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