Thermo Fisher Scientific Reports First Quarter 2022 Results

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended April 2, 2022.

First Quarter 2022 Highlights

First quarter revenue was $11.82 billion.
First quarter GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) was $5.61.
First quarter adjusted EPS was $7.25.

Delivered very strong financial results in the first quarter, with 16% Core organic growth and $1.68 billion of COVID-19 testing revenue.

Launched high-impact new products including the Applied Biosystems SeqStudio Flex Series genetic analyzer to improve clinical research and advance scientific discovery and the new Thermo Scientific TRACE 1600 Series Gas Chromatograph, one of four new instruments in our Gas Chromatography (GC) and GC-Mass Spectrometry (MS) Product Portfolio advancing analytical testing for food, environmental, industrial and pharmaceutical applications.

Strengthened our unique customer value proposition with the opening of a new biorepository in Vacaville, California, to advance our cell and gene therapy services. We also brought additional bioproduction capacity online for single-use containers and cell culture media.

Reflecting the customer value proposition for our pharma and biotech customers, and as an example of our trusted partner status, Moderna announced a 15-year strategic collaboration agreement with Thermo Fisher to enable large-scale U.S. manufacturing of future mRNA-based vaccines and therapies.

Building on our environmental, social and governance priorities and enabling broad adoption of sustainable solutions, we exceeded the milestone of shipping more than one million readily recyclable paper coolers to transport cold-chain products without the use of traditional polystyrene foam coolers.

Repurchased $2.0 billion of stock and increased our dividend by 15 percent.

"We are very pleased to deliver another quarter of excellent performance," said Marc N. Casper, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Thermo Fisher Scientific. "We started the year with great momentum, executing our proven growth strategy and continuing to be a trusted partner for our customers. Our PPD clinical research business is performing very well, the integration is going smoothly and we are even more excited about the opportunities we have to further enable the success of our pharma and biotech customers."

Casper added, "The strong execution by our team in the first quarter positions us to deliver another outstanding year."

First Quarter 2022

Revenue for the quarter grew 19% to $11.82 billion in 2022. Organic revenue growth was 3%, acquisitions increased revenue by 18% and currency translation decreased revenue by 2%. Core organic growth was 16%. COVID-19 testing revenue was $1.68 billion.

GAAP Earnings Results

GAAP diluted EPS in the first quarter of 2022 was $5.61, versus $5.88 in the same quarter last year. GAAP operating income for the first quarter of 2022 was $2.82 billion, compared with $3.05 billion in the year-ago quarter. GAAP operating margin was 23.9%, compared with 30.8% in the first quarter of 2021.

Non-GAAP Earnings Results

Adjusted EPS in the first quarter of 2022 was $7.25, versus $7.21 in the first quarter of 2021. Adjusted operating income for the first quarter of 2022 was $3.45 billion, compared with $3.51 billion in the first quarter of 2021. Adjusted operating margin was 29.2%, compared with 35.4% in the first quarter of 2021.

Annual Guidance for 2022

The company will provide updated 2022 financial guidance during its earnings conference call this morning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted EPS, adjusted net income, adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, free cash flow, organic revenue growth and Core organic revenue growth are non-GAAP measures that exclude certain items detailed after the tables that accompany this press release, under the heading "Supplemental Information Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures." The reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures are provided in the tables that accompany this press release.

Conference Call

Thermo Fisher Scientific will hold its earnings conference call today, April 28, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. To listen, dial (844) 200-6205 within the U.S. or (929) 526-1599 outside the U.S. The access code is 310385. You may also listen to the call live on our website, www.thermofisher.com , by clicking on "Investors." You will find this press release, including the accompanying reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures and related information, in that section of our website under "Financials." An audio archive of the call will be available under "News and Events" through Friday, May 13, 2022.

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com .

Safe Harbor Statement

The following constitutes a "Safe Harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties relating to: the duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic; the need to develop new products and adapt to significant technological change; implementation of strategies for improving growth; general economic conditions and related uncertainties; dependence on customers' capital spending policies and government funding policies; the effect of economic and political conditions and exchange rate fluctuations on international operations; use and protection of intellectual property; the effect of changes in governmental regulations; any natural disaster, public health crisis or other catastrophic event; and the effect of laws and regulations governing government contracts, as well as the possibility that expected benefits related to recent or pending acquisitions may not materialize as expected. Additional important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are set forth in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, which is on file with the SEC and available in the "Investors" section of our website under the heading "SEC Filings." While we may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, even if estimates change and, therefore, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date subsequent to today.


Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income (unaudited)

	Three months ended
	April 2,			% of		April 3,			% of
(In millions except per share amounts)	2022			Revenues		2021			Revenues
Revenues	$	11,818				$	9,906
Costs and operating expenses:
Cost of revenues (a)		6,214		52.6	%		4,557		46.0	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses (b)		1,808		15.3	%		1,543		15.6	%
Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets		609		5.2	%		423		4.3	%
Research and development expenses		364		3.1	%		320		3.2	%
Restructuring and other costs (c)		2		0.0	%		14		0.1	%
		8,997		76.1	%		6,857		69.2	%
Operating income		2,821		23.9	%		3,049		30.8	%
Interest income		18					12
Interest expense		(136	)				(125	)
Other income/(expense) (d)		(163	)				(183	)
Income before income taxes		2,540					2,753
Provision for income taxes (e)		(301	)				(416	)
Equity in earnings/(losses) of unconsolidated entities		(19	)				—
Net income		2,220					2,337
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interest		5					—
Net income attributable to Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.	$	2,215		18.7	%	$	2,337		23.6	%

Earnings per share attributable to Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.:
Basic	$	5.66				$	5.93
Diluted	$	5.61				$	5.88
Weighted average shares:
Basic		392					394
Diluted		395					397

Reconciliation of adjusted operating income and adjusted operating margin
GAAP operating income	$	2,821		23.9	%	$	3,049		30.8	%
Cost of revenues adjustments (a)		11		0.1	%		8		0.1	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses adjustments (b)		7		0.0	%		16		0.1	%
Restructuring and other costs (c)		2		0.0	%		14		0.1	%
Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets		609		5.2	%		423		4.3	%
Adjusted operating income (non-GAAP measure)	$	3,450		29.2	%	$	3,510		35.4	%

Reconciliation of adjusted net income
GAAP net income attributable to Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.	$	2,215				$	2,337
Cost of revenues adjustments (a)		11					8
Selling, general and administrative expenses adjustments (b)		7					16
Restructuring and other costs (c)		2					14
Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets		609					423
Other income/expense adjustments (d)		167					197
Provision for income taxes adjustments (e)		(169	)				(130	)
Equity in earnings/losses of unconsolidated entities		19					—
Adjusted net income (non-GAAP measure)	$	2,861				$	2,865

Reconciliation of adjusted earnings per share
GAAP diluted EPS attributable to Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.	$	5.61				$	5.88
Cost of revenues adjustments (a)		0.03					0.02
Selling, general and administrative expenses adjustments (b)		0.02					0.04
Restructuring and other costs (c)		0.01					0.04
Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets		1.54					1.06
Other income/expense adjustments (d)		0.42					0.50
Provision for income taxes adjustments (e)		(0.43	)				(0.33	)
Equity in earnings/losses of unconsolidated entities		0.05					0.00
Adjusted EPS (non-GAAP measure)	$	7.25				$	7.21

Reconciliation of free cash flow
GAAP net cash provided by operating activities	$	2,202				$	1,978
Purchases of property, plant and equipment		(640	)				(628	)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment		2					5
Free cash flow (non-GAAP measure)	$	1,564				$	1,355

Segment data	Three months ended
	April 2,			% of		April 3,			% of
(In millions)	2022			Revenues		2021			Revenues

Revenues
Life Sciences Solutions	$	4,231		35.8	%	$	4,203		42.4	%
Analytical Instruments		1,518		12.8	%		1,387		14.0	%
Specialty Diagnostics		1,482		12.5	%		1,615		16.3	%
Laboratory Products and Biopharma Services		5,442		46.0	%		3,597		36.3	%
Eliminations		(855	)	-7.1	%		(896	)	-9.0	%
Consolidated revenues	$	11,818		100.0	%	$	9,906		100.0	%

Operating income and operating margin
Life Sciences Solutions	$	2,176		51.4	%	$	2,279		54.2	%
Analytical Instruments		301		19.8	%		272		19.6	%
Specialty Diagnostics		353		23.9	%		428		26.5	%
Laboratory Products and Biopharma Services		620		11.4	%		531		14.8	%
Subtotal reportable segments		3,450		29.2	%		3,510		35.4	%

Cost of revenues adjustments (a)		(11	)	-0.1	%		(8	)	-0.1	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses adjustments (b)		(7	)	0.0	%		(16	)	-0.1	%
Restructuring and other costs (c)		(2	)	0.0	%		(14	)	-0.1	%
Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets		(609	)	-5.2	%		(423	)	-4.3	%
GAAP operating income	$	2,821		23.9	%	$	3,049		30.8	%

(a) Adjusted results in 2022 and 2021 exclude charges for the sale of inventories revalued at the date of acquisition.

(b) Adjusted results in 2022 and 2021 exclude certain third-party expenses, principally transaction/integration costs related to recent acquisitions and charges/credits for changes in estimates of contingent acquisition consideration.

(c) Adjusted results in 2022 and 2021 exclude restructuring and other costs consisting principally of severance, abandoned facility and other expenses of headcount reductions within several businesses and real estate consolidations. Adjusted results in 2021 also exclude $13 of charges for compensation due to employees at recently acquired businesses at the date of acquisition.

(d) Adjusted results in 2022 and 2021 exclude net gains/losses on investments and losses on the early extinguishment of debt.

(e) Adjusted provision for income taxes in 2022 and 2021 excludes incremental tax impacts for the pre-tax reconciling items between GAAP and adjusted net income and incremental tax impacts as a result of tax rate changes.

Note:

Consolidated depreciation expense is $250 and $198 in 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Organic and Core organic revenue growth		Three months ended
		April 2, 2022
Revenue growth		19 %
Acquisitions		18 %
Currency translation		-2 %
Organic revenue growth		3 %
COVID-19 testing revenue		-12 %
Contribution of PPD to Core organic revenue growth (a)		1 %
Core organic revenue growth		16 %

(a) Adjustment to include the contribution of PPD to Core organic revenue growth as though the acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2021.

Note:
For more information related to non-GAAP financial measures, refer to the section titled "Supplemental Information Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures" of this release.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (unaudited)

	April 2,		December 31,
(In millions)	2022		2021

Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	2,752	$	4,477
Accounts receivable, net		7,889		7,977
Inventories		5,483		5,051
Other current assets		2,652		2,608
Total current assets		18,776		20,113
Property, plant and equipment, net		8,448		8,333
Acquisition-related intangible assets, net		19,378		20,113
Other assets		4,424		4,640
Goodwill		41,721		41,924
Total assets	$	92,747	$	95,123

Liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and equity
Current liabilities:
Short-term obligations and current maturities of long-term obligations	$	1,866	$	2,537
Other current liabilities		10,204		10,899
Total current liabilities		12,070		13,436
Other long-term liabilities		8,157		8,377
Long-term obligations		31,389		32,333
Redeemable noncontrolling interest		113		122
Total equity		41,018		40,855
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and equity	$	92,747	$	95,123

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited)

	Three months ended
	April 2,			April 3,
(In millions)	2022			2021

Operating activities
Net income	$	2,220		$	2,337

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		859			621
Change in deferred income taxes		(339	)		24
Other non-cash expenses, net		337			317
Changes in assets and liabilities, excluding the effects of acquisitions		(875	)		(1,321	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		2,202			1,978

Investing activities
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired		(40	)		(1,343	)
Purchases of property, plant and equipment		(640	)		(628	)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment		2			5
Other investing activities, net		8			(32	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(670	)		(1,998	)

Financing activities
Repayment of debt		(375	)		(2,803	)
Net proceeds from issuance of commercial paper		626			—
Repayment of commercial paper		(1,259	)		—
Purchases of company common stock		(2,000	)		(2,000	)
Dividends paid		(103	)		(87	)
Net proceeds from issuance of company common stock under employee stock plans		2			20
Other financing activities, net		(36	)		20
Net cash used in financing activities		(3,145	)		(4,850	)

Exchange rate effect on cash		(99	)		137
Decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(1,712	)		(4,733	)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period		4,491			10,336
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	2,779		$	5,603


Free cash flow (non-GAAP measure)	$	1,564		$	1,355

Notes:

For more information related to non-GAAP financial measures, refer to the section titled "Supplemental Information Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures" of this release.

Supplemental Information Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), we use certain non-GAAP financial measures such as organic revenue growth, which is reported revenue growth, excluding the impacts of revenues from acquired businesses and the effects of currency translation. We also report Core organic revenue growth, which is reported revenue growth including the impact of PPD revenue, excluding the impacts of COVID-19 testing revenue, and excluding the impacts of acquisitions other than PPD and currency translation. We calculate period-to-period Core organic revenue growth by adding to the baseline period PPD's pre-acquisition revenues from such period. We report these measures because Thermo Fisher management believes that in order to understand the company's short-term and long-term financial trends, investors may wish to consider the impact of acquisitions, foreign currency translation and/or COVID-19 testing on revenues. In particular, given PPD's significance relative to our existing businesses, management believes it is appropriate to also present information on a basis that includes PPD pre-acquisition revenues in order to demonstrate the impact PPD has on our current growth profile. Core organic revenue growth amounts are not necessarily indicative of the combined results of operations that would have been realized had the PPD acquisition occurred on January 1, 2021. Thermo Fisher management uses these measures to forecast and evaluate the operational performance of the company as well as to compare revenues of current periods to prior periods.

We report adjusted operating income, adjusted operating income margin, adjusted net income, and adjusted EPS. We believe that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures, in addition to GAAP financial measures, helps investors to gain a better understanding of our core operating results and future prospects, consistent with how management measures and forecasts the company's core operating performance, especially when comparing such results to previous periods, forecasts, and to the performance of our competitors. Such measures are also used by management in their financial and operating decision-making and for compensation purposes. To calculate these measures we exclude, as applicable:

Certain acquisition-related costs, including charges for the sale of inventories revalued at the date of acquisition, significant transaction/acquisition-related costs, including changes in estimates of contingent acquisition-related consideration, and other costs associated with obtaining short-term financing commitments for pending/recent acquisitions. We exclude these costs because we do not believe they are indicative of our normal operating costs.

Costs/income associated with restructuring activities, such as reducing overhead and consolidating facilities. We exclude these costs because we believe that the costs related to restructuring activities are not indicative of our normal operating costs.

Equity in earnings/losses of unconsolidated entities; impairments of long-lived assets; and certain other gains and losses that are either isolated or cannot be expected to occur again with any predictability, including gains/losses on investments, the sale of businesses, product lines, and real estate, significant litigation-related matters, curtailments/settlements of pension plans, and the early retirement of debt. We exclude these items because they are outside of our normal operations and/or, in certain cases, are difficult to forecast accurately for future periods.

The expense associated with the amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets because a significant portion of the purchase price for acquisitions may be allocated to intangible assets that have lives of up to 20 years. Exclusion of the amortization expense allows comparisons of operating results that are consistent over time for both our newly acquired and long-held businesses and with both acquisitive and non-acquisitive peer companies.

The tax impacts of the above items and the impact of significant tax audits or events (such as changes in deferred taxes from enacted tax rate changes), the latter of which we exclude because they are outside of our normal operations and difficult to forecast accurately for future periods.

We report free cash flow, which is operating cash flow, excluding net capital expenditures to provide a view of the continuing operations' ability to generate cash for use in acquisitions and other investing and financing activities. The company also uses this measure as an indication of the strength of the company. Free cash flow is not a measure of cash available for discretionary expenditures since we have certain non-discretionary obligations such as debt service that are not deducted from the measure.

Thermo Fisher Scientific does not provide GAAP financial measures on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict with reasonable certainty and without unreasonable effort items such as the timing and amount of future restructuring actions and acquisition-related charges as well as gains or losses from sales of real estate and businesses, the early retirement of debt and the outcome of legal proceedings. The timing and amount of these items are uncertain and could be material to Thermo Fisher Scientific's results computed in accordance with GAAP.

The non-GAAP financial measures of Thermo Fisher Scientific's results of operations and cash flows included in this press release are not meant to be considered superior to or a substitute for Thermo Fisher Scientific's results of operations prepared in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations of such non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are set forth in the tables above.

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Highlights:

MyDx experiencing double-digit quarterly revenue growth following commercialization of first of four patented technologies
Company’s increasing revenues and continued narrowing of losses clears path towards achieving profitability by year-end
Enters into first major distribution agreement valued at approximately $4 million for its CannaDx chemical sensor instrument
Expects to launch two new sensors by year-end, creating two entire new revenue channels
Focusing on substantially decreasing long-term debt and strengthening balance sheet
Seeking to aggressively expand sales and marketing initiatives for new products

LA JOLLA, Calif., June 07, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MyDx, Inc. (OTCQB:MYDX), one of the fastest growing companies in the chemical detection industry and the producer of the patented MyDx™ (My Diagnostic) product line, the first battery operated, handheld, chemical analyzer for consumers, today issued the following Special Letter to Shareholders from its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Yazbeck.
“Dear Fellow Shareholders,
2016 is off to a strong start, and as we approach the mid-year mark I thought it would be helpful to summarize our progress since launching our multi-use MyDx chemical analyzer with the CannaDx sensor and App. I will also cover the highlights of our newly accelerated goals for the balance of the year as well as an analysis of the chemical detection marketplace in whose context I believe the MyDx Analyzer can clearly shown to be a market leader.
Before I discuss our goals and strategies looking ahead, I think it is important and prudent for a management team to look back at our accomplishments over the past four years. Rather than summarizing our many achievements, we thought it would be better communicated via a short video clip we compiled for our investors. Please click the following link for a quick video summary of the many successes we have had over the past four years that has enabled us to get to where we are today: a much nimbler, stronger and, by far, one of the fastest growing companies in the chemical detection market.
Please click here: MYDX 4 Year Business Plan Accomplishments Video (https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/ba458e62-5a32-4900-8b8e-29aadd1f6b86)
MyDx Second Half 2016 Key Goals: New Product Launches, Continued Market Penetration and Profitable Growth
Company Prepares for New Products to Enter into Commercialization
On the R&D front, with the recent launch of the next-generation CannaDx SmartPhone App, which expanded our features and updated our database, we are now focusing our effort on the next MyDx Product to enter into commercialization: OrganaDx^TM. This application is slated for commercial release by the fourth quarter of this year.
The OrganaDx sensor will help you Trust and Verify™ the safety of your fruits and vegetables. Specifically, OrganaDx will enable you to measure the pesticide levels in your food, ensuring that you and your family do not unknowingly consume any potentially cancer-causing pesticides. It will empower you to verify, on the spot, whether or not produce is safe for consumption. This is particularly important when buying non-organic produce that are known to be notoriously high in pesticides, commonly referred to as the “Dirty Dozen.”
The Company expects future sales of OrganaDx should be at a substantially higher margin than our initial product line, which means a strong and growing contribution to our bottom line earnings growth.
Continued Market Penetration
In April 2016, we announced the first of what we expect to be many major retail distribution deals for our leading technology. Our initial agreement was with Nanolux Technology, Inc. (“Nanolux”), valued at over $4 million. Nanolux produces one of the world’s leading brands of horticultural lighting ballasts. With over 1,000 retail shops in its distribution network, it has an extensive footprint throughout the U.S. indoor agriculture and hydroponic marketplace concentrated in states with cannabis sales legalized in some form — especially California as the nation’s largest legal cannabis market.
We are beginning to actively roll-out our MyDx Analyzers with CannaDx sensors, sales and marketing collateral along with product and sales training to those 1,000 retail shops. Those sales will begin to kick in during the current quarter and are expected to ramp-up steeply throughout the second half of the year, which will provide us with clear visibility of what the remainder of 2016 and even parts of 2017 will look like from a financial and operational perspective.
Increasing Demand for our Initial Product to Enter into Commercialization: CannaDx
We see the market for CannaDx divided into three segments: consumer direct (primarily our online sales), and growers and dispensaries — both of which we consider prosumers. With online sales strong and growing, and even at high rates globally, that leaves the dispensary market segment still untapped and on which we are aggressively working to sign one or more regional or national distribution deals similar in nature to that of Nanolux.
MyDx is Clearly Positioned for Profitable Growth
Financially, just since its launch in the third quarter of 2015, CannaDx sales have topped well over $500,000, nearly all of which has come through direct-to-consumer sales with minimal marketing effort or expense.
Our net loss has narrowed by approximately $1.6 million year-over-year from ($2.1 million) to ($544,000) in the first quarter ended March 31, 2016. Additionally, we are actively working to reconfigure our manufacturing and supply chain management to scale up for far higher volumes and to reduce unit costs.
Based on these factors, and with the expected new applications in the final stages of development and commercialization, as well as an anticipated jump in CannaDx revenues in the weeks and months ahead driven by retail distribution, we believe we can reach profitability by year end — a significant milestone for MyDx.
Chemical Analyzer Marketplace: MyDx’s Growing Leadership Position
Bringing laboratory-based testing and analysis capability out of the lab and placing it in the palm of users’ hands is a common goal throughout the medical device (point of care) and many other industries.
In our industry, it is instructive to consider the hand-held chemical analyzer made by Thermo Fisher Scientific (“TMO”). TMO bills itself as the “world leader in serving science,” with revenues of $17 billion and more than 50,000 employees in 50 countries.
TMO developed and launched TruNarc^TM, and while not identical in functionality to our CannaDx, it is fairly close, except that TruNarc is priced at close to $20,000 and has cost $400 million in R&D to develop. Our CannaDx carries a $699 price tag while our multi-use MyDx Chemical Analyzer cost us under $7 million to develop, patent and deploy to market. TMO’s move into the space validates the marketplace’s value, and we applaud however many millions of dollars it spends on sales and marketing since it serves to educate and build the market for both its products as well as our MyDx Analyzer.
MYDX Stock: Significantly Undervalued
However, we understand we are one of the new entrants into the chemical detection space which is why we trade at such a low valuation compared to heavyweights such as Thermo Fisher. However, if our past is any indication of what lies ahead for our Company and our shareholders, the Board of Directors and I, personally, strongly believe our stock price will adjust accordingly to our future achievements. Once we achieve profitability and continue to grow at the pace we expect to, we believe our valuation should be closer to our competitors. Thermo Fisher, for example, today trades at nearly 30 times 2017 earnings. Once we provide our 2017 earnings expectations, we think you, as a long-term investor in MyDx, will be very pleasantly rewarded with the patience, confidence and support you have given our Company from the onset. In fact, we believe the stock is so undervalued here that we are currently contemplating utilizing our excess cash flow to launch our first ever stock buyback program. We will keep you updated on our Board’s decision on that initiative as soon as it is voted on.
In Summary
I trust this letter enables you to understand the sense of excitement and anticipation we at MyDx have on the outlook for the rest of 2016, and why we eagerly look forward to 2017.
If any of our investors will be in Southern California on Wednesday, June 8, please join us when I present the MyDx investment story and take questions at the 6^th Annual LD Micro Invitational Investor Conference at 2:00 pm PDT / 5:00 pm EDT. The conference will be held at the Luxe Sunset Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles and will feature nearly 200 companies in the small-cap universe. The presentation will be broadcast live, as well as archived on our website for 90 days. Hope to see you there.
Sincerely,
/s/ Daniel R. Yazbeck
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
MyDx, Inc.
About MyDx
MyDx, Inc. (OTCQB:MYDX) is a chemical detection and sensor technology company based in San Diego, California whose mission is to help people Trust & Verify™ what they put into their minds and bodies. The Company has developed MyDx, a patented, affordable portable analyzer that provides real-time chemical analysis and fits in the palm of consumers’ hands. The multi-use MyDx leverages over a decade of established electronic nose technology to measure chemicals of interest. It owns a substantial and growing intellectual property portfolio of patents covering its technology. With its Canna sensor commercialized, it has four other sensors being developed in its lab that are compatible with the MyDx Analyzer and App. For more information, please visit www.cdxlife.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains “forward-looking statements” as that term is defined in Section 27(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements may contain certain forward-looking statements pertaining to future anticipated or projected plans, performance and developments, as well as other statements relating to future operations and results. Any statements in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be considered to be forward-looking statements. Words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intends,” “goal,” “objective,” “seek,” “attempt,” or variations of these or similar words, identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements by their nature are estimates of future results only and involve substantial risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to risks associated with the uncertainty of future financial results, additional financing requirements, development of new products, our ability to complete our product testing and launch our product commercially, the acceptance of our product in the marketplace, the uncertainty of the laws and regulations relating to cannabis, the impact of competitive products or pricing, technological changes, the effect of economic conditions and other uncertainties detailed from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, available at www.sec.gov.

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