Cytek Biosciences, Inc.
Business
Cytek Biosciences, Inc. designs and commercializes advanced cell analysis solutions leveraging its patented Full Spectrum Profiling (FSP) technology for high-resolution, high-content single-cell analysis. It offers instruments (Cytek Aurora, Northern Lights, Aurora CS, Amnis ImageStream, Guava Muse/easyCyte, DxP Athena), reagents and kits (cFluor, Tonbo, Amnis/Guava), software (SpectroFlo, SpectroFlo CS, SpectroPrep, InCyte, IDEAS/Amnis AI) and services. Key business segments include FSP cell analyzers and sorters, flow cytometry and imaging (FCI) products, reagents and software/platform tools. Its products sell globally through direct sales teams and distributors to pharma, biopharma, academic, clinical and CRO customers.
Summary from filing dated 2025-02-28
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue, net | 201 | 200 | 193 | 164 | 128 | |
| Total cost of sales | 97 | 89 | 84 | 63 | 49 | |
| Gross profit | 104 | 111 | 109 | 101 | 79 | |
| Research and development | 36 | 39 | 44 | 35 | 24 | |
| Sales and marketing | 49 | 49 | 49 | 33 | 25 | |
| General and administrative | 59 | 43 | 44 | 35 | 21 | |
| Total operating expenses | 145 | 132 | 137 | 103 | 70 | |
| Loss from operations | −40 | −21 | −28 | −2 | 9 | |
| Interest income (expense), net (Notes 11, 12) | −474,000 | 5 | −2 | −3 | — | |
| Interest income | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 49,000 | |
| Other income, net | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 | −2 | |
| Total other income, net | 11 | 15 | 12 | 3 | −3 | |
| Loss before income taxes | −30 | −6 | −16 | 1 | 6 | |
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 37 | 320,000 | −4 | −1 | 3 | |
| Net loss | −67 | −6 | −12 | 2 | 3 | |
| Less: net loss allocated to noncontrolling interests | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92,000 | −26,000 | |
| Net loss attributable to common stockholders, basic | −67 | −6 | −12 | 3 | 0 | |
| Net loss attributable to common stockholders, diluted | −67 | −6 | −12 | 3 | 0 | |
| Net loss attributable to common stockholders per share, basic (in dollars per share) | −0.52 | −0.05 | −0.09 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Net loss attributable to common stockholders per share, diluted (in dollars per share) | −0.52 | −0.05 | −0.09 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Weighted-average shares used in calculating net loss per share, basic (in shares) | 128 | 131 | 135 | 135 | 77 | |
| Weighted-average shares used in calculating net loss per share, diluted (in shares) | 128 | 131 | 135 | 139 | 82 | |
| Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax | 2 | 1 | −549,000 | −2 | 832,000 | |
| Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities | 58,000 | 97,000 | −29,000 | 17,000 | 0 | |
| Net comprehensive loss | −64 | −5 | −13 | 890,000 | 4 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 91 | 99 | 167 | 297 | 365 | |
| Restricted cash | 0 | 29,000 | 331,000 | 3 | 0 | |
| Marketable securities | 171 | 179 | 95 | 45 | 0 | |
| Trade accounts receivable, net | 63 | 61 | 56 | 49 | 30 | |
| Inventories | 48 | 44 | 61 | 48 | 32 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 20 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 5 | |
| Total current assets | 392 | 396 | 392 | 454 | 432 | |
| Deferred income tax assets, noncurrent | 0 | 33 | 30 | 20 | 9 | |
| Property and equipment, net | 18 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 6 | |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | |
| Goodwill | 17 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 10 | |
| Intangible assets, net | 17 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 5 | |
| Other noncurrent assets | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Total assets | 462 | 500 | 494 | 519 | 463 | |
| Trade accounts payable | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| Legal settlement liability, current | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Accrued expenses | 23 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 15 | |
| Other current liabilities | 17 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 6 | |
| Deferred revenue, current | 29 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 7 | |
| Total current liabilities | 78 | 68 | 56 | 49 | 33 | |
| Legal settlement liability, noncurrent | 7 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 14 | |
| Deferred revenue, noncurrent | 18 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 10 | |
| Operating lease liability, noncurrent | 14 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 0 | |
| Long term debt | 525,000 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Other noncurrent liabilities | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total liabilities | 120 | 104 | 101 | 94 | 58 | |
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 18) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Common stock, $0.001 par value; 1,000,000,000 authorized shares as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively; 128,550,136 and 129,205,901 issued and outstanding shares as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. | 129,000 | 129,000 | 131,000 | 135,000 | 126,000 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 441 | 431 | 423 | 443 | 424 | |
| Accumulated deficit | −102 | −35 | −29 | −17 | −20 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | 2 | 16,000 | −1 | −697,000 | 897,000 | |
| Total stockholders equity | 342 | 396 | 393 | 426 | 405 | |
| Total liabilities and stockholders equity | 462 | 500 | 494 | 519 | 463 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation and amortization | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| Amortization of operating lease-right-of use assets | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Provision for (benefit from) credit losses | 413,000 | −64,000 | 269,000 | — | — | |
| Stock-based compensation | 25 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 7 | |
| Loss on disposal of property and equipment | 415,000 | 55,000 | 7,000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Provision for excess and obsolete inventory | 2 | 2 | 1 | 756,000 | 488,000 | |
| Deferred income taxes | 34 | −3 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Gain on investments, accretion, and amortization, net | −6 | −5 | −7 | — | — | |
| Interest expenses for accretion of the legal settlement liabilities | −328,000 | −7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Trade accounts receivable | 368,000 | −5 | −7 | −20 | −12 | |
| Inventories | −5 | 15 | 4 | −18 | −7 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | −3 | −3 | −10 | −19 | −6 | |
| Trade accounts payable | 448,000 | 3 | −2 | 2 | −256,000 | |
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 4 | −817,000 | 729,000 | 7 | 11 | |
| Legal settlement liabilities | −1 | −1 | −298,000 | 373,000 | −4 | |
| Deferred revenue | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | |
| Lease liabilities | −4 | −3 | −3 | −2 | 0 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | −5 | 25 | 5 | −12 | 5 | |
| Purchases of marketable securities | −278 | −274 | −176 | −44 | 0 | |
| Maturities of marketable securities | 292 | 195 | 132 | 0 | 0 | |
| Purchase of property and equipment | −4 | −4 | −5 | −10 | −4 | |
| Proceeds from sales of property and equipment | 252,000 | 288,000 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Acquisition of business | 0 | −471,000 | −45 | 0 | −17 | |
| Purchase of intangible assets (patents) | −106,000 | −204,000 | −179,000 | −120,000 | 0 | |
| Payment for additional investment in Cytek Japan, net of cash acquired | 0 | 0 | −236,000 | 0 | 371,000 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 10 | −83 | −94 | −56 | −21 | |
| Proceeds from line of credit | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Payment for repurchase of shares | −15 | −22 | −44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Repayment of loan | −5 | −557,000 | −565,000 | −50,000 | 0 | |
| Proceeds from Employee Stock Purchase Plan | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards | −670,000 | −554,000 | −419,000 | −209,000 | 0 | |
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock plans | 325,000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 642,000 | |
| Net cash used in financing activities | −13 | −16 | −42 | 6 | 214 | |
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 109,000 | 5 | −1 | −2 | 1 | |
| Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | −8 | −69 | −132 | −65 | 198 | |
| Cash paid for taxes, net of refunds | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | |
| Fixed asset purchases in accounts payable at period end | 129,000 | 177,000 | 40,000 | 67,000 | 134,000 | |
| Intangible asset in accrued expenses at period end | 26,000 | 0 | 510,000 | 30,000 | 93,000 | |
| Accrued excise taxes for share repurchase | 0 | 0 | 320,000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derecognition of right-of-use assets | 0 | 205,000 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Transfer of inventory to property and equipment | 122,000 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Operating Lease Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — |