Azenta, Inc. Revenue Disclosure

13. Revenue from Contracts with Customers

 

Disaggregated Revenue

 

The Company disaggregates revenue from contracts with customers in a manner that depicts how the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors. The following is revenue by significant business line for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2025, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):

 

		2025				2024				2023
Significant Business Line
Multiomics		$	269,231			$	254,552			$	248,296
Core Products(1)			197,631				196,502				192,061
Sample Repository Services			126,959				122,394				111,129
Total revenue		$	593,821			$	573,448			$	551,486

(1) Core Products are Automated Stores, Cryogenic Systems, Automated Sample Tube, Consumables and Instruments and Controlled Rate Thawing Devices.

 

Contract Balances

 

Accounts Receivable, Net. Accounts receivable represent rights to consideration in exchange for products or services that have been transferred by the Company, when payment is unconditional and only the passage of time is required before payment is due. Accounts receivable do not bear interest and are recorded at the invoiced amount. The Company maintains an allowance for expected credit losses representing its best estimate of probable credit losses related to its existing accounts receivable and their net realizable value. The Company determines the allowance for expected credit losses based on a number of factors, including an evaluation of customer credit worthiness, the age of the outstanding receivables, economic trends, historical experience, and other information through the payment periods. Accounts receivable, net were $142.2 million and $154.2 million at September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

 

Contract Assets. Contract assets represent rights to consideration in exchange for products or services that have been transferred by the Company, when payment is conditional on something other than the passage of time. These amounts typically relate to contracts where the right to invoice the customer is not present until completion of the contract or the achievement of specified milestones and the value of the products or services transferred exceed this constraint. Contract assets are classified as current as they are expected to convert to cash within one year. Contract asset balances which are included within “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, were $37.3 million and $28.9 million at September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Revenue of $30.4 million recognized during the year ended  September 30, 2025 and $18.6 million recognized during the year ended  September 30, 2024 contributed to the contract asset balances at September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

 

Contract Liabilities. Contract liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to transfer products or services to a customer for which consideration has been received, or for which an amount of consideration is due from the customer. Contract assets and liabilities are reported on a net basis at the contract level, depending on the contracts position at the end of each reporting period. Contract liabilities are included within “Deferred revenue” on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Contract liabilities were $34.5 million, $30.5 million, and $34.2 million at fiscal years ended September 30, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Revenue recognized from the contract liability balance at September 30, 2023 was $27.8 million for the year ended  September 30, 2024, and revenue recognized from the contract liability balance at September 30, 2024 was $18.4 million for the year ended September 30, 2025.

 

Remaining Performance Obligations. Remaining performance obligations represent the transaction price of unsatisfied or partially satisfied performance obligations within contracts with an original expected contract term that is greater than one year and for which fulfillment of the contract has started as of the end of the reporting period. The aggregate amount of transaction consideration allocated to remaining performance obligations as of September 30, 2025 was $66.9 million. The following table summarizes when the Company expects to transfer control of the remaining performance obligations and recognize the corresponding revenue (in thousands):

 

		As of September 30, 2025
		Less than 1 Year				Greater than 1 Year				Total
Remaining performance obligations		$	45,165			$	21,723			$	66,888

 

Cost to Obtain and Fulfill a Contract

 

The Company capitalizes sales commissions when incurred if they are (i) incremental costs of obtaining a contract, (ii) expected to be recovered and (iii) have an expected amortization period that is greater than one year. These amounts primarily relate to sales commissions and are being amortized over a 60-month period, which represents the average period of contract performance. The capitalized sales commissions were $0.1 million and $0.4 million at  September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. All other sales commissions incurred during the reporting period have been expensed as incurred. These costs are recorded within “Selling, general and administrative” expenses on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

 

The Company accounts for shipping and handling activities as fulfillment activities and recognize the associated expense when control of the product has transferred to the customer.