Note 9. LEASES

 

The Company has one operating lease for its real estate and office space for the CAP/CLIA laboratory, as well as multiple finance leases for lab equipment in Texas that were acquired through the September 18, 2023, acquisition. On April 1, 2025, the Company terminated one of the finance leases and entered into a new finance lease agreement for equipment on October 20, 2025. Additionally, the Company entered into another operating lease on September 1, 2024, with regard to office space. The Company has operating leases consisting of office space with remaining lease terms ranging from 1.6 to 4.7 years as of December 31, 2025. The Company has finance leases consisting of lab equipment with remaining lease terms ranging from approximately 0.3 to 6.8 years as of December 31, 2025, for which the Company has determined that it will use the equipment for a major part of its remaining economic life.

 

The lease agreements generally do not provide an implicit borrowing rate. Therefore, the Company used a benchmark approach as of the date of inception of the leases to derive an appropriate incremental borrowing rate to discount remaining lease payments. The Company benchmarked itself against other companies of similar credit ratings and comparable quality and derived imputed interest rates ranging from 6.41% to 8.07% for the lease term lengths.

 

Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet. There are no material residual guarantees associated with any of the Company’s leases, and there are no significant restrictions or covenants included in the Company’s lease agreements. Certain leases include variable payments related to common area maintenance and property taxes, which are billed by the landlord, as is customary with these types of charges for office space. The Company has not entered into any lease arrangements with related parties, and the Company is not the sublessor in any arrangement.

 

The Company’s existing leases contain escalation clauses and renewal options. The Company has evaluated several factors in assessing whether there is reasonable certainty that the Company will exercise a contractual renewal option. For leases with renewal options that are reasonably certain to be exercised, the Company included the renewal term in the total lease term used in calculating the right-of-use asset and lease liability.

 

The components of lease expense, which are included in selling, general and administrative expense and depreciation and amortization for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:

 

 

Components of lease expense:  2025   2024 
Amortization of right-of-use assets - finance lease  $275,533   $384,971 
Interest on lease liabilities - finance lease   34,935    83,041 
Operating lease cost   159,057    93,029 
Total lease cost  $469,525   $561,041 
           
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:          
Operating cash flows from finance leases  $324,346   $361,181 
Operating cash flows from operating leases   157,368    133,605 

 

Operating leases:  2025   2024 
Operating lease right-of-use assets  $334,289   $463,011 
Operating lease liability, current  $139,220   $127,498 
Operating lease liability, non-current   202,878    342,098 
Total operating lease liabilities  $342,098   $469,596 

 

Financing leases:  2025   2024 
Financing lease right-of-use assets, gross  $1,184,598   $1,294,168 
Accumulated amortization   (523,023)   (513,296)
Finance lease right-of-use assets, net  $661,575   $780,872 
Financing lease liability, current  $139,490   $395,301 
Financing lease liability, non-current   532,759    444,448 
Total finance lease liabilities  $672,249   $839,749 

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term:  2025   2024 
Operating leases (in years)   3.04    4.21 
Finance leases (in years)   6.18    2.39 

 

Weighted-average discount rate:  2025   2024 
Operating leases   7.28%   7.41%
Finance leases   6.86%   8.03%

 

 

    Operating Leases     Finance Leases  
2026   $ 159,282     $ 179,133  
2027     110,065       111,708  
2028     40,616       111,708  
2029     42,252       111,708  
2030     28,919       111,708  
2031 and thereafter           201,495  
Total undiscounted cash flows     381,134       827,460  
Less discounting     (39,036 )     (155,211 )
Present value of lease liabilities   $ 342,098     $ 672,249  

 

 

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Mar 16, 2026Showing above
2024Mar 31, 2025

About Leases Disclosures

Lease disclosures under ASC 842 provide a comprehensive view of a company's leased asset portfolio, including the split between operating and finance leases, discount rates used to present-value future payments, and the maturity schedule of lease obligations. This section reveals a significant source of off-balance-sheet commitments that were largely hidden before the current standard.

Key signals: the weighted-average discount rate affects the size of recorded lease liabilities — a higher rate reduces the reported obligation, so compare the chosen rate against the company's incremental borrowing rate. The operating versus finance lease mix affects both EBITDA and operating income presentation. Watch the maturity table for concentration risk: large payment cliffs in specific years may create cash flow pressure. Variable lease payments excluded from the liability measurement represent real obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet. Compare total lease costs against prior-year operating lease expense to assess the true economic burden.