Cord Blood Banking Leader Cryo-Cell Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2020 Financial Results

OLDSMAR, Fla., April 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cryo-Cell International, Inc. (OTC:QB Markets Group Symbol: CCEL) (the “Company”), the world’s first private cord blood bank to separate and store stem cells in 1992, announced results for the fiscal first quarter ended February 29, 2020.  

Financial Results

Revenue

Consolidated revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 were $7.62 million compared to $7.50 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2019, a 2% increase.  The revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 consisted of $7.41 million in processing and storage fee revenue, $60,000 in product revenue and $154,000 in public banking revenue compared to $7.34 million in processing and storage fees, $26,000 product revenue and $134,000 in public banking revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2019.  

Net Income

The Company reported net income of $687,000 or $0.09 per basic common share and $0.08 per diluted common share for the three months ended February 29, 2020 compared to net income of $276,000, or $0.04 per basic common share and $0.03 per diluted common share for the same period in 2019.  Net income for the three months ended February 29, 2020 resulted from a 2% increase in revenue offset by a 1% increase in cost of sales and a 3% increase in selling, general and administrative expenses.  Also, for the three months ended February 29, 2020, the Company recorded a decrease of $51,000 to the fair value of the contingent consideration.  The change in the fair value of the contingent consideration for the three months ended February 29, 2020 was $51,000 compared to ($367,000) for the three months ended February 28, 2019. The contingent consideration is the current valuation of the potential earnout that Cord:Use Cord Blood Bank, Inc. is entitled to from the Company’s sale of the public cord blood inventory from and after closing of the acquisition of substantially all of Cord:Use’s assets.   

About Cryo-Cell International, Inc.

Founded in 1989, Cryo-Cell International, Inc. is the world’s first private cord blood bank. More than 500,000 parents from 87 countries have entrusted Cryo-Cell International with their baby’s cord blood and cord tissue stem cells. In addition to its family bank, Cryo-Cell International has a public banking program in partnership with Duke University. Cryo-Cell’s public bank has provided cord blood for more than 600 transplantations and operates cord blood donation sites across the U.S in prominent hospitals such as Cedars–Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles and Baptist Hospital in Miami. Cryo-Cell’s mission is to provide clients with state-of-the-art cord blood and cord tissue cryopreservation services, raise awareness of the opportunity for expectant parents to bank or donate their baby’s cord blood and support the advancement of regenerative medicine. Cryo-Cell operates in a facility that is FDA registered, cGMP-/cGTP-compliant and licensed in all states requiring licensure. Besides being AABB accredited as a cord blood facility, Cryo-Cell was also the first U.S. (for private use only) cord blood bank to receive FACT accreditation for adhering to the most stringent cord blood quality standards set by any internationally recognized, independent accrediting organization. In addition, Cryo-Cell is ISO 13485:2003–certified by TÜV, an internationally recognized, quality assessment organization. Cryo-Cell is a publicly traded company, OTCQB:CCEL. For more information, please visit www.cryo-cell.com.