ImmuCell Announces Unaudited Financial Results for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2025

PORTLAND, Maine, May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ImmuCell Corporation (Nasdaq: ICCC) ("ImmuCell" or the "Company"), a growing animal health company that develops, manufactures and markets scientifically proven and practical products that improve the health and productivity of dairy and beef cattle, today announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025.

Product Sales Highlights:

   -- Product sales during the first quarter of 2025 increased by 11% to 
      approximately $8.1 million compared to the first quarter of 2024. 
 
   -- During the six-month period ended March 31, 2025, product sales increased 
      by 28% to approximately $15.8 million compared to the six-month period 
      ended March 31, 2024. 
 
   -- During the twelve-month period ended March 31, 2025, product sales 
      increased by 28% to approximately $27.3 million compared to the 
      twelve-month period ended March 31, 2024. 

Preliminary, unaudited product sales for the first quarter of 2025 were first reported on April 8, 2025. There are no changes to those figures.

Management's Discussion:

"Product sales during the first quarter of 2025 of $8.1 million set a record high for us, beating the previous record set during the fourth quarter of 2024," commented Michael F. Brigham, President and CEO of ImmuCell. "We also set a quarterly record for net income, which totaled approximately $1.4 million, beating the previous record of $584,000 set during the first quarter of 2017."

"As we continue to manufacture at our new, higher level of production output, we are working to reduce the backlog of orders and improve our gross margin," continued Mr. Brigham. "The 42% gross margin recorded during the first quarter of 2025 represented an improvement over the gross margin of 37% recorded during fourth quarter of 2024."

"As our contract manufacturer continues to work to resolve inspectional observations at their facilities, we are moving ahead with Investigational Product use of Re-Tain$(R)$ to collect market feedback about product performance in the field over the second half of 2025," concluded Mr. Brigham. "At the same time, we are reducing product development expenses and exploring potential strategic options for our technology."

Certain Other Financial Results:

   -- Gross margin earned was 42% and 32% of product sales during the 
      three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. 
 
   -- Net income was $1.4 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, during the 
      three-month period ended March 31, 2025, in contrast to a net loss of 
      ($438,000), or ($0.06) per basic share, during the three-month period 
      ended March 31, 2024. 
 
   -- Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP financial measure described on page 5 of this 
      press release) improved to approximately $2.3 million, $3.7 million and 
      $3.3 million during the three-month, six-month and twelve-month periods 
      ended March 31, 2025. 

Balance Sheet Data as of March 31, 2025:

   -- Cash and cash equivalents increased to $4.6 million as of March 31, 2025 
      from $3.8 million as of December 31, 2024, with no draw outstanding on 
      the available $1 million line of credit as of these dates. 
 
   -- Net working capital increased to approximately $12.1 million as of March 
      31, 2025 from $10.6 million as of December 31, 2024. 
 
   -- Stockholders' equity increased to $29 million as of March 31, 2025 from 
      $27.5 million as of December 31, 2024. 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements (Safe Harbor Statement):

This Press Release and the statements to be made in the related conference call referenced herein contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and will often include words such as "expects", "may", "anticipates", "aims", "intends", "would", "could", "should", "will", "plans", "believes", "estimates", "targets", "projects", "forecasts", "seeks" and similar words and expressions. Such statements include, but are not limited to, any forward-looking statements relating to: our plans, goals and strategies for our business; projections of future financial or operational performance; the timing and outcome of pending or anticipated applications for regulatory approvals and pending or anticipated regulatory inspections of our facilities and those of our contract manufacturers; future demand for our products; future adoption of Re-Tain(R) by dairy producers; growth in acceptance of our First Defense(R) product line by dairy and beef producers; the impact of international disputes (including Russia's invasion of Ukraine and unrest in the Middle East) on the world economy including inflation and the price and availability of grain and oil; the impact of the global supply-chain disruptions on our ability to obtain, in a timely and cost-effective fashion, all the supplies and components we need to produce our products; the impact of inflation, tariffs and rising interest rates on our operating expenses and financial results; the scope and timing of ongoing and future product development work and commercialization of our products; future costs of product development efforts; future incidence rates of subclinical mastitis and producers' level of interest in treating subclinical mastitis; the expected efficacy of new products; estimates about the market size for our products; future market share of and revenue generated by current products and products still in development; our ability to increase production output and reduce costs of goods sold per unit; the adequacy of our own manufacturing facilities or those of third parties with which we have contractual relationships to meet demand for our products on a timely basis; the impacts of backlogs on customer relationships; the efficacy of our contamination remediation efforts; whether or not we will experience future contamination events; the anticipated costs of (or time to complete) planned expansions of our manufacturing facilities and the adequacy of our funds available for these projects; the robustness of our manufacturing processes to meet future demand and related technical issues; estimates about our future production capacity, efficiency and yield; the salability of products currently held in inventory pending regulatory approval; future regulatory requirements relating to our products; future expense ratios and margins; the future consequences and effectiveness of our investments in our business; future compliance with, or waivers of, bank debt covenants; anticipated changes in our manufacturing capabilities and efficiencies; our future effectiveness in competing against competitors within both our existing and our anticipated product markets; projections about depreciation expense and its impact on income for book and tax return purposes; and any other statements that are not historical facts. These statements are intended to provide management's current expectation of future events as of the date of this earnings release, are based on management's estimates, projections, beliefs and assumptions as of the date hereof; and are not guarantees of future performance. Such statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results, financial or operational performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties relating to: difficulties or delays in development, testing, regulatory approval, production and marketing of our products (including the First Defense(R) product line and Re-Tain(R) ), competition within our anticipated product markets, customer acceptance of our new and existing products, product performance, alignment between our manufacturing resources and product demand (including the consequences of backlogs), uncertainty associated with the timing and volume of customer orders as we come out of a prolonged backlog, adverse impacts of supply chain disruptions on our operations and customer and supplier relationships, commercial and operational risks relating to our current and planned expansion of production capacity, and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in filings we make with the SEC, including our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, our Annual Reports on Form 10-K and our Current Reports on Form 8-K. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties and are based on our current expectations, but actual results may differ materially due to various factors. In addition, there can be no assurance that future risks, uncertainties or developments affecting us will be those that we anticipate. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

 
             Condensed Statements of Operations (Unaudited) 
 
                         During the Three-Month Periods Ended March 31, 
                        ------------------------------------------------ 
(In thousands, except 
per share amounts)                2025                   2024 
                         ----------------------  --------------------- 
 
Product sales                            $8,067                 $7,258 
Costs of goods sold                       4,713                  4,962 
                         ----------------------  --------------------- 
   Gross margin                           3,354                  2,296 
 
Sales and marketing 
 expenses                                   857                    801 
Product development 
 expenses                                   757                  1,263 
Administrative expenses                     622                    532 

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