Quanterix Releases Financial Results for the Second Quarter of 2026

Reports $32.9 million in revenue and $96.9 million of cash and marketable securities

Company accelerating initiatives to drive commercial effectiveness

Revises financial outlook for 2026 and extends date for attaining cash-flow break-even

BILLERICA, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Quanterix Corporation (NASDAQ: QTRX), a global leader in precision biomarker science, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.

“We made meaningful progress in the second quarter, including strengthening our leadership team and preserving cash better than planned. However, revenue fell short of our expectations, driven by execution challenges and continued market softness. We are taking immediate and significant action to improve commercial performance, including reorganizing our teams and adding seasoned leadership to sharpen accountability, accelerate execution, and improve operating results in the second half and beyond,” said Everett Cunningham, President & CEO of Quanterix. “We remain confident in the strength and differentiated positioning of both our research tools and diagnostics businesses, especially with enhanced commercial leadership and discipline enabling a renewed focus on returning to sustained growth. Our capabilities in ultra-sensitive protein-detection in blood and high plex spatial analysis in tissue, combined with a differentiated multi-analyte approach, position us well across targeted translational research and diagnostics. With strategic Diagnostics investments underway, our management team can now focus on achieving key milestones in Alzheimer’s disease testing, including completing three clinical utility studies and advancing our FDA roadmap.”

Second Quarter Financial Highlights

• Revenue of $32.9 million, an increase of 34% compared to $24.5 million in the prior year.
• GAAP gross margin of 38.5%, as compared to 40.9% in the prior year. Adjusted gross margin (non-GAAP) of 47.9% compared to 41.8% in the prior year. Prior year GAAP margins are updated to reflect a change in accounting policy in Q1’26 related to shipping and handling costs. Shipping and handling costs for product sales are now recorded in the cost of product revenue in the Company’s GAAP financials.
• Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) loss of $10.0 million, compared to $13.7 million in the prior year.
• The Company ended the second quarter with $96.9 million of cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, and restricted cash. Adjusted cash usage, after accounting for integration and certain employee separation costs of $1.7 million, was $4.0 million in the second quarter, a decrease in usage of $10.8 million from the first quarter of 2026.
• The Company completed its ERP system integration, the final step of the Akoya acquisition integration program that realized $85 million in savings on an annualized basis.
• Quanterix incurred a $26.9 million goodwill impairment related to the Akoya acquisition as required under GAAP accounting based on recent circumstances within the business. The adjustment does not impact operations or liquidity.

Operational and Business Highlights

• Quanterix finished building its senior management team ahead of its anticipated higher growth phase, especially in the Diagnostics business. Jim Gute was named Chief Commercial Officer, as announced separately today. Industry veteran Geoff Albrecht was appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager of Diagnostics, Anthony Catalano was named Chief Operating Officer and Jason Faessler was appointed Chief Financial Officer.
• Several milestones to advance clinical adoption of blood-based Alzheimer’s testing were announced, including commercial insurance coverage. Beginning July 1, 2026, members covered under Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield medical policies can receive coverage for qualifying blood-based biomarker testing, including Quanterix’s Lucent AD® Complete, when medical necessity criteria are met.
• A peer-reviewed study evaluating Lucent AD® Complete alongside an algorithmic immunoprecipitation mass spectrometry (IP-MS) approach on a shared patient cohort demonstrated the high diagnostic parity and three-fold reduced diagnostic ambiguity provided by Quanterix’s multi-analyte algorithmic blood testing approach.
• New clinical data presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2026 highlighted how multi-biomarker testing improves detection of early Alzheimer’s and provides a more comprehensive framework for guiding patient care.
• Quanterix was selected as a Co-Investigator institution in the PD-BUILD program, in the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s Collaborative Research Network 2026 expansion, supported by The Michael J. Fox Foundation. This multi-year grant funds development and deployment of high-quality biomarker tools aimed at enabling earlier detection, improved patient stratification, and more effective monitoring of Parkinson’s disease in clinical research. Quanterix and its Simoa platform will develop and distribute validated single-plex and multiplex biomarker assays to Parkinson’s disease researchers globally.
• Quanterix launched Simoa® Ultra-Sensitive Immunoassay NPTX2, an important emerging synaptic biomarker.
• Two new spatial products were launched: Spatial Molecular Barcoding kit for the Phenocycler Fusion for early access and Spatial Spectral DAPI 2.0 for the Phenoimager HT.

2026 Business Outlook

Quanterix currently expects revenues of $142-148 million, which assumes no underlying improvement in the academic or pharmaceutical end markets, compared to its earlier expectation for annual revenues of $169-174 million. In addition, we expect non-GAAP gross margins in a range of 48-50%, compared to non-GAAP gross margins of 49-53% previously. Quanterix now anticipates achieving cash flow breakeven in 2027 but is currently forecasting approximately $80 million for the 2026 year-end cash balance, compared to $100 million previously. The company expects to end the year with no debt.

Conference Call

In conjunction with this announcement, the Company will host a conference call today, August 10, 2026, at 8:30 AM ET. The dial-in number for USA & Canada is Toll-Free (800) 715-9871 or (646) 307-1963 and the conference ID is 9896910.

Interested investors can also listen to the live webcast from the Event Details page in the Investors section of the Quanterix website at https://ir.quanterix.com. An archived webcast replay will be available on the Company’s website for one year.

About Quanterix

Quanterix is a global leader in precision biomarker science, making biology measurable to deliver earlier insights and support breakthroughs in disease research, diagnostics, and drug development. Its Simoa® technology delivers industry-leading sensitivity, allowing researchers to detect and quantify biomarkers in blood and other fluids at concentrations far below traditional limits. Through the acquisition of Akoya Biosciences, Quanterix Spatial solutions deliver high-plex, quantitative protein analysis in tissue at single-cell resolution. Combined with Accelerator Laboratory services, Quanterix gives researchers the tools and expertise to translate discovery into precision diagnostics. Learn more at www.quanterix.com.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements included in this press release that are not historical in nature or do not relate to current facts are intended to be, and are hereby identified as, forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provided by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements about Quanterix’s future business outlook, operations, strategy and financial performance, including statements related to our expectations about consistent profitable revenue growth and achieving cash flow breakeven performance, the development and commercialization of our products, and under the header “2026 Business Outlook.”. Words and phrases such as “may,” “approximately,” “continue,” “should,” “expects,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “is likely,” “look ahead,” “look forward,” “believes,” “will,” “intends,” “estimates,” “strategy,” “plan,” “could,” “potential,” “possible” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict with regard to, among other things, timing, extent, likelihood and degree of occurrence, which could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the following possibilities with respect to Quanterix’s future business, operations, strategy and financial performance: risks related to the impact of changes in U.S. government policies, including impacts of tariffs and reductions in federal research funding; risks associated with the anticipated timing for launch of, and features of, Quanterix’s next-generation instruments to upgrade its existing platforms; risks related to Quanterix’s ability to improve existing diagnostics and develop new diagnostic tests and tools; risks related to Quanterix’s ability to successfully penetrate the diagnostics market; risks related to Quanterix’s ability to retain and expand its customer base and achieve sufficient market acceptance of its products; risks related to the ability of Quanterix’s contract manufacturers and suppliers to reliably and consistently manufacture and supply our instruments; risks that Quanterix may fail to realize the anticipated benefits from its recent acquisitions of Emission, Inc. and Akoya Biosciences, Inc.; risks that Quanterix’s estimates regarding expenses, future revenues, capital requirements, and needs for additional financing could be incorrect; risks related to Quanterix’s ability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures; and risks related to defects or other quality issues in Quanterix’s products that could lead to unforeseen costs, product recalls, adverse regulatory actions, negative publicity and litigation. Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described above can be found in the periodic reports filed by Quanterix with the SEC, including the “Risk Factors” sections contained therein, which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

All forward-looking statements, expressed or implied, included in this press release are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to herein. If one or more events related to these or other risks or uncertainties materialize, or if Quanterix’s underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may differ materially from what Quanterix anticipates. Quanterix cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made and are based on information available at that time. Quanterix does not assume any obligation to update or otherwise revise any forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements were made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events except as required by federal securities laws.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement our financial statements presented on a U.S. GAAP basis, we present the following non-GAAP financial measures:

• Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin: We define adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) adjusted to exclude interest income, income tax (expense) benefit, depreciation and amortization expense, stock-based compensation expense, acquisition and integration related costs, impairments, and certain other items which include other charges or benefits resulting from transactions or events that are unusual or infrequent, significant in size, and that we do not believe are indicative of ongoing or future business operations. These items are discussed in more detail below the tables reconciling the GAAP to non-GAAP measures. Adjusted EBITDA margin is calculated as adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenues.
• Adjusted cash usage: We calculate cash usage as the total change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash adjusted to include the net change from purchases, sales, and maturities of marketable securities (excluding any interest receivable). Adjusted cash usage is calculated as cash usage further adjusted to exclude cash payments related to transactions or events that are unusual or infrequent, significant in size, and that we do not believe are indicative of ongoing or future business operations.
• Adjusted gross profit, adjusted gross margin, adjusted total operating expenses, and adjusted loss from operations: We calculate these non-GAAP financial measures by excluding amortization of certain acquired intangible assets, acquisition and integration related costs, impairments, and certain other items which include other charges or benefits resulting from transactions or events that are unusual or infrequent, significant in size, and that we do not believe are indicative of ongoing or future business operations. Adjusted gross margin is calculated as adjusted gross profit divided by total revenues.

  During the first quarter of 2026, we changed our accounting policy for classifying shipping and handling costs for product sales and they are now recorded in cost of product revenue. Historically, these shipping and handling costs were recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses, and we calculated our non-GAAP financial measures by including these shipping and handling costs within cost of product revenue. We applied this change in accounting policy retrospectively to all periods presented, and no longer reclassify shipping and handling costs in our non-GAAP financial measures.

We believe that presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures provides supplemental information useful to investors in understanding our underlying operating results and trends. We use these non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate our operating performance in a manner that allows for meaningful period-to-period comparison and analysis of trends in our business and our competitors. We believe that presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures provides useful information to investors in assessing our operating performance within our industry and allows comparability with the presentation of other companies in our industry.

The non-GAAP financial measures presented here should be considered in conjunction with, and not as a substitute for, the financial information presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. For example, adjusted EBITDA excludes a number of expense items that are included in net loss and adjusted cash usage excludes certain actual cash payments. As a result, positive adjusted EBITDA or positive adjusted cash usage may be achieved even where we record a significant net loss or reduction in our cash and marketable securities balances in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures set forth in the tables captioned “Reconciliations of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures” in the section below.

Additionally, we make certain forward-looking statements about our future financial performance that include non-GAAP financial measures, which are difficult to predict for future periods because the nature of the adjustments pertains to events that have not yet occurred. We do not forecast many of the excluded items for internal use and therefore information reconciling forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to U.S. GAAP financial measures is not available without unreasonable effort and is not provided. The occurrence, timing, and amount of any of the items excluded from U.S. GAAP to calculate non-GAAP financial measures could significantly impact our U.S. GAAP results.

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