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Prenetics Global Limited
11/10/2025
And welcome to the Prenetics Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. As a reminder, this call is being recorded. Your hosts today are Danny Young, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, and Stephen Lowe, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Young and Mr. Lowe will present results of operations for the third quarter, ended September 30th, 2025, and provide a corporate update. A press release detailing these results was released today and is available on the investor relations section of our company's website, www.prenetics.com. Before we begin the formal presentation, I would like to remind everyone that statements made on the call and webcast may include predictions, estimates, and other information that might be considered forward-looking. These statements are made under the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. While these forward-looking statements represent our current judgment on what the future holds, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and are not a guarantee of future performance. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. which reflect our opinions only as of the date of this presentation. Please keep in mind that we are not obligating ourselves to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements in light of new information or future events. Throughout today's discussion, we will attempt to present some important factors relating to our business that may affect our predictions. Unless otherwise specified, All information provided on this call is as of today's date and we undertake no duty to update such information. For a more complete discussion of these factors and other risks, you should review our quarterly annual reports and other documents and disclosures on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov. At this time, I'll turn the call over to Prenetics Chief Executive Officer Danny Young. Please go ahead, sir.
Thank you, and good morning, everyone. The third quarter of 2025 marks the defining moment for Prenetics and for IMA, our flagship health and longevity brand co-founded by David Beckham. As you may know, Prenetics has actually been public for several years now. However, this is actually the first time we're hosting a quarterly earnings call. And the reason being, quite frankly, there was not much data we could point to as we were in the process of a complete transformation of our business. But now, given our sharpened focus on IMH and its extraordinary growth trajectory, we felt now was the right moment to begin engaging with investors on a more regular cadence. You know, for myself personally, I spent my whole career building category-defining companies. This is actually my fourth company started from the ground up. My previous company was actually acquired by Groupon in Asia, and I led that company to being the largest e-commerce-directed consumer company in the region. After I left Groupon, I started Prenetics roughly about 11 years ago as a DNA testing company. When COVID hit, we pivoted to serving PCR testing for the community, and in just those three years alone from 2020 to 2023, we generated over $800 million in revenue. And what that shows us is our ability to execute and execute at scale. And as I wrote recently in my published manifesto, I believe execution is repeatable. It's really about identifying inflection points early and building disciplined systems that convert vision into measurable results. And what we're building with IME is exactly that. I do believe this is a once in lifetime opportunity to create a new category at the intersection of health and wealth. I believe IM8 can be one of the world's biggest health and longevity brands in the world and to achieve 1 billion annual revenue by 2030. While that number sounds ambitious, think about what we just achieved in the last nine months. We just hit 100 million annual recurring revenue in the last 11 months, the first time that's ever been done in the history of the supplement industry on a global basis. And we project that we will hit 300 million ARR by the end of 2026. Hence, I believe that's highly, highly realistic for us. Just last month, we've also completed a $44 million strategic funding round, attracting a very world-class group of investors, including Kraken, Exodus, XTEL Pi, as well as the world number one tennis champion, Arena Sabalenka. Together with the divestment of ACT Genomics, Kinetics now holds approximately $122 million in total equity, $82 million in cash, $387 in Bitcoin, valued at approximately $40 million, and zero debt. We believe we have a position of real strength to support accelerating growth. This capital also supports our dual-engine growth model, where IMA is driving the health engine through rapid recurring revenue. and our Bitcoin treasury, in which we have been buying one BTC daily since August 1st, fueling the wealth engine by preserving long-term value. Today, Kinetics is the only mass-anglistic consumer health company integrating Bitcoin into its balance sheet. And naturally, one would ask, why Bitcoin? Because I do believe the future is health and wealth. In my manifesto, I also write that prosperity in the next decade belongs to companies that compound both. Health drives purpose. Wealth provides endurance. Opticon strategy isn't speculation. It's part of a sustainable framework to build enduring shareholder value alongside human well-being. Turning to our Q2 results and IM8, in short, performance has been exceptional. In just 12 months since launch, IMA is on pace to reach 120 million in annualized recurring revenue by December 2025, representing the fastest growth trajectory ever recorded in the global supplements industry, surpassing even leading AI startups. For the third quarter, total revenue surged 568% year-over-year to 23.6 million, driven by IMA's 76% quarterly growth. and expanding international demand. October alone was a record for the brand with $9 million in monthly revenue, up 32% month over month, and on track to exceed $10 million in the month of December. iMate has achieved truly global scale with 420,000 plus customer purchases across 31 countries worldwide. Remarkably, international markets now represent 56.5% of our total revenue, with our top markets being the US, followed by Canada, UK, Australia, and Singapore. This international diversification validates our premium position across diverse markets. We are also now in a unique position to begin introducing key performance indicators to better detect our growth of IMA as well as showing increased transparency into the brand's success. For the third quarter, we have a subscription rate of 80%. So that means any new customer coming into the platform 80% of the time, there's repeatable subscribers. We also have average order value up 36% quarter over quarter to $150. This actually was $110 last quarter. Very importantly, our gross margin is now up to 60% from 52%, so an 8% basis point increase in just one quarter. And lastly, our customer payback period stands at now 3.9 months, inclusive of churn. So what this number means is that we recover our customer acquisition costs in less than four months. Typically, this figure for supplement brands is roughly at 6 to 12 months, and it shows we have very healthy unit economics and can continue to scale our marketing spend. What makes these results even more remarkable is that our growth has been built on essentially one skill, the daily ultimate essentials, and what that product does is basically replaces 16 different supplements in one KC drink. More recently, we just added the Ultimate Longevity, just alone in October, and this product is specifically for slowing down the aging process, targeting the 12 months of aging. When we launched this product last month, this immediately drove our average order value from $110 to $150. And this is 100% DBC, so this 36% increase Demonstrates that people are willing to pay premium prices for science-backed solutions with proven quality and efficacy. What's particularly more exciting is also our clear trajectory towards break-even and profitability. Our adjusted EBITDA loss has improved dramatically from 6.5 million in Q1 to 4.1 million in Q2. and now to just 2.1 million in Q3. Now this trend demonstrates we could be profitable if we chose to, but given the immense global opportunity, we're strategically choosing to scale even more aggressively. We believe speed is the ultimate advantage. We've built an AI-optimized organization capable of iterating, testing, and scaling faster than incumbents can react. That's how we've been able to reach 120 million ARR run rate in under a year, something that typically takes other brands three to four years. This will mean that IMA for foliar 2025 will exceed 60 million in revenue, and we are projecting 180 to 200 million in foliar revenue for 2026. This means by the end of 2026, monthly revenues will be $25 million, $300 million in annual recurring revenue in the end of 2026 and heading into 2027, right? And keep in mind, this is only for the Ionate brand, not for any of our other business units. And to put our growth in perspective, we're following a very similar growth trajectory to HIMSS and FIRST. which grew from 148 million to over 2 billion in just the last five years. With the global supplements market value at over 700 billion by 2030, according to Grandview research, we're still in the very early stages of capturing our addressable market. What gives me confidence in these projections is the quality of data that we now have. With three full quarters of IMA data, And the data is very clear and compelling. We believe we have the flywheel now. In parallel and importantly, we've also initiated a strategic reveal of non-core assets, being Europa Sports, Circle DNA, and Insighta, following a successful 72 million sale of ACG genomics. In fact, we are in the closing stages for the divestment of Europa, and we'll make an announcement in the coming weeks. This focus reflects another theme from the manifesto, execution over ideology. We're simplifying our structure to channel every resource we have toward our highest margin and our highest velocity growth engine that is Ionate. Our partnerships with David Beckham, co-founder of Ionate, and Irina Sabalenka, world number one tennis player, have given us global visibility few competitors can match. Behind the scenes, our scientific advisory board comprising of 11 world-class experts from institutions like the Mayo Clinic, Cedars-Sinai, anchors our brand in credibility and innovation. IMA is 100% direct-to-consumer brand, and the data-driven DTC model gives us deep retention insight and marketing efficiency that compounds over time. Krenetics is not just scaling. We believe we're building a new class of consumer company defined by execution discipline, scientific credibility, and financial innovation. With $82 million in cash, $40 million in Bitcoin, our 35% stake in Insight have valued at $70 million based upon $0.10 investment, and a conservative $380 million valuation for the Iron Maid business Our net asset value approaches $572 million, or approximately $34 per share. I'm confident, though, that in the coming years, we will become the multibillion-dollar company I envision, helping millions of people around the world with science-backed solutions for optimal health and longevity. With that, I'll turn the call over to our CFO, Steven Lo, to walk through the financials in more detail.
Thank you Danny, and good morning everyone. We are pleased to report a record third quarter that underscores the operational strength and scalability of our business model. Now Danny just now touched on most of the financial highlights. There are a few items I want to address before turning the call over to the operator for questions. Beginning with the improvement in our adjusted EBITDA. The improving adjusted EBITDA trends from 6.5 million loss in Q1, when we still had loss-making ACD genomics, down to 2.1 million in the third quarter. This demonstrates our operational leverage and clear path to profitability. After the October funding round and ACD genomics disposal, cash has increased to about 80 million and Bitcoin holdings to 387 BTC, That's worth approximately $41 million. What this means is that we have approximately $120 million in total liquidity and no debt. This liquidity gives us the flexibility to scale IM8 globally, invest in marketing, and continue Bitcoin accumulation under our dual engine framework. We also have the luxury of choosing growth over short-term profitability, allowing us to capture maximum market share during this critical scaling phase. As IMH continues to drive both scale and margin expansion, we can reinforce its leadership as a core growth engine. We also have positioned ourselves to reaffirm a full-year 2025 revenue guidance of 90 to 100 million, with IMH expecting to be approximately 60 million. For 2026, we expect IMB revenue to be between 180 to 200 million, driven by continued international expansion, new products, and enhanced brand activation. Our focus remains on scaling efficiently, expanding margins, and maintaining financial discipline. As Danny mentioned, the third quarter was another quarter of strong execution and strategic progress. positioning kinetics for sustained value creation into 2026 and beyond. Thank you, everyone, for joining us today. Operator, please open the line for questions.
Thank you. We would now like to turn to a few pre-submitted questions from the audience. Danny, the 3.9-month payback period is impressive for the supplement industry. Can you walk us through how this metric has evolved since launch and what gives you confidence this can be maintained as you scale marketing spend globally?
Yes. Thank you. Yes. So we've been very happy about payback period of 3.9 months. And that's what put this in the perspective. You guys look at even, you know, this whole year from HIMSS and HRSS, right? And that's a company that we really look up to, you know, just given a large day yard or a $10 billion market cap company. You know, their payback period is roughly 12 months time. And how do we calculate payback period, right? So basically we're taking into consideration our cost of customer acquisition and how long does it take for us to recoup the customer acquisition based upon our gross margins, right? So that's where we get 3.9 months. In terms of How it's evolved, basically when we started out, it was roughly about four to five months. By now, I think we've been able to gain marketing efficiencies. We have much more data. So given that this trend is actually going down in terms of the payback period, and given how competitors are having annual from six to 12 months, Even at the worst case, let's say our payback period is five to six months, we're still within great range of how large companies such as him and hers are viewing this payback period as, again, one of the most critical figures or metrics that any DTC company is looking at today.
You mentioned 56.5% of revenue now comes from international markets across 41 countries. Which geographies are showing the strongest growth, and how do you think about the TAM expansion opportunity as you scale into new markets in 2026?
Yeah, this is a good question, right? So I think when we started, you know, basically we launched IMA back in December. You know, when we first started, I think the first two to three months, we're actually hovering roughly about 70% U.S. markets. Right? And then so this actually has gotten down to roughly right now 46.5% for the U.S. and then 55.5% for international. What this means is that we've, in such a short amount of time, basically in the last 11, 12 months, we went from zero to a global brand that's serving 31 countries. And when we say 31 countries, this is a global market opportunity. And we're thinking that we're, the total addressable market is over $700 billion. So this means we're very well positioned to grow in many, many of these markets. And we're seeing a lot of growth from around the world. As mentioned, U.S. is number one. Canada is growing. We have Europe growing. The Middle East is growing. Southeast Asia, Singapore, Hong Kong is growing. So we're seeing growth pretty much across the board in every market that we're operating in.
Danny, you just completed a $44 million raise and now you have $122 million in total liquidity with zero debt. Given IM8's rapid growth trajectory and your 2026 target of $180 to $200 million in revenue, do you anticipate needing additional capital to fund this expansion?
Yeah, great question, right? So, you know, given our current liquidity, you know, we do not expect to need any new capital, you know, to basically fund our expansion. As we mentioned also, you know, this Q3, our adjusted EBITDA loss is just $2.1 million. You know, again, for any DTC brand, yeah basically to be at this position is quite phenomenal so i think we did a lot of work behind the scenes operationally to ensure that a by the end of the first year we can get to break even that's where the metrics and data is pointing to but again now given the global opportunity for expansion wise we're going to look to aggressively grow even further and then also to share the recent equity fundraising, the great beauty about this fundraising is that, you know, there is a 50%, 100% premium warrant. And if we're hitting that share price, you know, basically the first warrant is able to be exercised at $24. And then $32 at a much higher valuation will get additional capital to further fund this growth, right? Because, again, we have very highly ambitious goals where the recent fundraising gives us a lot of operational flexibility to be able to go after growth while at the same time limiting the loss as you can see from our Q2 results. Yes, I think we're in a very strong position from a capital perspective, and we do not expect any immediate fundraising needs.
Thank you. This now concludes our pre-submitted questions. I would now like to turn the floor back over to Danny Young for closing comments.
Thank you, everyone, for joining. Again, this is the first time we've done an investor earnings call. And as I mentioned at the top of the call, you know, the reason why is that we never really had anything that we were really able to shout and be proud of, you know, but I think now we have something phenomenal. And I, you know, I travel quite extensively, but every country I go and I talk to the individuals there locally, and it's amazing how many people around the world currently, you know, are on IMA and make it part of their routine. We're building something very, very special here, and I do believe the market will soon recognize this. But thank you for following along our journey, and I'm sure to be updating everyone in terms of our traction and opportunity ahead of us.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your participation. This does conclude today's teleconference. You may disconnect your lines and have a wonderful day.