ImmuCell Corporation reports 18% increase in Q2 2025 sales, addressing backlog and focusing on production capacity growth.
Quiver AI Summary
ImmuCell Corporation, a company focused on animal health products for dairy and beef cattle, announced its preliminary, unaudited sales results for the second quarter of 2025, revealing a significant increase in sales across various time frames compared to the same periods in 2024. Total sales for the three-month period reached $6.4 million, an 18% rise, while six-month sales climbed to $14.5 million, up 14%. The company has successfully reduced its order backlog and improved product availability to meet customer demand, transitioning its commercial efforts towards new business opportunities. President and CEO Michael F. Brigham noted plans to expand production capacity further and mentioned the initiation of market testing for a new product, Re-Tain®, during the latter half of 2025. The company is also addressing regulatory pathways for product approvals while maintaining a focus on long-term growth and sustainability of its First Defense® product line. A conference call is scheduled for August 15, 2025, for further discussion on these financial results.
Potential Positives
- ImmuCell reported significant year-over-year sales growth across all key periods, with an 18% increase in total sales for the second quarter of 2025 compared to 2024.
- The company successfully reduced its order backlog to under $100,000, down from approximately $3.4 million, indicating improved capacity to meet customer demand.
- Investments to increase production capacity are set to continue, with plans for additional investment that could raise capacity to over $40 million annually, positioning the company for further growth in the North American dairy and beef markets.
- Initiating Investigational Product use of Re-Tain® demonstrates the company's commitment to innovation and market responsiveness while using existing inventory effectively.
Potential Negatives
- The company noted that clearing inspectional observations at the facilities of its contract manufacturer remains a critical path constraint to New Animal Drug Application (NADA) approval, indicating potential delays in gaining necessary regulatory approvals.
- Despite a reported increase in sales, the company warns that the replenishment of inventory may only result in one-time volume lifts rather than sustainable growth, which could imply underlying issues with long-term sales projections.
- There is a mention that the new product Re-Tain® is not expected to generate significant revenue or profit, raising concerns about the viability of their new product initiatives.
FAQ
What are the preliminary sales results for ImmuCell in Q2 2025?
ImmuCell reported preliminary sales of $6.4 million, an 18% increase compared to Q2 2024.
How much has ImmuCell increased its production capacity?
ImmuCell has increased production capacity to over $30 million per year, with plans for an additional 33% increase.
What new product is ImmuCell testing in 2025?
ImmuCell is initiating Investigational Product use of Re-Tain® to assess market acceptance for treating subclinical mastitis.
How did ImmuCell decrease its order backlog?
ImmuCell reduced its order backlog to under $100,000 by meeting current customer demand and rebuilding distribution inventories.
When will ImmuCell hold a conference call to discuss financial results?
ImmuCell plans to host a conference call on August 15, 2025, at 9:00 AM ET to discuss Q2 2025 results.
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Full Release
PORTLAND, Maine, July 09, 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 preliminary, unaudited sales results for the second quarter of 2025.
Since the first quarter of 2020, the Company has been providing a preliminary look at its unaudited top line results soon after the close of the quarter. The Company expects to continue providing this prompt, preliminary report on product sales until further notice going forward.
Preliminary, Unaudited Total Sales Results:
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2025 | 2024 | $ Increase | % Increase | ||
During the Three-Month Periods Ended June 30, | $6.4 million | $5.5 million | $972,000 | 18% | |
During the Six-Month Periods Ended June 30, | $14.5 million | $12.7 million | $1.8 million | 14% | |
During the Nine-Month Periods Ended June 30, | $22.3 million | $17.8 million | $4.4 million | 25% | |
During the Twelve-Month Periods Ended June 30, | $28.3 million | $23.2 million | $5.1 million | 22% |
As displayed in the table above, product sales increased by 18%, 14%, 25% and 22% during the three-month, six-month, nine-month and twelve-month periods ended June 30, 2025 in comparison to the same periods ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
With increased production output, the Company has now met current customer demand and reduced the order backlog to under $100,000 as of June 30, 2025, which largely reflects normal timing differences between order dates and shipment dates and is down from approximately $3.4 million as of May 6, 2025. The recent sales pace reflects, in part, the replenishment of the distribution pipeline following an extended period during which product supply fell short of demand. During that time, distributors operated with minimal to no buffer inventory stock. Now that distribution inventories have been rebuilt, the Company is back to shipping within one week of order receipt. As a result, the Company’s commercial team has transitioned its focus from managing product allocations to pursuing new business and re-engaging customers affected during the period of short supply.
“Our investments to increase production capacity to over $30 million per year were challenging and did take longer than we had planned. We are now evaluating incremental liquid processing and freeze-drying investments to increase capacity by an additional 33% to approximately $40 million or more to capitalize on potential demand growth in the North American dairy and beef markets,” commented Michael F. Brigham, President and CEO of ImmuCell. “Although buffer stock replenishment and backlog depletion may result in one-time lifts in volume, our teams remain focused on the sustainable, long-term growth of the First Defense ® product line.”
As previously disclosed by the Company, the Company is initiating Investigational Product use of Re-Tain ® to test market acceptance of the product over the last six months of 2025. This exciting initiative reflects the innovative nature of this novel product and its safety profile and allows us to utilize available inventory before shelf-life expiration to collect critical product performance data. This opportunity is not, however, expected to generate significant revenue or profit. The Company made its Non-Administrative New Animal Drug Application (NADA) submission, that included its fourth submission of the CMC Technical Section, together with the minor technical sections covering All Other Information and Product Labeling during early January of 2025. Clearing inspectional observations at the facilities of the Company’s contract manufacturer is still the critical path constraint to NADA approval.
Conference Call:
The Company is planning to host a conference call on Friday, August 15, 2025, at 9:00 AM ET to discuss the unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. Interested parties can access the conference call by dialing (844) 855-9502 (toll free) or (412) 317-5499 (international) at 9:00 AM ET. A teleconference replay of the call will be available until August 22, 2025, at (877) 344-7529 (toll free) or (412) 317-0088 (international), utilizing replay access code #5659118. Investors are encouraged to review the Company’s Corporate Presentation slide deck that provides an overview of the Company’s business and is available under the “Investors” tab of the Company’s website at
www.immucell.com
, or by request to the Company. An updated version of the slide deck is expected to be made available after the market closes on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
About ImmuCell:
ImmuCell Corporation's (
Nasdaq: ICCC
) purpose is to create scientifically proven and practical products that improve the health and productivity of dairy and beef cattle. ImmuCell manufactures and markets
First Defense
®
, providing
Immediate Immunity
™ to newborn dairy and beef calves, and is in the late stages of developing
Re-Tain
®
, a novel treatment for subclinical mastitis in dairy cows without FDA-required milk discard or pre-slaughter withdrawal label restrictions that provides an alternative to traditional antibiotics. Press releases and other information about the Company are available at:
http://www.immucell.com
.
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 contain “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
®
by dairy producers; growth in acceptance of our
First Defense
®
product line by dairy and beef producers; 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 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; anticipated changes in our manufacturing capabilities and efficiencies; our future effectiveness in competing against competitors within both our existing and our anticipated product markets; and any other statements that are not historical facts. These statements are intended to provide management's current expectations 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
®
product line and
Re-Tain
®
), 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 Securities and Exchange Commission (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.
Contacts: |
Michael F. Brigham, President and CEO
Timothy C. Fiori, CFO ImmuCell Corporation (207) 878-2770 |
Joe Diaz, Robert Blum and Joe Dorame
Lytham Partners, LLC (602) 889-9700 [email protected] |