MENLO PARK, Calif., March 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sight Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGHT) (“Sight Sciences,” or the “Company”), an eyecare technology company focused on creating innovative solutions intended to transform care and improve patients’ lives, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022 and issued financial guidance for the year ending December 31, 2023.

Recent Financial Highlights

• Generated 2022 total revenue of $71.3 million, an increase of 46% compared to 2021
• Generated fourth quarter 2022 total revenue of $20.5 million, an increase of 40% compared to the prior year period
• Reduced fourth quarter 2022 operating expenses by $3.7 million versus the third quarter of 2022
• Improved total gross margin to 83% in 2022 versus 82% in 2021

Recent Business Highlights

• The number of facilities ordering the OMNI® Surgical System (“OMNI”) increased to 941 in the fourth quarter of 2022 from 913 in the third quarter of 2022, and the installed base of TearCare® System (“TearCare”) facilities grew to 1,042 on December 31, 2022 from 881 on September 30, 2022
• Continued successful introduction of the SION™ Surgical Instrument (“SION”) in over 200 accounts through December 31, 2022
• Announced publications and presentations highlighting the clinical value and expanded use case of OMNI and TearCare:
  • TREY study data published in International Ophthalmology demonstrating strong intraocular pressure (“IOP”) reductions following standalone OMNI procedures in open-angle glaucoma patients with a history of implanted trabecular microbypass stents and glaucoma medication treatment whose IOP was not controlled
  • Independent data presented at the 2022 American Academy of Optometry Meeting showcased the duration of efficacy of a single, first-time dry eye intervention using TearCare. Patients in the study at the Cleveland Clinic exhibited improved dry eye signs and symptoms for more than 12 months
  • Announced partnership with Verana Health, the exclusive data technology partner for the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s IRIS® Registry of real-world data, to study post-surgical outcomes for leading MIGS technologies, including OMNI, iStent Inject® (Glaukos) and Hydrus® Microstent (Alcon), used in combination with cataract surgery in 77,391 patients. Comprehensive plan to present and publish results, including comparative IOP and medication reduction outcomes at one and two years, at multiple medical meetings and in peer reviewed literature in 2023

“We drove strong adoption and increased utilization of all our products to generate substantial revenue growth in 2022,” said Paul Badawi, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sight Sciences. “Our improved fourth quarter 2022 financial results reflected the impact of the operating expense rationalization initiative we began in the third quarter. In 2023, we plan to generate sustainable growth while continuing to improve operating efficiency and maintain strict financial discipline. This will allow us to further exploit the operating leverage we flexed in the fourth quarter.”

Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $20.5 million, an increase of $5.9 million, or 40%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2021. Surgical Glaucoma revenue was $18.8 million, an increase of 35% compared to the prior year period and 10% compared to the third quarter. The growth was primarily driven by an increase in both the number of facilities ordering the OMNI Surgical System and utilization per ordering facility and the first full quarter of commercial activity for SION. Dry Eye revenue was $1.8 million, an increase of 135% from the previous year period and 12% from the third quarter. This growth was primarily driven by an increase in TearCare sales to new customers.

Gross profit for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $16.9 million compared to $12.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2021. Gross margin for the fourth quarter of 2022 was 82%, as compared to 87% in the prior year period. The decrease in gross margin was attributed to product mix and a $0.5 million write-off of legacy components that are no longer required. Excluding the inventory charge, gross margin would have been 85% for the quarter.

Operating expenses were $33.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 representing a 23% increase compared to $27.5 million in the same period the prior year and a 10% decrease compared to $37.6 million for the third quarter of 2022. The year over year increase in operating expenses was primarily driven by additions to personnel and continued investment in research and development (“R&D”) and selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) to support the Company’s growth, including stock-based compensation of $3.2 million compared to $2.0 million in the prior year period. The sequential decrease in operating expenses was primarily driven by targeted reductions in headcount in the third quarter and non-labor cost-optimization initiatives. Operating expenses as a percentage of revenues decreased from 187% in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 165% in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Net loss was $16.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 ($0.35 per share), as compared to $15.9 million in the same prior year period ($0.34 per share).

2022 Financial Results
Revenue for 2022 was $71.3 million, an increase of $22.4 million, or 46%, compared to 2021. Surgical Glaucoma revenue in 2022 was $65.6 million, an increase of 41% compared to the prior year. Dry Eye revenue in 2022 was $5.7 million, an increase of 133% from the previous year.

Gross profit for 2022 was $59.0 million compared to $40.3 million for 2021. Gross margin for 2022 was 83%, as compared to 82% in 2021. The gross margin improvement was attributable mainly to manufacturing cost reductions and increased revenues covering largely fixed allocated labor and manufacturing overhead.

Operating expenses were $142.9 million for 2022 compared to $91.8 million in the prior year, representing a 56% increase. The increase in operating expenses was primarily driven by additions to personnel and continued investment in R&D and SG&A to support the Company’s growth, including stock-based compensation of $13.0 million compared to $5.1 million in the prior year. Operating expenses as a percentage of revenues increased from 188% in 2021 to 200% in 2022.

Net loss was $86.2 million in 2022 ($1.80 per share), as compared to $63.0 million in the prior year ($2.36 per share).

Cash and cash equivalents totaled $185.0 million and total debt was $33.3 million as of December 31, 2022.

2023 Financial Guidance
Sight Sciences projects revenue for the full year 2023 to range from $89 million to $94 million, which represents growth of approximately 25% to 32% compared to 2022.

Conference Call
Sight Sciences’ management team will host a conference call today, March 13, 2023, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Investors interested in listening to the conference call may do so by accessing a live and archived webcast of the event at www.sightsciences.com, on the Investors page in the News & Events section. The webcast will be available for replay for at least 90 days after the event.

About Sight Sciences
Sight Sciences is an eyecare technology company focused on developing and commercializing innovative solutions intended to transform care and improve patients’ lives. Using minimally invasive or non-invasive approaches to target the underlying causes of the world’s most prevalent eye diseases, Sight Sciences seeks to create more effective treatment paradigms that enhance patient care and supplant conventional outdated approaches. The Company’s OMNI® Surgical System is a minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) device indicated to reduce intraocular pressure in adult patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), the world’s leading cause of irreversible blindness. The Company’s TearCare® System is 510(k) cleared for the application of localized heat therapy in adult patients with evaporative dry eye disease due to meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), enabling office-based clearance of gland obstructions by physicians to address the leading cause of dry eye disease. The Company’s SION™ Surgical Instrument is a manually operated device used in ophthalmic surgical procedures to excise trabecular meshwork.

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OMNI® and TearCare® are registered trademarks of Sight Sciences.
SION™ is a trademark of Sight Sciences.
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Investor contact:
Philip Taylor
Gilmartin Group
415.937.5406
Investor.Relations@Sightsciences.com

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