We feel now is a pretty good time to analyse GeneDx Holdings Corp.'s (NASDAQ:WGS) business as it appears the company may be on the cusp of a considerable accomplishment. GeneDx Holdings Corp., a genomics company, provides personalized and actionable health insights to inform diagnosis, direct treatment, and improve drug discovery. The US$2.1b market-cap company’s loss lessened since it announced a US$176m loss in the full financial year, compared to the latest trailing-twelve-month loss of US$83m, as it approaches breakeven. The most pressing concern for investors is GeneDx Holdings' path to profitability – when will it breakeven? In this article, we will touch on the expectations for the company's growth and when analysts expect it to become profitable.
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Consensus from 6 of the American Healthcare analysts is that GeneDx Holdings is on the verge of breakeven. They expect the company to post a final loss in 2025, before turning a profit of US$15m in 2026. So, the company is predicted to breakeven approximately 2 years from today. What rate will the company have to grow year-on-year in order to breakeven on this date? Using a line of best fit, we calculated an average annual growth rate of 94%, which is extremely buoyant. If this rate turns out to be too aggressive, the company may become profitable much later than analysts predict.
Given this is a high-level overview, we won’t go into details of GeneDx Holdings' upcoming projects, though, bear in mind that typically a high growth rate is not out of the ordinary, particularly when a company is in a period of investment.
One thing we’d like to point out is that The company has managed its capital prudently, with debt making up 25% of equity. This means that it has predominantly funded its operations from equity capital, and its low debt obligation reduces the risk around investing in the loss-making company.
There are too many aspects of GeneDx Holdings to cover in one brief article, but the key fundamentals for the company can all be found in one place – GeneDx Holdings' company page on Simply Wall St. We've also put together a list of key factors you should further research:
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