Microbix Biosystems (TSE:MBX) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

Microbix Biosystems (TSE:MBX) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported C($0.01) earnings per share for the quarter, FiscalAI reports. Microbix Biosystems had a return on equity of 12.65% and a net margin of 13.86%.The business had revenue of C$4.22 million for the quarter.

Here are the key takeaways from Microbix Biosystems’ conference call:

• Reported sequential revenue improvement to CAD 4.2 million in Q1 (up 13% QoQ) and said results were in line with budget expectations.
• Recorded a controlled net loss the company stated as CAD 1.2 billion, citing use of substantial cash reserves and a temporary working-capital timing impact from higher accounts receivable at quarter end.
• Announced new customer programs including support for SEKISUI (US), CGene (Mexico) and the College of American Pathologists, and commercialized a recombinant SARS‑CoV‑2 capsid antigen to strengthen supply chain and margins.
• Sales into China remain very low due to distributor/inventory dynamics, with the company expecting any meaningful resumption likely in late summer to early fall.
• Urokinase modernization work (replacement of animal components with synthetic/recombinant inputs) is progressing and the company targets an sBLA/approval pathway around late 2027, but timing remains regulator-dependent.

Microbix Biosystems Stock Down 2.2%

Shares of TSE:MBX opened at C$0.23 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 7.15, a quick ratio of 5.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 22.61. The firm has a market cap of C$31.23 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -14.06 and a beta of 0.15. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is C$0.23 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$0.25. Microbix Biosystems has a 12-month low of C$0.21 and a 12-month high of C$0.55.

About Microbix Biosystems

Microbix develops proprietary biological technology solutions for human health and well-being, with about 90 skilled employees and sales growing from a base of over $1 million per month. It makes a wide range of critical biological materials for the global diagnostics industry, notably antigens for immunoassays and its laboratory quality assessment products that support clinical lab proficiency testing, assay development and validation, or clinical lab workflows.