On Feb. 21, diagnostic and research products manufacturer Immunicon (NASDAQ:IMMC) released fourth-quarter earnings for the period ended Dec. 31.

  • Though revenue was up significantly, the company is not really selling many of its diagnostic and research products.
  • The company issued $30 million of convertible subordinated notes and warrants maturing in three years, to purchase 1.5 million shares.
  • In 2007, the company expects instrument revenue to be in a range of $5.75 million to $7 million and combined reagent, consumable, and service revenue to be in the range of $6 million to $7.5 million.
  • The company expects net cash expenditures in the range of $16 million to $18 million for fiscal 2007.

(Figures in thousands, except per-share data)

Income Statement Highlights

Q4 2006

Q4 2005

Change

Sales

$2,982.0

$1,550.0

92.4%

Net Profit

($7,671.0)

($5,661.0)

N/A

EPS

($0.28)

($0.21)

N/A

Diluted Shares

27,664.6

27,536.7

0.5%



Get back to basics with a look at the income statement.

Margin Checkup

Q4 2006

Q4 2005

Change*

Gross Margin

(11.2%)

33.9%

(45.1)

Operating Margin

(206.4%)

(383.4%)

176.9

Net Margin

(257.2%)

(365.2%)

108.0

*Expressed in percentage points.

Margins are the earnings engine. See how they work.

Balance Sheet Highlights

Assets

Q4 2006

Q4 2005

Change

Cash + ST Invest.

$51,533

$42,594

21.0%

Accounts Rec.

$1,402

$825

69.9%

Inventory

$3,966

$3,223

23.1%



Liabilities

Q4 2006

Q4 2005

Change

Accounts Payable

$1,743

$938

85.8%

Long-Term Debt

$22,569

$3,115

624.5%



Learn the ways of the balance sheet.

Cash Flow Highlights
A statement of cash flows was not provided. Boo!

Find out why Fools always follow the money.

Related Companies:

  • Nanogen (NASDAQ:NGEN)
  • Affymetrix (NASDAQ:AFFX)
  • Varian (NASDAQ:VARI)
  • Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN)

Related Foolishness:

Affymetrix is a Rule Breakers recommendation. You can find out why with a 30-day free trial of the newsletter.

Fool by Numbers is designed to give you the raw earnings information in a timely fashion, putting all the numbers you need in one easy-to-read place. But at The Motley Fool, we believe numbers tell only part of the story, so check Fool.com for more of our in-depth discussion of what the numbers mean. This data has been provided by Netscribes. To provide feedback on this article, please click on the "feedback" button below.