23andMe Co-Founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017 at Pier 48 on September 19, 2017 in San Francisco, California.
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Shares of 23andMe closed down 13% on Thursday, a day after the genetic testing company reported dismal fiscal third-quarter results and discussed splitting itself in two to help juice its stock price.
23andMe posted revenue of $45 million for the quarter, down from $67 million in the same period last year. The company said its net loss for the quarter was $278 million, or 58 cents a share, which is wider than the net loss of $92 million, or 20 cents per share, it reported in the year-ago quarter.
The stock closed at around 63 cents on Thursday.
In November, 23andMe received a deficiency letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department giving the company 180 days to bring its share price back above $1, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. If 23andMe fails to comply, it will be delisted from the exchange.
During 23andMe’s quarterly call with investors, co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki said the company is considering splitting up its consumer and therapeutics businesses to help expand its investor base.
“We have not made any definitive decisions about what we are going to do, but there [are] definitely opportunities and things that we are exploring with potentially having therapeutics be independent versus consumer,” she said.
Founded in 2006, 23andMe exploded in popularity because of its at-home DNA testing kits that give consumers insights into their ancestry and genetic profiles. The five-time CNBC Disruptor 50 company went public in 2021 via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, a deal that valued 23andMe at around $3.5 billion.
Wojcicki, former spouse of Google founder Sergey Brin, briefly reached billionaire status after the IPO, landing spots on Forbes’ “Power Women” and “America’s Self-Made Women” lists.
But 23andMe has struggled to generate…
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