Beta Bionics, Inc. (BBNX)
SIC breadcrumb: Manufacturing > SIC Major Group 38 > SIC 3841 Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus
SEC company page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1674632. Latest filing source: 0001193125-26-067065.
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At a glance
- Revenue
- 100,251,000 USD verified
- Net income
- -73,200,000 USD verified
- Assets
- 328,743,000 USD verified
- Free cash flow
- -56,222,000 USD computed
- Net margin
- -73.02% computed
- Operating margin
- -71.50% computed
- Revenue YoY
- +53.94% computed
- ROE
- -25.45% computed
Peer & cluster context
Peer percentile fingerprint
Percentile = share of the N covered peers reporting that ratio whose value is lower (ties counted half); computed among grepcent-covered companies in SIC industry 3841 Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus, not the whole market. A higher percentile means a higher value of the ratio, not a better company. Ratios with fewer than 8 reporting peers are omitted. Latest reported values per company; fiscal periods may differ. Descriptive arithmetic - not a score, rating, or ranking.
Selected Fundamentals
| Metric | Value | Unit | FY | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 100,251,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-24 |
| Net income | -73,200,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-24 |
| Assets | 328,743,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-24 |
Financials
Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-02-24. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001674632.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.
| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 11,995,000 | 65,124,000 | 100,251,000 | |
| Net income | -44,099,000 | -54,756,000 | -73,200,000 | |
| Operating income | -35,850,000 | -45,251,000 | -71,681,000 | |
| Gross profit | 6,308,000 | 35,888,000 | 55,537,000 | |
| Diluted EPS | -8.31 | -8.60 | -1.81 | |
| Operating cash flow | -32,445,000 | -48,273,000 | -50,925,000 | |
| Capital expenditures | 402,000 | 3,395,000 | 5,297,000 | |
| Assets | 110,040,000 | 149,645,000 | 328,743,000 | |
| Liabilities | 51,432,000 | 73,632,000 | 41,133,000 | |
| Stockholders' equity | -170,034,000 | -203,105,000 | -245,360,000 | 287,610,000 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 26,566,000 | 30,432,000 | 31,576,000 | |
| Free cash flow | -32,847,000 | -51,668,000 | -56,222,000 |
Ratios
| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -84.08% | -73.02% | ||
| Operating margin | -69.48% | -71.50% | ||
| Return on equity | -25.45% | |||
| Return on assets | -40.08% | -36.59% | -22.27% | |
| Liabilities / equity | 0.14 | |||
| Current ratio | 9.77 | 6.29 | 8.66 |
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Financial Bridges
Income statement bridge from reported figures
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Financial Charts
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As-reported value updates
Quarterly
Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-07-29. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001674632.json.
| Quarter | End Date | Revenue | Net Income | Diluted EPS | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 2025-03-31 | 17,639,000 | -28,656,000 | -0.93 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q2 | 2025-06-30 | 23,238,000 | -16,869,000 | -0.39 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q3 | 2025-09-30 | 27,253,000 | -14,209,000 | -0.33 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q4 | 2025-12-31 | 32,121,000 | -13,466,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2026-Q1 | 2026-03-31 | 27,626,000 | -21,895,000 | -0.49 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2026-Q2 | 2026-06-30 | 32,013,000 | -23,403,000 | -0.53 | reported discrete quarter |
Quarterly Charts
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Business
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Latest quarter (10-Q)
Latest 10-Q source: 0001193125-26-323777.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our unaudited condensed financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, our financial statements and the related notes thereto for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 and the related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, which are contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 filed with the SEC. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, including information with respect to our planned investments in our research and development, sales and marketing and general and administrative functions, and our current plans and strategy for our business and related financing, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, including those factors set forth in the section titled “Risk Factors,” our actual results could differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis. You should carefully read the section titled “Risk Factors” and “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in both our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and in this Quarterly Report to gain an understanding of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our forward-looking statements. Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this Quarterly Report to the “Company,”“we,” “us” and “our” refer to Beta Bionics, Inc.
Overview
We are a commercial-stage medical device company engaged in the design, development, and commercialization of innovative solutions to improve the health and quality of life of insulin-requiring people with diabetes (PWD) by utilizing advanced adaptive closed-loop algorithms to simplify and improve the treatment of their disease. Diabetes is a chronic condition that requires ongoing insulin management, and despite advances in care, many PWD continue to struggle to achieve optimal outcomes. Despite decades of innovation, a significant unmet need remains. Our product, the iLet, is the first insulin delivery device cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to utilize adaptive closed-loop algorithms to autonomously determine every insulin dose without requiring a user to count carbohydrate intake. We believe this represents a significant advancement over currently available insulin delivery options by offering a differentiated combination of improved glycemic control and a simplified experience for users and caregivers.
The iLet was specifically designed to provide improvements in glycemic control relative to currently available treatment options, such as insulin pumps, including partially automated insulin delivery (AID) systems (also known as hybrid closed-loop systems), and multiple daily injections (MDI), also reducing the complexity and burden of achieving these improved results for PWD. It is enabled by adaptive closed-loop algorithms that continuously learn each person’s unique and ever-changing insulin requirements and then autonomously delivers the correct insulin doses every five minutes throughout the day and night. Only the user’s body weight is required for device initialization and the autonomous determination of all insulin doses, unlike insulin pumps and hybrid closed-loop systems, which require a complex host of parameters to configure.
Our initial commercialization efforts for the iLet are in type 1 diabetes (T1D), an indication for which we received FDA clearance in patients six and older in May 2023, in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are approximately 1.9 million people with T1D currently in the United States, all of whom require daily insulin replacement to manage their disease. We believe that one of the principal causes of suboptimal outcomes as it relates to disease management is the complexity of the user experience with most currently available insulin pumps and hybrid closed-loop systems, which has kept the majority of PWD from adopting them despite the improved disease management they can offer. We believe that approximately one-third of people with T1D in the United States utilize insulin pumps or hybrid closed-loop systems to receive their daily insulin, while the majority receive their daily insulin via MDI, which is less complex, but often less effective, and has been shown to be associated with higher HbA1c levels. Our initial commercial results suggest that the iLet’s value proposition is resonating strongly within the MDI population as approximately 69% and 71% of the iLet’s adoption during the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, came from PWD who were previously utilizing MDI.
We have also partnered with Dexcom and Abbott—global leaders in popular and easy to use iCGM technology—to integrate the iLet with the Dexcom G6 and G7 iCGMs and with Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) sensor. Use of the iLet requires the independent purchase of a compatible third-party iCGM to provide real-time data to the iLet user.
The iLet requires the use of single-use products, which we sell separately to our customers. These single-use products include cartridges for storing and delivering insulin, as well as infusion sets. These single-use products are generally recommended to be disposed of entirely every 2-3 days, or as directed by a healthcare provider. We also offer a mobile application that receives information from the iLet and displays that information discreetly to the user. This intuitive mobile application delivers real-time glucose readings, trends and graphs, with data securely stored in the cloud.
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To maximize the commercial value of the iLet opportunity, we have assembled a team across our organization with broad experience in the successful commercialization of innovative technologies in the field of diabetes disease management. We are promoting sales of the iLet through an internal sales organization focused on high-volume endocrinology practices in the United States and may expand to primary care physicians (PCP) over time. We believe that the iLet’s core value proposition of marrying effective glycemic control with the simplicity of use that is brought about by adaptive closed-loop algorithm insulin-dose determination may resonate particularly well among PCP who do not have the subspecialty-level of expertise, the resources, or the clinical bandwidth that is needed to initiate insulin-pump or hybrid closed-loop therapy or for the continual demand (such as adjustments at quarterly visits) those systems place on clinical practices in follow-on care.
Our primary customers are distributors and pharmacies who sell the iLet and single-use products that are used together with the iLet. PWD acquire our products through the DME channel and the PBP channel. Currently, the majority of our new patient starts are reimbursed through the DME channel.
We are pursuing a multi-channel coverage and reimbursement strategy to maximize access to the iLet within the T1D population, provide flexibility for PWD in choosing their device and provide PWD with advantageous coverage and reimbursement terms. We are working with payors to establish coverage and reimbursement under both the DME and PBP channels as we believe this strategy increases access and optimizes the potential for better medical outcomes for PWD through the adoption of the iLet.
The durable medical equipment (DME) and pharmacy benefit plans (PBP) reimbursement channels for the iLet and its single-use products entail different payment outlays and therefore differentially impact PWD and our financial results. DME reimbursement requires the user and insurance carrier to make a large, upfront payment and reimbursement, respectively, for the iLet, which is typically in the thousands of dollars.
By contrast, PBP reimbursement requires the user and insurance carrier to make a small upfront payment and reimbursement, respectively, for the iLet, allowing for a potentially higher rate of adoption by PWD. The insurance carrier then makes larger reimbursement payments for the purchase of single-use products, with the user’s payments for the single-use products being generally consistent with what the user would likely pay for single-use products in DME reimbursement. As a result, we recognize a small amount of revenue at or around the date the iLet is sold in the PBP channel and we absorb initial negative gross margin. iLet sales in the PBP channel are generally expected to then start generating cumulative positive gross margin for us following the third month the user utilizes the iLet and continues to purchase single-use products. For the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, PBP channel sales represented 37% and 21% of net sales, respectively.
When considering the overall economics over the lifetime of each iLet, sales through the DME channel generally result in higher upfront cash flows from the large upfront payment and reimbursement for the iLet, but lead to lower cash flows over time as the user purchases the necessary single-use products. By contrast, sales through the PBP channel generally result in lower upfront cash flows from the small payment and reimbursement for the iLet, but lead to higher cash flows over time as the user purchases the necessary single-use products. This reflects differences in both the upfront device economics and the pricing of recurring single-use products across channels. When comparing sales through the DME and PBP channels, we expect sales through the PBP channel will have a more favorable economic impact on our financial results over the expected life of the iLet, which we generally expect to be four years. As such, our current strategic priority is to direct demand to the PBP reimbursement channel.
In addition to our commercialized product and to maintain our competitive position in the marketplace, we intend to continue investing in disruptive technologies through our experienced research and development team. We are developing Mint, a next-generation, tubeless insulin patch pump designed to provide the same adaptive closed-loop automation of the iLet in a discreet, wearable format. The device features a two-part design, including a reusable controller that houses the electronics and adaptive algorithm paired with a disposable cartridge. The system will be waterproof, smartphone-controlled through iOS and Android applications, and designed for efficient large-scale manufacturing with reduced environmental waste. We expect Mint to expand the addressable insulin delivery market, particularly among people seeking a tubeless form factor reimbursed through the pharmacy channel. Subject to receiving FDA 510(k) clearance as an alternate controller enabled (ACE) pump, we expect to fully commercialize Mint by the end of the second quarter of 2027.
We are also in the early stages of developing a first-of-its-kind bihormonal system of the iLet, which combines automated delivery of insulin and glucagon, the BG-raising hormone that protects against low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, with adaptive closed-loop algorithms where all doses of both hormones are autonomously determined. As part of our development plans, in September 2025, we completed a clinical trial in Canada assessing the pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of our glucagon product candidate (also referred to as the glucagon asset, and referred to herein as the PK-PD Trial). The completion of the PK-PD Trial enables us to bridge our previous bihormonal clinical d
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Latest 10-K MD&A (excerpt)
Latest 10-K Item 7 source: 0001193125-26-067065. The complete FY 2025 MD&A is published at /company/BBNX/mda/fy2025/.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (Annual Report). Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Annual Report, including information with respect to our planned investments in our research and development, sales and marketing and general administrative functions, and our current plans and strategy for our business and related financing, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, including those factors set forth in the section titled “Risk Factors,” our actual results could differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis. You should carefully read the section titled “Risk Factors” to gain an understanding of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our forward-looking statements. Please also see the section titled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
Overview
We are a commercial-stage medical device company engaged in the design, development, and commercialization of innovative solutions to improve the health and quality of life of insulin-requiring people with diabetes (PWD) by utilizing advanced adaptive closed-loop algorithms to simplify and improve the treatment of their disease. Diabetes is a chronic condition that requires ongoing insulin therapy, and suboptimal glycemic control remains common despite advances in treatment technologies. Our product, the iLet, is the first insulin delivery device cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to utilize adaptive closed-loop algorithms to autonomously determine every insulin dose without requiring users to count carbohydrate intake. We believe this represents a significant advancement over currently available insulin delivery options by combining improved glycemic control with a simplified user experience.
The iLet was designed to provide improved glycemic control relative to currently available treatment options, such as insulin pumps, partially automated insulin delivery systems, and multiple daily injections (MDI), while reducing the workload associated with achieving these outcomes. It uses adaptive closed-loop algorithms that learn each person’s unique and changing insulin requirements and autonomously deliver the appropriate insulin dose every five minutes throughout the day and night. Only the user’s body weight is required for initialization, unlike traditional pump and hybrid closed-loop systems that require numerous user-defined parameters. These adaptive algorithms eliminate the need to manually adjust pump settings or calculate meal and correction doses, which we believe makes the iLet easier to initiate and use than other available systems.
Our initial commercialization efforts for the iLet are in type 1 diabetes (T1D), an indication for which we received FDA clearance in patients six and older in May 2023, in the United States. T1D is an autoimmune disorder that often develops during childhood or adolescence, but can occur at any age, and arises from a person’s immune system attacking and destroying the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are approximately 1.9 million people with T1D currently in the United States, all of whom require daily insulin replacement to manage their disease. We believe that one of the principal causes of suboptimal outcomes as it relates to disease management is the complexity of the user experience with most currently available insulin pumps and hybrid closed-loop systems, which has kept the majority of PWD from adopting them despite the improved disease management they can offer. These systems require PWD to set and to periodically adjust several insulin pump parameters, to quantify daily carbohydrate intake, and to frequently calculate proper doses of insulin for their pump to deliver. We believe this complexity, and the constant engagement that is required in order to enjoy the full therapeutic benefits that these systems can offer, limits their uptake to a subset of PWD and to subspecialty healthcare providers (HCPs). We believe that approximately one-third of people with T1D in the United States utilize insulin pumps or hybrid closed-loop systems to receive their daily insulin, while the majority receive their daily insulin via MDI, which is less complex, but often less effective, and has been shown to be associated with higher HbA1c levels. This is based on our internal estimates factoring epidemiologic data from government and leading industry organizations such as the CDC (to establish the overall size of the T1D population) and industry sales data from public filings and disclosures made by the leading device manufacturers (Medtronic, Tandem and Insulet, who collectively hold approximately 96% market share) and aggregated by third-party data service providers (to provide independent estimates of both overall device penetration of various diabetes populations). Our initial commercial results suggest that the iLet’s value proposition is resonating strongly within
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the MDI population as approximately 70% and 69% of the iLet’s adoption through December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, came from PWD who were previously utilizing MDI.
We have also partnered with Dexcom and Abbott—global leaders in popular and easy to use iCGM technology—to integrate the iLet with the Dexcom G6 and G7 iCGMs and with Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) sensor. An iCGM is a wearable device that works by inserting a small sensor under the skin into fatty tissue and tracks blood sugar levels in real time. The sensor measures glucose levels in the interstitial fluid and sends the information to a receiver, smartphone or insulin pump. The user can view their glucose levels, trends and to what degree their levels are rising or falling. The iCGM is a crucial component of AID systems, and by partnering with these leading global iCGM platforms, we believe we leverage all of the benefits that these CGMs offer in an elegant solution for PWD. Use of the iLet requires the independent purchase of a compatible third-party iCGM to provide real-time data to the iLet user.
The iLet requires the use of single-use products, which we sell separately to our customers. These single-use products include cartridges for storing and delivering insulin, as well as infusion sets that connect the insulin pump to a user’s body. The user fills the cartridge with insulin and inserts it into the iLet. The iLet then administers the insulin from the cartridge to the user’s body through a single-use infusion set. These single-use products are generally recommended to be disposed of entirely every 2-3 days, or as directed by a healthcare provider. We also offer a mobile application that includes a share/follow feature which allows data to be shared in real time with a trusted “Bionic Circle” of friends and family members. The mobile application receives information from the iLet and displays that information discreetly to the user. This user-friendly, intuitive mobile application provides real-time glucose readings, trends and graphs. It also allows for cloud-based data storage.
To maximize the commercial value of the iLet opportunity, we have assembled a team across our organization with broad experience in the successful commercialization of innovative technologies in the field of diabetes disease management. While the iLet can be prescribed by any HCP (primary care physicians (PCP) or subspecialists), we are promoting sales of the iLet through an internal sales organization where our initial direct sales efforts are focused on high volume endocrinology practices in the United States. Over time, we plan to expand into the more diffuse population of patients with T1D who are treated by PCP. Although we continue to analyze the timing related to this expansion, we do not currently have a specific timeline. These PCP treat an estimated one-half of the T1D population in the United States but do so among a much more diversified patient base than the endocrinologists. We believe that the iLet’s core value proposition of marrying effective glycemic control with the simplicity of use that is brought about by adaptive closed-loop algorithm insulin-dose determination may resonate particularly well among PCP who do not have the subspecialty-level of expertise, the resources, or the clinical bandwidth that is needed to initiate insulin-pump or hybrid closed-loop therapy or for the continual demand (such as adjustments at quarterly visits) those systems place on clinical practices in follow-on care.
A key element of our commercialization strategy is educating users and potential users on the use of the iLet. We provide this education primarily through healthcare providers, online resources, and our customer care team. We offer all users with an initial training to provide an overview of the functionalities of our product either through our own clinical diabetes specialists or by contracting with healthcare providers that provide this training directly to the user. These users also receive a reference guide with their initial shipment in addition to access to our customer care team for immediate assistance. Our website also offers numerous resource guides, including frequently asked questions (FAQs), to help all users understand the functionalities and operation of the iLet, available to both current and potential users.
As part of these efforts to educate this community within the United States, we are optimizing our direct sales efforts by growing a community support team called the “Bionic Universe,” which is built around a community of iLet users, caregivers, and key opinion leaders (KOLs) who share their stories to inspire others. The Bionic Universe aims to create a people-focused community dedicated to making diabetes management easier for everyone. This community is designed to facilitate the sharing of experiences and to help members learn more about the iLet. We employ both direct media and social media communication strategies to build the Bionic Universe and leverage feedback from this community to continuously improve both current and future device generations.
Our primary customers are distributors and pharmacies who sell the iLet and single-use products that are used together with the iLet. PWD acquire our products through the DME channel and the PBP channel. Currently, the majority of our new patient starts are reimbursed through the DME channel.
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We are pursuing a multi-channel coverage and reimbursement strategy to maximize access to the iLet within the T1D population, provide flexibility for PWD in choosing their device and provide PWD with advantageous coverage and reimbursement terms. We are working with payors to establish coverage and reimbursement under both the DME and PBP channels as we believe this strategy increases access and optimizes the potential for better medical outcomes for PWD through the adoption of the iLet.
The durable medical equipment (DME) and pharmacy benefit plans (PBP) reimbursement channels for the iLet and its single-use products entail different payment outlays and therefore differentially impact PWD and our financial results. DME reimbursement requires the user and insurance carrier to make a large, upfront payment and reimbursement, respectively, for the iLet, which is typically in the thousands of dollars. In order to use the iLet, the user must purchase our single-use products, which are generally sold in a 30-day
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