BioLife Is Cleaning Ship

Shareholders Unite
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(8min)

Summary

  • BioLife was overextended on acquisitions, leading to margin compression and dilution of shareholder capital.
  • The company has divested from non-core businesses, focusing on preservation media where it is a market leader.
  • Improved financial results include gross margin expansion, lower OpEx, and increased revenue guidance, driven by growth in the Cell Processing business.
  • While it's a long-term growth stock and a market-leading company, valuation is fairly steep and much of the turn-around seems priced in already, so the upside is likely to be modest near-term.
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BioLife Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLFS) was overextended on acquisitions, some of which didn't work out, and it led to margin compression and dilution of shareholder capital.

However, the company has divested from Sterling and will divest from the

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