—$13 Million in Q2 Revenue, with Solésence Revenue up 44% YOY 
—$1.7 Million in Profit for the First Half of 2024 alongside Record Q2 Profit 
—Record Third Win in a Row at Cosmoprof and Cosmopack North America

ROMEOVILLE, Ill., Aug. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nanophase Technologies Corporation (OTCQB: NANX), a leader in mineral-based and scientifically-driven health care solutions across beauty and life science categories — with innovations that protect skin from environmental aggressors and aid in medical diagnostics — today announced record financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024.

Jess Jankowski, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented: “The efforts we have made in the last half year are continuing to show results as we deliver another profitable quarter. We expect this progress to continue as we build the team needed to sustain our performance.”

Kevin Cureton, Chief Operating Officer, commented: “We are now seeing that our company has the ability to simultaneously grow with our dynamic industry and improve our operational effectiveness. While the journey to becoming a best-in-class development and manufacturing organization has just begun, we are pleased with our progress. We were also both thrilled and humbled to make history this year at the Cosmoprof and Cosmopack North America Awards, when we took home our third consecutive Cosmopack North America Award for Formulation for our Lip Oil SPF 40+. Through the three years of Cosmopack Formulation Awards, we have demonstrated to our industry that SPF-infused beauty can be more aesthetically pleasing and outperform non-SPF products across categories, with a skincare product winning in 2022, a complexion product in 2023, and now a makeup product winning in 2024. The result is that consumers no longer have to choose between protecting their skin and looking their best – through the power of our technology and prowess of our teams, they can have it all!”  

Second Quarter Financial Highlights

• Revenue for the second quarter was $13 million, vs. $11.9 million for the same period in 2023, a 10% increase.

  • Solésence revenue was $11.2 million, vs. $7.8 million for the same period in 2023, a 44% increase.

• Net income was $856,000 for the second quarter, vs. $333,000 for the same period in 2023, a 157% increase. 
  

Six-Month Financial Highlights

• Revenue for the six months ended June 30^th was $22.9 million, vs. $21.3 million for the same period in 2023, a 7% increase.

  • Solésence revenue was $19.3 million, vs. $12.8 million for the same period in 2023, a 51% increase.

• Gross profit for the six months ended June 30^th was $7.3 million, vs $5.8 million for the same period in 2023, a 26% increase.

• Net income for the six months ended June 30^th was $1.7 million, vs. a net loss of $0.8 million for the same period in 2023, a 312% increase.

  • Net income as a percentage of sales was 8% for the period. 
    

Operational Highlights

Solésence Beauty Science Won Third Consecutive Cosmopack North America Formulation Award 

• In July, Solésence won the Formulation Award at Cosmopack North America for the third year in a row, making Solésence the first and only third-time winner of the Awards in the Cosmoprof North America network (Cosmoprof & Cosmopack North America Awards).

  • The winning 2024 formula was Lip Oil SPF 40+ featuring Solésence Kleair™.

  • The Company won the same award in 2023 for Natural Glow Face Oil SPF 40+ featuring Solésence Kleair™ and Solésence Bloom™ and in 2022 for Multi-Cultural Magic SPF 50+ featuring Solésence Kleair™. 
    

Global Integration of KPIs

• In the second quarter, the Company implemented process improvements in the planning system to improve efficiencies and welcomed a new Operations Planning Manager to support ongoing growth in Production.

• In the first half of 2024, the Company integrated KPIs with global visibility across all departments and began the implementation of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) methodologies for evaluating performance and defining key opportunities for continued improvement.

Jankowski continued: “With our second half revenue expected to exceed first half performance by more than 20%, we remain poised to continue the strong revenue growth that has been the hallmark of the past five years for our Company. We are now demonstrating margin performance above our industry averages enabled by our focus on both operational improvements and financial management to lower costs and contain expenses. We look forward to speaking with our investors about our record performance and sharing our positive outlook for the rest of 2024.”

Conference Call

Nanophase will host its Second Quarter Conference Call on Wednesday, August 7, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. CDT, 12:00 p.m. EDT, to discuss its financial results and provide a business and financial update. On the call will be Jess Jankowski, the Company’s President & CEO, joined by Kevin Cureton, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.

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FINANCIAL RESULTS AND NON-GAAP INFORMATION

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

Nanophase believes that the presentation of results excluding certain items, such as non-cash equity compensation charges, provides meaningful supplemental information to both management and investors, facilitating the evaluation of performance across reporting periods. The Company uses these non-GAAP measures for internal planning and reporting purposes. These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income or net income per share prepared in accordance with GAAP.

About Nanophase Technologies

Nanophase Technologies Corporation (OTCQB: NANX), www.nanophase.com, is a leading innovator in mineral-based and scientifically driven healthcare solutions across beauty and life science categories, as well as other legacy advanced materials applications. Leveraging a platform of integrated, patented and proprietary technologies, the Company creates products with unique performance, enhancing consumers' health and well-being. We deliver commercial quantity and quality engineered materials both as ingredients and as part of fully formulated products in a variety of formats.

About Solésence Beauty Science

Solésence, www.solesence.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nanophase Technologies, is changing the face of skin health with patented, mineral-based technology that is embraced by leading performance-driven and clean beauty brands alike. Our patented products for brands transform the way mineral actives look, feel and function — enabling textures never-before-seen in the mineral space and inclusivity never-before-seen in the sun care space. Solésence’s innovative formulations offer best-in-class UV protection, unparalleled free radical prevention to protect against pollution, and enhanced antioxidant performance.

Forward-Looking Statements

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