Strata Critical Medical Announces Third Quarter 2025 Results

• Revenue increased 36.7% year-over-year to $49.3 million in Q3 2025 and grew 29.0% excluding the impact of the Keystone acquisition 
• Net loss increased to $(9.7) million in Q3 2025 versus $(5.6) million in the prior year period
• Medical Segment Adjusted EBITDA increased 93.5% in Q3 2025 to $7.6 million versus the prior year period and increased 80.2% excluding the impact of the Keystone acquisition⁽¹⁾
• Medical Segment Adjusted EBITDA margin excluding Keystone increased to 15.1% in Q3 2025⁽¹⁾
• Raised 2025 revenue guidance to $185-195 million, reaffirmed Adjusted EBITDA range
• Investor Day scheduled for November 17th 2025; will introduce 2026 guidance and medium term financial targets

NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Strata Critical Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRTA, "Strata" or the "Company"), today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025. Financial results in this release, including all comparisons to prior year periods, reflect continuing operations only. The results of the divested Blade Passenger business have been reclassified as discontinued operations in all periods.

"We closed two transformational transactions during the quarter, the divestiture of our Passenger business and the acquisition of Keystone Perfusion, setting us up incredibly well for long term growth and value creation," said Melissa Tomkiel, Co-CEO and General Counsel. "Organic revenue growth accelerated to 29.0% in Q3, well above our expectation for mid-teens revenue growth in the second half of the year, resulting in record Adjusted EBITDA performance."

Tomkiel added, "Our sequential growth in Q3 2025 versus Q2 2025 is particularly impressive in the backdrop of the seasonal sequential decline in industry transplant volumes, demonstrating Strata's continued market share gains and our customers' adoption of new services."

"Our integration of Keystone is off to a fantastic start," said Will Heyburn, Co-CEO and CFO. "The team is focused on tailoring solutions that deliver operational efficiencies and cost savings to the transplant community broadly, starting with our existing customers."

Heyburn added, "Industry-wide NRP adoption rates continued to increase during Q3 with transplants of organs that have undergone NRP approximately doubling versus the prior year. This is an encouraging validation of our strategy to increase exposure to the fastest growing sectors of the transplant ecosystem, and further aligns our mission with those of our customers - which is to enable more reliable and lower-cost access to life-saving donor organs."

Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2025 Financial Highlights

• Total revenue increased 36.7% to $49.3 million in the current quarter versus $36.1 million in the prior year period. Excluding Keystone, revenue increased 29.0% versus the prior year period driven primarily by strong growth in Air Logistics where both new and existing customers contributed to growth in the quarter. Ground Logistics revenue showed strong year-over-year growth and Organ Placement Services revenue more than doubled compared to the prior period on a small base as we continue to scale the business and acquire new customers.
• Flight Profit⁽¹⁾ increased 54.7% to $11.6 million in the current quarter versus $7.5 million in the prior year period.
• Flight Margin⁽¹⁾ improved to 23.6% in the current quarter from 20.8% in the prior year period due to improved profitability across Air Logistics, Ground Logistics, Organ Placement and our owned aircraft fleet.
• Net Loss from continuing operations increased by $4.0 million versus the prior year to $(9.7) million driven primarily by a $5.2 million increase in realized loss from sales of short-term investments and a legal reserve in the current period, which was partially offset by a $4.1 million increase in Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾.
• Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ increased by $4.1 million year-over-year to $4.2 million in the current quarter versus $0.1 million in the prior year period.
• Medical Segment Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ increased by $3.6 million to $7.6 million versus the prior year period. Medical Segment Adjusted EBITDA margin rose to 15.3% in Q3 2025 versus 10.8% in Q3 2024 driven by revenue growth and the increase in Flight Margin.
• Adjusted Unallocated Corporate Expenses and Software Development⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ decreased to $3.3 million in Q3 2025 from $3.8 million in Q3 2024, driven by cost savings following the divestiture of our Passenger business.
• Operating Cash Flow, which includes cash flow from discontinued operations, was $(37.3) million in Q3 2025 driven by $44.3 million of Keystone acquisition consideration that was directed by the seller to be paid through payroll post-close to employees participating in a "phantom equity" plan and therefore was required to be included in operating cash flow under accounting rules which more than offset other operating cash flow.
• Capital expenditures of $3.2 million were driven primarily by aircraft maintenance.
• Free Cash Flow from continuing operations was $1.9 million in Q3 2025 and excludes acquisition consideration, transaction costs related to the sale of the Passenger business and operating cash flow from discontinued operations. Free Cash Flow from continuing operations, before aircraft and engine acquisitions was $2.7 million in Q3 2025.
• Ended Q3 2025 with $75.9 million in cash and short term investments.

_{(1) See "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information" and "Key Metrics and Non-GAAP Financial Information" sections attached to this release for an explanation of Non-GAAP measures used and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.
(2) Given historical reporting of adjusted unallocated corporate expenses and software development and Medical Segment Adjusted EBITDA, these metrics will continue to be provided through 2025 for comparability purposes.}

Business Highlights and Recent Updates

• Completed sale of the Passenger business to Joby Aviation. Joby chose to pay the up-front consideration in stock, which we monetized during the quarter.
• Closed acquisition of Keystone Perfusion establishing an end to end organ recovery platform well positioned to benefit from transplant industry trends as well as an attractive non-transplant clinical services growth platform.
• Rebranded as Strata Critical Medical and changed ticker symbol to SRTA to reflect our sharpened focus on the healthcare sector.
• Following the announcement of our strategic alliance with OrganOx in November 2024, the OrganOx metra® received FDA approval for operation during air transport.

Financial Outlook

Today, we are raising our 2025 revenue guidance and reaffirming our 2025 Adjusted EBITDA guidance on a continuing operations basis which excludes the Passenger business that was reclassified to discontinued operations:

• Revenue of $185-195 million (previously: $180-190 million)
• Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ of $13-14 million

Conference Call

The Company will conduct a conference call starting at 8:00 a.m. ET on November 10, 2025 to discuss the results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025.

A live audio-only webcast of the call may be accessed from the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at https://ir.stratacritical.com/. An archived replay of the call will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website for one year.

_{(1) We have not reconciled the forward-looking Adjusted EBITDA guidance included above to the most directly comparable GAAP measure because this cannot be done without unreasonable effort due to the variability and low visibility with respect to certain costs, the most significant of which are incentive compensation (including stock-based compensation), transaction-related expenses, certain fair value measurements, which are potential adjustments to future earnings. We expect the variability of these items to have a potentially unpredictable, and a potentially significant, impact on our future GAAP financial results.}

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

Strata believes that the non-GAAP measures discussed below, viewed in addition to and not in lieu of our reported U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP") results, provide useful information to investors by providing a more focused measure of operating results, enhance the overall understanding of past financial performance and future prospects, and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision making. The non-GAAP measures presented herein may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. Adjusted EBITDA, Medical Segment Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Unallocated Corporate Expenses, Flight Profit, Flight Margin, Free Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow from continuing operations and before aircraft and engines acquisitions, and revenue and adjusted EBITDA excluding the impact of Keystone. Those measures have been reconciled to the nearest GAAP measure in the tables within this press release.

Adjusted EBITDA and Medical Segment Adjusted EBITDA – Strata reports Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. Strata defines Adjusted EBITDA as net loss adjusted to exclude depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, change in fair value of warrant liabilities, interest income and expense, income tax, realized gains and losses on short-term investments, impairment of intangible assets and certain other non-recurring items that management does not believe are indicative of ongoing Company operating performance and would impact the comparability of results between periods. Beginning with the period ended September 30, 2025, the Company has a single operating and reporting segment, however, it will continue to provide Medical Segment Adjusted EBITDA calculated on a historic basis through 2025 for comparability purposes.

Adjusted Unallocated Corporate Expenses – Strata defines Adjusted Unallocated Corporate Expenses as expenses that were not historically allocated to the Medical segment and therefore were attributable to our Corporate expenses and software development, less non-cash items and certain other non-recurring items that management does not believe are indicative of ongoing Company operating performance and would impact the comparability of results between periods. Beginning with the period ended September 30, 2025, the Company has a single operating and reporting segment, however, it will continue to provide Adjusted Unallocated Corporate Expenses calculated on a historic basis through 2025 for comparability purposes.

Flight Profit and Flight Margin – Strata defines Flight Profit as revenue less cost of revenue. Cost of revenue consists of costs of operating our aircraft fleet including pilots’ salaries, flight costs paid to operators of aircraft and vehicles, depreciation of aircraft, vehicles & medical devices, staff costs associated with providing clinical services and costs of disposable medical products. Strata defines Flight Margin for a period as Flight Profit for the period divided by revenue for the same period. The Company believes that Flight Profit and Flight Margin provide a useful measure of the profitability of the Company's operations, as they focus solely on the non-discretionary direct costs associated with generating revenue.

Free Cash Flow, Free Cash Flow from Continuing Operations, and Free Cash Flow from Continuing Operations before Aircraft and Engines Acquisitions – Strata defines Free Cash Flow as net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities less capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs (net of proceeds from disposals). Free Cash Flow from Continuing Operations is defined as Free Cash Flow excluding cash flows provided by / (used in) the discontinued operations (the Passenger business), consideration paid for business acquisition and was included in cash flow from operations and transaction costs associated with the Passenger business sale. Free Cash Flow from Continuing Operations before Aircraft and Engines Acquisitions is defined as Free Cash Flow from Continuing Operations excluding cash outflows related to aircraft acquisitions. Strata believes these measures provide valuable insights into the Company's cash-generating capacity. In particular, Free Cash Flow from Continuing Operations before Aircraft and Engines Acquisitions highlights the cash generated by Strata's continuing operations prior to the impact of aircraft, engines and business acquisitions, which are discretionary and strategic in nature.

We have also shown revenue and Adjusted EBITDA excluding the impact of Keystone in this release. These amounts reflect total revenue and Adjusted EBITDA excluding the activity of Keystone in the prior year periods. Management believes that presenting this information enhances the comparability of results between periods.

Financial Results

_{(1) Prior year amounts have been updated to conform to current period presentation.}

Key Metrics and Non-GAAP Financial Information 

_{(1) Not meaningful}

_{(1) Cost of revenue consists of costs of operating our aircraft fleet including pilots’ salaries, flight costs paid to operators of aircraft and vehicles, depreciation of aircraft, vehicles & medical devices, staff costs associated with providing clinical services and costs of disposable medical products.   
(2) Represents real estate depreciation and intangibles amortization included within general and administrative.
(3) Other costs include logistics and coordination staff costs.}

_{(1) Consists of realized loss on the sale of securities of Joby Aviation received in consideration in the Passenger business divestiture.
(2) Includes legal expenses and advocacy fees that we do not consider representative of legal and regulatory advocacy costs that we will incur from time to time in the ordinary course of our business. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, these costs primarily related to the Drulias lawsuit.
(3) Consists of non-recurring M&A transaction costs including professional fees incurred over a short period of time that do not represent ongoing operating expenses of the business.
(4) Represents corporate staff costs associated with certain employees who transferred to Joby following the sale of the Passenger business on August 29, 2025. This adjustment is intended to present more comparable results by excluding from all the periods costs associated with transferred employees. These employees previously performed certain corporate functions that were not replaced after that date. Under U.S. GAAP (ASC 205-20), such costs were included in Continuing Operations in periods prior to August 29, 2025, because staff costs not directly attributable to discontinued operations must remain in continuing operations, even when the employees depart following a divestiture.
(5) Given historical reporting of adjusted unallocated corporate expenses and software development and Medical Segment Adjusted EBITDA, these metrics will continue to be provided through 2025 for comparability purposes.}

_{(1) Consists of realized loss on the sale of securities of Joby Aviation received in consideration in the Passenger business divestiture.
(2) Includes legal expenses and advocacy fees that we do not consider representative of legal and regulatory advocacy costs that we will incur from time to time in the ordinary course of our business. These costs primarily related to the Drulias lawsuit.   
(3) Consists of non-recurring M&A transaction costs including professional fees incurred over a short period of time that do not represent ongoing operating expenses of the business.
(4) Represents corporate staff costs associated with certain employees who transferred to Joby following the sale of the Passenger business on August 29, 2025. This adjustment is intended to present more comparable results by excluding from all the periods costs associated with transferred employees. These employees previously performed certain corporate functions that were not replaced after that date. Under U.S. GAAP (ASC 205-20), such costs were included in Continuing Operations in periods prior to August 29, 2025, because staff costs not directly attributable to discontinued operations must remain in continuing operations, even when the employees depart following a divestiture.}

_{(1) Represents a portion of the Keystone acquisition consideration that was directed by the seller to be paid through payroll post-close to employees participating in a "phantom equity" plan and other transaction expenses and therefore was required to be included in operating cash flow under accounting rules.
(2) Represents capital expenditures for aircraft and engine acquisitions, excluding capitalized maintenance subsequent to initial acquisition.}

About Strata Critical Medical

Strata is a time-critical logistics and medical services provider to the U.S. healthcare industry. We operate one of the nation’s largest air transport and surgical services networks for transplant hospitals and organ procurement organizations, offering an integrated “one call” solution for donor organ recovery.

Strata’s core services include air and ground logistics, surgical organ recovery, organ placement and normothermic regional perfusion for the transplant industry, as well as perfusion staffing and equipment solutions for cardiovascular surgery centers, offered under the Trinity Medical Solutions and Keystone Perfusion brands. 

For more information, visit www.srta.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by the use of words such as "will", “anticipate”, “believe”, “could”, “continue”, “expect", “estimate”, “may”, “plan”, “outlook”, “future”, "target", and “project” and other similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. These statements, which involve risks and uncertainties, are based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable and may also relate to Strata’s future prospects, developments and business strategies. In particular, such forward-looking statements include statements concerning the impact and anticipated benefits of the acquisition of Keystone, the impact of such acquisition on Strata’s financial performance and liquidity outlook, Strata’s future plans and business strategies, financial and operating performance (including the discussion of financial and liquidity outlook and guidance for 2025 and beyond), the composition and performance of its fleet, results of operations, industry environment and growth opportunities and new product lines and partnerships. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions concerning future events. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance.

Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside Strata’s control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements include: our continued incurrence of significant losses; the impact of our recently completed divestment of the Passenger business and acquisition of Keystone and our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of these transactions, including the receipt of contingent consideration in connection with the sale of the Passenger business; any change to the ownership of our aircraft and the challenges related thereto; the effects of competition; harm to our reputation and brand; our ability to provide high-quality customer support; our reliance on contractual relationships with certain transplant centers, hospitals and Organ Procurement Organizations; our reliance on certain customers; competition from providers with proprietary organ preservation technology or additional capabilities; the continuing availability of organ donors and viable donor organs; insufficient reimbursement and funding for organ transport costs; risks related to organ transport operations; new technology that could make ground or commercial air transport of organs more viable; negative publicity, reputational damage, litigation, claims or investigations relating to our provision of clinical services and perfusion staffing services; regulatory changes, legislative reforms, and civil or criminal enforcement actions; our ability to successfully integrate Keystone and to identify, complete and successfully integrate future acquisitions; impact of natural disasters, outbreaks and pandemics, economic, social, weather, growth constraints, geopolitical, and regulatory conditions or other circumstances on metropolitan areas and airports where we have geographic concentration; any adverse publicity stemming from accidents involving small aircraft, helicopters or charter flights and, in particular, any accidents involving our third-party operators; the effects of climate change; terrorist attacks, geopolitical conflict or security events; the availability of aircraft fuel; our ability to access additional funding to finance our operations; our ability to manage our growth; increases in insurance costs or reductions in insurance coverage; the loss of key members of our management team; our ability to maintain our company culture; effects of fluctuating financial results and the fact that the Company’s historical financial statements included in prior periodic reports may not be comparable due to the impact of discontinued operations; our reliance on third-party operators; the availability of third-party operators; disruptions to third-party operators and providers workforce; the possibility that our third-party aircraft operators may illegally, improperly or otherwise inappropriately operate our branded aircraft; our reliance on third-party web service providers; our ability to address system failures; interruptions or security breaches of our information technology systems; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; changes in our regulatory environment; risks and impact of any litigation we may be subject to; regulatory obstacles in local governments; the expansion of domestic and foreign privacy and security laws; the expansion of environmental regulations; our ability to remediate any material weaknesses or maintain internal controls over financial reporting; our ability to maintain effective internal controls and disclosure controls; changes in the fair value of our warrants; and other factors beyond our control. Additional factors can be found in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, each as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. New risks and uncertainties arise from time to time, and it is impossible for us to predict these events or how they may affect us. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made, and Strata undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, changes in expectations, future events or otherwise.

Contacts

Mathew Schneider
investors@srta.com

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