Met 2025 revenue and exceeded revised adjusted EBITDA; reaffirms 2026 revenue and sets adjusted EBITDA target

Commercial Channel grew 22% and 15% for Q4 and full year, respectively

Generated $11.2 million operating cash flow and $4.4 million in free cash flow for the full year

FDA response for Hyalofast® PMA received in January 2026, Anika developing responses for submission

BEDFORD, Mass., Feb. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANIK), a global leader in the osteoarthritis (“OA”) pain management and regenerative solutions spaces focused on early-intervention orthopedics, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025.

Anika reported fourth quarter revenue of $30.6 million, flat compared to the fourth quarter of 2024. Gross margin expanded to 63%, driven by favorable product mix and operating leverage. Commercial Channel revenue increased 22% year over year driven by timing of 2025 shipments to international customers and growth in the Integrity™ Implant System, while OEM Channel revenue declined 12%, reflecting anticipated U.S. OA Pain Management pricing dynamics.

For the full year 2025, total revenue was $112.8 million, a decrease of 6% compared to 2024, in line with expectations. Commercial Channel revenue increased 15% year over year, supported by continued Integrity growth and international OA Pain Management performance. OEM Channel revenue declined 17% for the year driven by lower Monovisc® and Orthovisc® pricing in the U.S. The Company delivered 57% gross margin for the year and generated $11.2 million in operating cash flow and $4.4 million in free cash flow.

“We closed 2025 with a strong fourth quarter, with top-line growth led by our Commercial Channel and company-wide results that included expanded gross margin, and positive operating income and free cash flow,” said Steve Griffin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Anika Therapeutics. “Our operating income performance in the fourth quarter and full year underscores the strength of our core OA Pain Management business despite U.S. pricing headwinds in 2025 and establishes a foundation for improved profitability.

2025 was an important year for advancing our product portfolio, highlighted by more than doubling Integrity procedures, the filing of the Hyalofast PMA with the FDA, and continued progress on the remaining filing requirements, the toxicity and bioequivalence studies, for the Cingal® NDA. Cingal and Hyalofast remain core strategic priorities for 2026 as we prepare for future U.S. market launches.

I’m proud to lead this organization as we build upon a strong foundation and deliver results for patients and shareholders. Looking ahead, our priorities are driving revenue and volume growth, including building on the momentum in our Commercial Channel; advancing our R&D pipeline; and improving execution – supported by rigorous expense management and productivity improvements at our manufacturing facility – to enhance profitability.”

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Business Highlights and Current Business Updates

• International OA Pain Management grew 28% and 12% in the fourth quarter and full year, respectively, led by the international sales team’s continued regional expansion and improved market share.
• Integrity continued to demonstrate strong momentum, with procedures increasing for the seventh consecutive quarter and revenue more than doubling in 2025 to $6 million, driven by sustained surgeon adoption in the U.S., new line extensions, and expanding international penetration.
• Hyalofast PMA responses were received from the FDA in January 2026 as expected, and the Company is preparing responses to PMA deficiencies. The FDA review remains in line with the previously provided extended timeline.
• Successfully completed Cingal toxicity studies initiated in 2025; bioequivalence study initiated in December 2025 in preparation for an FDA NDA submission.
• The Company has initiated actions to reduce general and administrative expenses in the first half of 2026, reflecting a more focused cost structure following recent strategic divestitures and supporting continued investment in manufacturing and product development. Following these actions and customary transition periods for affected team members, the Company anticipates approximately $2.5 million in annualized adjusted EBITDA savings and $3.0 million in annualized stock-based compensation savings.
  

Fourth Quarter 2025 Continuing Operations Financial Summary

• Revenue $30.6 million, flat year over year
• Commercial Channel revenue $13.3 million, up 22%
• OEM Channel revenue $17.3 million, down 12%
• Gross margin 63%
• Operating expenses $18.5 million
• GAAP income from continuing operations $1.8 million, $0.13 per diluted share
• Adjusted net income from continuing operations¹ $4.6 million, $0.31 per diluted share
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ $4.5 million
• Cash and cash equivalents $57.5 million as of December 31, 2025
  

Full Year 2025 Continuing Operations Financial Summary

• Revenue $112.8 million, down 6% year over year
• Commercial Channel revenue $48.4 million, up 15%
• OEM Channel revenue $64.4 million, down 17%
• Gross margin 57%
• Operating expenses $74.9 million
• GAAP loss from continuing operations $(10.0) million, $(0.70) per diluted share
• Adjusted net income from continuing operations¹ $1.6 million, $0.11 per diluted share
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ $5.3 million

¹ See description of non-GAAP financial information contained in this release.

Fiscal 2026 Guidance

Anika is providing the following 2026 guidance:

• Total Company Revenue between $114 and $122.5 million, up 1% to 9% year over year
  • Commercial Channel, $53 to $58 million, maintaining up 10% to 20% year over year
  • OEM Channel, $61 to $64.5 million, maintaining flat to modestly lower year over year
• Adjusted EBITDA as a percent of revenue to 5% to 10%, reflecting higher revenues and reduced expenses offset by modestly lower U.S. pricing dynamics.

Company Continues $15 Million 10b5-1 Share Repurchase
In accordance with Anika’s commitment to return capital to shareholders while maintaining the flexibility to execute on strategic growth objectives, the Company is continuing the $15 million 10b5-1 share repurchase which commenced in Q4 2025. Through the end of Q4 2025, the Company funded $5.5 million of this share repurchase commitment. To date, the Company has funded $10.7 million of the commitment, and the program’s completion is expected in the second quarter of 2026.

Conference Call and Webcast Information
Anika’s management will hold a conference call and webcast to discuss its financial results and business highlights today, Thursday, February 26, 2026, at 8:30 am ET. The conference call can be accessed by dialing 1-800-717-1738 (toll-free domestic) or 1-646-307-1865 (international) and providing the conference ID number 89327. A live audio webcast will be available in the Investor Relations section of Anika’s website, www.anika.com. A slide presentation with highlights from the conference call will be available in the Investor Relations section of the Anika website. A replay of the webcast will be available on Anika’s website approximately two hours after the completion of the event.

About Anika
Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANIK), is the global leader in the design, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of hyaluronic acid innovations. In partnership with clinicians, our sole focus is dedicated to delivering and advancing osteoarthritis pain management and orthopedic regenerative solutions. At our core is a passion to deliver a differentiated portfolio that improves patient outcomes around the world. Anika’s global operations are headquartered outside of Boston, Massachusetts. For more information about Anika, please visit www.anika.com.

ANIKA, ANIKA THERAPEUTICS, CINGAL, HYALOFAST, INTEGRITY, MONOVISC, ORTHOVISC, and the Anika logo are trademarks of Anika Therapeutics, Inc. or its subsidiaries or are licensed to Anika Therapeutics, Inc. for its use.

Non-GAAP Financial Information¹
Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered supplemental to, and not a substitute for, the Company’s reported financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Furthermore, the Company’s definition of non-GAAP measures may differ from similarly titled measures used by others. Because non-GAAP financial measures exclude the effect of items that will increase or decrease the Company’s reported results of operations, Anika strongly encourages investors to review the Company’s consolidated financial statements and publicly filed reports in their entirety. The Company presents these non-GAAP financial measures because it uses them as supplemental measures in internally assessing the Company’s operating performance, and, in the case of Adjusted EBITDA, it is set as a key performance metric to determine executive compensation. The Company also recognizes that these non-GAAP measures are commonly used in determining business performance more broadly and believes that they are helpful to investors, securities analysts, and other interested parties as a measure of comparative operating performance from period to period.

Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA is defined by the Company as GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations excluding depreciation and amortization, interest and other income (expense), income taxes, stock-based compensation expense, and shareholder activism costs.

Adjusted Net Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations and Adjusted EPS from Continuing Operations
Adjusted net income (loss) is defined by the Company as GAAP net income from continuing operations, on a tax effected basis, excluding stock-based compensation. Adjusted diluted EPS from continuing operations is defined by the Company as GAAP diluted EPS from continuing operations excluding stock-based compensation.

A reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to adjusted net income (loss) from continuing operations to net income (loss) from continuing operations and adjusted diluted EPS from continuing operations to diluted EPS from continuing operations, the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, is shown in the tables at the end of this release.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, concerning the Company's expectations, anticipations, intentions, beliefs or strategies regarding the future which are not statements of historical fact, including statements in Mr. Griffin’s quote about revenue and volume growth, the Company’s portfolio and improving profitability, statements about the clinical and regulatory pathway with respect to Hyalofast in the U.S., statements about the anticipated regulatory pathway for the NDA filing for Cingal, statements about potential savings associated with the reduction of general and administrative expenses, statements regarding the timing of the share repurchase program, and statements in the sub-headings and the section titled “Fiscal 2026 Guidance” regarding 2026 revenue and adjusted EBITDA. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the Company's management and are subject to significant risks, uncertainties, and other factors. The Company's actual results could differ materially from any anticipated future results, performance, or achievements described in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors including, but not limited to, (i) the Company's ability to successfully commence and/or complete clinical trials of its products on a timely basis or at all; (ii) the Company's ability to obtain pre-clinical or clinical data to support, or to timely file domestic and international pre-market approval applications, 510(k) applications, or new drug applications, including the PMA for Hyalofast and the NDA for Cingal; (iii) that the FDA or other regulatory bodies may not approve or clear the Company’s applications, including the Hyalofast PMA because of the failure to achieve the pre-defined primary endpoints or because the FDA may determine that achievement of secondary endpoints and/or post hoc data analyses are not sufficient to support approval; (iii) that such approvals or clearances will not be obtained in a timely manner or without the need for additional clinical trials, other testing or regulatory submissions, as applicable; (iv) the Company's research and product development efforts and their relative success, including whether we have any meaningful sales of any new products resulting from such efforts; (v) the cost effectiveness and efficiency of the Company's clinical studies, manufacturing operations, and production planning; (vi) the strength of the economies in which the Company operates or will be operating, as well as the political stability of any of those geographic areas; (vii) future determinations by the Company to allocate resources to products and in directions not presently contemplated; (viii) the Company's ability to successfully commercialize its products, in the U.S. and abroad; (ix) the Company's ability to provide an adequate and timely supply of its products to its customers; and (x) the Company's ability to achieve its growth targets. Additional factors and risks are described in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and they are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Forward-looking statements are made based on information available to the Company on the date of this press release, and the Company assumes no obligation to update the information contained in this press release.

For Investor Inquiries:
Anika Therapeutics, Inc.
Matt Hall, 781-457-9554
Director, Corporate Development and Investor Relations
investorrelations@anika.com