Company: CSTL
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-048254
Chunk: 203

Company: CASTLE BIOSCIENCES INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
Chunk 203
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$104,716 $93,054 $11,662 General and administrative67,876 57,028 10,848 Total selling, general and administrative expense$172,592 $150,082 $22,510 

Sales and marketing expenses increased by $11.7 million, or 12.5%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase is primarily due to higher personnel costs, higher expenses associated with travel, training events and speaker conferences, and higher sales related travel expenses. Increases in personnel costs reflect a higher headcount as well as merit and annual inflationary wage adjustment for existing employees. Higher test report volumes is a result of our continued investments in human capital for our sales organization. Stock-based compensation expense included in sales and marketing expense was $11.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $13.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

General and administrative expenses increased by $10.8 million, or 19.0%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase is primarily due to higher personnel costs and higher information technology-related costs. Increases in personnel costs reflect headcount expansions in our administrative support functions as well as merit and annual inflationary wage adjustment for existing employees. Stock-based compensation expense included in general and administrative expense was $12.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $13.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

Amortization of Acquired Intangible Assets

Amortization increased by approximately $25.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to our decision to discontinue the IDgenetix test offering beginning in May 2025. As a result of this decision, we revised the estimated useful life of the related developed technology intangible asset and fully amortized the remaining carrying value as of March 31, 2025. To a lesser extent, the increase is also attributable to amortization of the developed technology intangible asset recognized in association with the Esopredict test following our acquisition of Capsulomics in May 2025.

Income Tax Benefit

Income tax