Company: CSTL
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-048254
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Company: CASTLE BIOSCIENCES INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
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 hypothetical 10% change in interest rates during any of the periods presented would not have had a material impact on our financial statements.

Inflation Risk

Our exposure to inflationary pressures is primarily in personnel and related costs. The extent of any future impacts from inflation on our business and our results of operations will be dependent upon how long the elevated inflation levels persist and if the rate of inflation were to further increase, neither of which we are able to predict. If elevated levels of inflation were to persist or if the rate of inflation were to accelerate, the purchasing power of our cash and cash equivalents may be eroded, our expenses could increase faster than anticipated and we may utilize our capital resources sooner than expected. Further, given the complexities of the reimbursement landscape in which we operate, our payors may be unwilling or unable to increase reimbursement rates to compensate for inflationary impacts.

Equity Price Risk

As of September 30, 2025, we had equity securities with a total fair value of $8.9 million. A hypothetical 10% decrease in the market price of our equity securities as of September 30, 2025 would decrease the fair value by approximately $0.9 million. These securities are subject to a wide variety and number of market-related risks that could substantially reduce or increase the fair value of our holdings. We are also exposed to market risk related to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. We do not currently hedge our foreign currency exchange rate risk. 

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is (1) recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (2) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2025. Based upon the evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and