Company: CSTL
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-048254
Chunk: 47

Company: CASTLE BIOSCIENCES INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
Chunk 47
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, finance and accounting, human resources and billing functions. These expenses consist of personnel costs (including salaries, bonuses, benefits and stock-based compensation expense), direct marketing expenses, audit and legal expenses, consulting costs, payor outreach programs and allocated overhead, including rent, information technology, equipment depreciation, and utilities. Other administrative and professional services expenses within SG&A are expected to increase with the scale of our business, but selling and marketing-related expenses are expected to increase significantly, consistent with our growth strategy.

Amortization of Acquired Intangible Assets

Amortization of acquired intangible assets is primarily associated with developed technology obtained through acquisitions, such as our acquisitions of the Myriad MyPath Laboratory in May 2021, Cernostics in December 2021, AltheaDx in April 2022, and Capsulomics, Inc., d/b/a Previse (“Capsulomics”) in May 2025.

Interest Income

Interest income consists primarily of earnings on cash and cash equivalents, primarily money market funds, and our short-term U.S. government obligations are a component of our marketable investment securities.

Change in Fair Value of Equity Securities

Change in fair value of equity securities is primarily attributable to unrealized gains and losses on our equity securities which we present as marketable investment securities.

Interest Expense

Interest expense is primarily attributable to long-term debt and finance leases.

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was enacted into law. The legislation includes a number of significant changes to U.S. federal tax law that affect both current and deferred income taxes. Key provisions of the OBBBA include, among other items, changes to certain business deductions, modifications to bonus depreciation rules, and revisions to the treatment of R&D expenditures. As a result of enactment, changes in current taxes are reflected through the revised average effective tax rate, and deferred taxes, including valuation allowance effects, have been recorded as a discrete item in the period. The OBBBA did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025.

Income tax benefit is primarily due to the reduction of the valuation allowance previously recorded against our federal deferred tax assets. This reduction resulted in a credit to income tax expense and was based on new deferred tax liabilities recognized upon consolidating Capsulomics. Income tax expense consists primarily of income taxes related to federal and state jurisdictions in which we conduct business.