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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Business
Exact Sciences Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, “Exact,” or the “Company”) was incorporated in February 1995. A leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, Exact Sciences gives patients and health care professionals the clarity needed to take life-changing action earlier. Building on the success of Cologuard® and Oncotype DX® tests, Exact Sciences is investing in its pipeline to develop innovative solutions for use before, during, and after a cancer diagnosis.
Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, which include the accounts of the Company and those of its wholly owned subsidiaries and variable interest entities, are unaudited and have been prepared on a basis substantially consistent with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “2024 Form 10-K”). All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated upon consolidation. These condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted (“GAAP”) in the United States of America (“U.S.”) and follow the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim reporting. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting only of adjustments of a normal and recurring nature) considered necessary for a fair statement of its financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2024 has been derived from audited financial statements, but does not contain all of the footnote disclosures from the 2024 Form 10-K. The results of the Company’s operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results of the Company’s operations for any other interim period or for a full fiscal year. The statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related notes included in the 2024 Form 10-K.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Critical accounting policies are those that affect the Company’s financial statements materially and involve difficult, subjective or complex judgments by management, and actual results could differ from those estimates. These estimates include revenue recognition, valuation of intangible assets and goodwill, contingent consideration, and accounting for income taxes. The Company’s critical accounting policies and estimates are explained further in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the 2024 Form 10-K.
Significant Accounting Policies
During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, there were no changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies as described in the Company’s 2024 Form 10-K, except as described in the Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements sections below.
Reclassifications
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
Amortization of acquired intangible assets, which was previously presented as a separate line item on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations, is now presented within the line item each intangible asset relates to within cost of sales, research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses. The following amounts of amortization of acquired intangible assets for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation: $21.1 million and $63.3 million in cost of sales, respectively, $1.4 million and $1.9 million in research and development, respectively, $1.9 million and $5.8 million in sales and marketing, respectively, and an insignificant amount in general and administrative expenses. Due to the reclassification related to cost of sales, the Company is now presenting gross profit on the Company's condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Certain general and administrative expenses totaling $23.7 million and $71.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, have been reclassified to sales and marketing expenses to conform to current year presentation. The amounts reclassified are related to customer care and customer experience.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
The Company did not adopt any accounting standards updates (“ASU”) released by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in the third quarter of 2025.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In October 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements: Codification Amendments in Response to the SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative. This update modifies the disclosure or presentation requirements of a variety of topics in the Accounting Standards Codification to conform with certain SEC amendments in Release No. 33-10532, Disclosure Update and Simplification. The amendments in this update should be applied prospectively, and the effective date for each amendment will be the date on which the SEC’s removal of that related disclosure from Regulation S-X or S-K becomes effective. However, if the SEC has not removed the related disclosure from its regulations by June 30, 2027, the amendments will be removed from the Codification and not become effective. Early adoption is prohibited. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. This update improves income tax disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced transparency and decision usefulness of disclosures. The amendments in this update should be applied prospectively with the option to apply retrospectively and are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements and expects to adopt this guidance in the 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This update enhances financial statement disclosures by requiring public business entities to disclose specified information about certain costs and expenses including the amounts of (a) purchases of inventory, (b) employee compensation, (c) depreciation, and (d) intangible asset amortization included in each relevant expense caption. The update also requires disclosure of certain amounts that are already required to be disclosed under current GAAP, disclosure of a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively, and disclosure of the total amount of selling expenses and, in annual reporting periods, an entity’s definition of selling expenses. The amendments in this update may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively and are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements.
In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-03, Business Combinations (Topic 805) and Consolidation (Topic 810): Determining the Accounting Acquirer in the Acquisition of a Variable Interest Entity. This guidance clarifies the framework for identifying the accounting acquirer in transactions involving variable interest entities that meet the definition of a business. The amendments should be applied prospectively and are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements.
In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-05, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Account Receivable and Contract Assets. This update introduces a practical expedient for all entities when estimating expected credit losses on current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from revenue transactions accounted for under Topic 606. The expedient allows entities to assume current conditions as of the balance sheet date remain unchanged over the remaining life of the asset. The amendments are required to be applied prospectively and are effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2025. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating adoption of the practical expedient.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-06, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other— Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software. This update provides amendments to clarify and modernize the accounting for costs incurred to develop or acquire internal-use software. The amendments address the capitalization of implementation costs by utilizing a principles-based approach and consolidates website development guidance under Subtopic 350-40. The amendments can be applied prospectively, modified prospectively, or retrospectively and are effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of this guidance and the timing of adoption.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-07, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) and Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Derivatives Scope Refinements and Scope Clarification for Share-Based Noncash Consideration from a Customer in a Revenue Contract. This update introduces a scope exception to derivative accounting for certain contracts with underlyings tied to operations or activities specific to one of the parties. Additionally, the update clarifies that share-based noncash consideration received from a customer should be accounted for under Topic 606 until the right to receive or retain the consideration becomes unconditional. The amendments can be applied prospectively or modified retrospectively and are effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2026. The Company expects to early adopt the provisions related to Topic 815 on a prospective basis and does not expect a significant impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The provisions related to Topic 606 are not applicable.
Net Loss Per Share
Basic net loss per common share was determined by dividing net loss applicable to common stockholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period. Basic and diluted net loss per share is the same because all outstanding common stock equivalents have been excluded, as they are anti-dilutive as a result of the Company’s losses.
The following potentially issuable common shares were not included in the computation of diluted net loss per share because they would have an anti-dilutive effect due to net losses for each period:
September 30,
(In thousands)20252024
Shares issuable upon conversion of convertible notes23,223 26,526 
Shares issuable upon the release of restricted stock awards7,655 7,487 
Shares issuable upon the release of performance share units2,578 2,037 
Shares issuable upon exercise of stock options848 1,028 
34,304 37,078 
Significant Accounting Policies
Significant Accounting Policies
During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, there were no changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies as described in the Company’s 2024 Form 10-K, except as described in the Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements sections below.