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Significant Accounting Policies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Significant Accounting Policies
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC regarding interim financial reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, certain information and disclosures required for complete financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP are not included. The Consolidated Balance Sheet and related information as of December 31, 2025 included herein was derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2025, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP on an annual reporting basis.
These Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, as filed with the SEC on March 2, 2026. Since the date of that filing, there have been no changes or updates to the Company’s significant accounting policies, other than those described below.
In the opinion of management, the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contain all normal, recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of financial position, results of operations, comprehensive loss, and cash flows as of the dates and for the interim periods presented. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2026 may not be indicative of the results for the full year ending December 31, 2026, or any other period.
The Company’s fiscal year is the 12-month period from January 1 through December 31, and all references to “2026,” “2025,” and the like refer to that fiscal year unless otherwise noted. Certain amounts in the prior years’ Consolidated Financial Statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation, including the change in accounting principle discussed below.
Change in Accounting Principle
During the quarter ended March 31, 2026, the Company changed its accounting policy for classifying shipping and handling costs for product sales, which are primarily comprised of costs paid to third-party shippers for transporting products to customers. Historically shipping and handling costs have been recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses. Under the new accounting policy, shipping and handling costs are recorded in cost of product revenue. The Company believes this classification is preferable because including these costs in cost of product revenue will better align the costs with the related revenue in the calculation of gross profit and is consistent with the practices of other companies in the same industry.
The Company applied the change in accounting principle retrospectively to all periods presented. The accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations reflect the effect of the change in accounting principle for all periods presented, which includes a reclassification of $1.6 million from selling, general and administrative to cost of product revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2025. The change in accounting principle had no impact on revenues, loss from operations, net loss, or net loss per share and did not affect the Consolidated Balance Sheets, Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss, Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, or Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the end of each fiscal period, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during each fiscal period. Such estimates include, but are not limited to, revenue recognition, valuation of inventory, valuation and impairment of goodwill, intangible, and other long-lived assets, valuation of acquired assets and assumed liabilities from acquisitions, valuation of contingent liabilities, recoverability of deferred tax assets, and stock-based compensation expense. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience, known trends, worldwide economic conditions, both general and specific to the life sciences industry, and other relevant factors it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates and changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they become known. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Principles of Consolidation
The Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Quanterix and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Foreign Currency
The functional currency of the Company’s subsidiaries is generally their respective local currencies. These subsidiary financial statements are translated into U.S. dollars using the period-end exchange rates for assets and liabilities, average exchange rates during the corresponding period for revenue and expenses, and historical rates for equity. The effects of foreign currency translation adjustments are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), a component of stockholders’ equity on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Restricted Cash
The following table summarizes the period ending cash and cash equivalents as presented on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and the total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash as presented on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands):
As of March 31,
20262025
Cash and cash equivalents$36,182 $76,508 
Restricted cash (1)3,344 2,639 
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash$39,526 $79,147 
(1) Restricted cash consists of collateral for letters of credit issued as security for several of the Company’s leased facilities and to secure the Company’s corporate credit card program. The short-term or long-term classification is determined in accordance with the expiration of the underlying letter of credit and security.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company measures and recognizes stock-based compensation expense by calculating the estimated fair value of restricted stock units ("RSUs"), performance stock units ("PSUs"), stock options, or purchase rights issued under the Company’s employee stock purchase plan ("ESPP"). The Company generally issues new common shares upon the exercise of options, vesting of Restricted Stock Awards, and ESPP purchases. Awards granted by the Company are routine in nature including new hire, annual, and promotion grants.
The fair value of stock options and purchase rights under the ESPP is estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The Black-Scholes model requires the Company to make assumptions about the expected or contractual term of the option or purchase right, the expected volatility, risk-free interest rates, and expected dividend yield. The Company estimates the expected term of options granted to employees utilizing historical exercise data. The expected term is applied to the stock option grant group as a whole, as the Company does not expect substantially different exercise or post-vesting termination behavior among its employee population. The expected volatility is based on the Company’s historical volatility. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant, commensurate with the expected term. The expected dividend yield is zero as the Company has never paid dividends and has no current plans to pay any dividends on common stock.
The fair value of RSUs and PSUs that do not contain a market vesting condition is determined using the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. At each reporting period, the Company reassesses the probability of the achievement of PSU performance conditions and any increase or decrease in share-based compensation expense resulting from the reassessment is treated as a cumulative catch-up in the period of adjustment. If the outcome of such performance conditions is not probable, or is not met, compensation expense is not recognized and any previously recognized compensation expense is reversed.
The fair value of PSUs that contain a market vesting condition is determined on the grant date using a Monte Carlo simulation. A Monte Carlo simulation requires assumptions for the expected volatility, risk-free interest rate, and expected dividend yield. The Company estimates these assumptions in the same manner as stock options and purchase rights under the ESPP. Compensation expense is recognized regardless of achievement of the market conditions.
The Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense on a straight-line basis over an award’s requisite service period and recognizes forfeitures as they occur. The requisite service period is the offering period for purchase rights under the ESPP and the vesting period for stock options, RSUs, and PSUs that do not contain a market condition. For PSUs that contain a market condition, the requisite service period is the longer of the derived service period or the explicit service period.
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
In July 2025, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU No. 2025-05, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets. This update provides a practical expedient to assume that current conditions as of the balance sheet date will persist through a reasonable and supportable forecast period for eligible assets when estimating expected credit losses for current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from transactions accounted for under ASC 606. The new standard became effective for the Company’s interim and annual financial statements beginning on January 1, 2026. The Company adopted this standard as of January 1, 2026 on a prospective basis and elected the practical expedient. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.
Recent Accounting Standards to be Adopted
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASC Update No. 2025-12, Codification Improvements. This update provides a variety of language changes and clarity across several topics which are applicable to the Company. The amendments in this update may be applied prospective or retroactively. Additionally, the Company is permitted to elect the transition method for these updates on an issue-by-issue basis. The new standard will be effective for the Company for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of the standard on its Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASC Update No. 2025-11, Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow-Scope Improvements. This update enhances disclosure of an entity's interim disclosure requirements. The amendments in this update can be applied prospectively or retrospectively. The new standard will be effective for the Company for interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of the standard on its Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.
In November 2025, the FASB issued ASC Update No. 2025-10, Government Grants (Topic 832): Accounting for Government Grants Received by Business Entities. This update establishes guidance for recognition, measurement and presentation of government grants received by public business entities. The new standard may be applied using a modified prospective approach, modified retrospective approach, or retrospective approach. The new standard will be effective for the Company for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2028 and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of the standard on its Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASC No. 2025-06, Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software. This update enhances disclosure of an entity's internal use software by removing prescriptive and sequential software development stages. The amendments in this update can be applied prospectively or retrospectively. The new standard will be effective for the Company for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027 and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of the standard on its Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Expense Disaggregation Disclosures. This update enhances disclosure of an entity's expenses, primarily through additional disaggregation of income statement expenses. The update also requires entities to disclose qualitative descriptions of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively. The amendments in this update can be applied prospectively or retrospectively. The new standard will be effective for the Company for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of the standard on its Consolidated Financial Statements disclosures.