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Acumen Pharmaceuticals Inc · Q2 2022 earnings

Q2 2022 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Acumen Pharmaceuticals reported financial results for the second quarter of 2022 and provided a business update.

Acumen Pharmaceuticals reported $209.9 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities as of June 30, 2022. R&D expenses were $7.3 million, and G&A expenses were $3.1 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2022. The net loss was $10.2 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2022.

  • Topline results expected in the first half of 2023 from INTERCEPT-AD, a Phase 1 clinical trial of ACU193 in patients with early Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
  • Key methods and assay model developed to potentially standardize the study of soluble amyloid-beta oligomers (AßOs) presented in a poster at the recent Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC).
  • $209.9 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities as of June 30, 2022, which is expected to provide cash runway through 2025.
  • Company to host conference call and webcast today at 4:30 pm ET

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$16K

No prior period
EPS (adj)

-$0.25

Previous: -$7.91+96.8%
Free Cash Flow

-$10.2M

No prior period
Net Income

-$10.2M

Previous: -$61.4M+83.5%
Operating Income

-$10.4M

Previous: -$3.44M-202.6%
Gross Profit

$16K

No prior period
Cash & Equivalents

$111M

Previous: $68.8M+61.4%
Total Assets

$212M

Previous: $72.9M+190.2%
Stock-Based Comp

$715K

Previous: $127K+463.0%

Revenue & EPS history

Acumen · Revenue · Quarterly

$16K

Q2 2022
Beat estimate in 0 of 1 quarters(0%)
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Forward guidance

Acumen anticipates initiating a Phase 2/3 trial for ACU193 following completion of INTERCEPT-AD, if successful, and subsequent consultation and feedback from the FDA.

Tailwinds

  • INTERCEPT-AD enrollment remains ongoing.
  • Patient screening and enrollment is continuing for INTERCEPT-AD.
  • Acumen anticipates topline data from this trial in the first half of 2023.
  • Methodology was recently presented in a poster at the 2022 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.
  • Acumen continues to expand its team with new appointments.

Headwinds

  • Dr. Jeffrey Sevigny has departed from the Board effective August 12, 2022.
  • Decrease in cash related to funding ongoing operations.
  • Increase in research and development expenses was due to increased costs related to our ongoing clinical trial.
  • Increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily due to increased costs related to personnel, insurance, legal, marketing and recruiting expenses.
  • Losses from operations were $10.4 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2022.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 17 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q2 2022

Historical avgQ2 2022

+0.6%

Avg return

Earnings day

-3.3%

Avg return

5 days after

-6.4%

Avg return

30 days after

42%

8 / 19 earnings

Positive

+35.9%

Q1 2023

Best reaction

-21.4%

Q3 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q4 2025-2.3%-9.8%
Q1 2026-3.5%-11.7%-7.8%
Q3 2025-1.5%-19.8%+8.6%
Q1 2025+0.0%+1.9%+8.6%
Q4 2024+6.0%-7.3%-6.9%
Q3 2024-21.4%-25.5%-35.7%
Q2 2024-1.6%+0.4%-4.3%
Q1 2024+13.1%+8.6%-21.4%
Q4 2023-3.5%+8.0%-20.6%
Q3 2023+12.1%+20.0%+53.2%
Q2 2023-3.1%+2.0%-19.9%
Q1 2023+35.9%+15.5%+0.4%
Q4 2022+2.3%+3.6%-4.1%
Q3 2022-5.1%-10.6%-15.3%
Q2 2022+4.6%-11.5%+9.4%
Q1 2022+9.6%+4.5%+7.8%
Q4 2021-14.8%-22.0%-22.2%
Q3 2021-17.1%-23.9%-46.7%
Q2 2021+1.6%+13.9%+1.1%
Q1 2021
Q4 2020
Q3 2020
Q2 2020
Q1 2020

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