NASDAQ$ABUS

Arbutus Biopharma Corp · Q1 2024 earnings

Q1 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported first quarter 2024 financial results and provided a corporate update.

Arbutus Biopharma reported a net loss of $17.9 million for the first quarter of 2024, with total revenue of $1.5 million. The company's cash, cash equivalents, and investments totaled $137.9 million as of March 31, 2024, expected to fund operations through the second quarter of 2026.

  • Continued progress in advancing pipeline of HBV assets, including imdusiran and AB-101.
  • Initiated third Phase 2a trial combining imdusiran with an immune modulator.
  • Preliminary data from the single-dose portion of the AB-101-001 clinical trial showed that AB-101 was generally well-tolerated and bound to the receptor target in healthy subjects.
  • Expected cash runway extended through the second quarter of 2026.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$1.53M

Previous: $6.69M-77.1%
EPS

-$0.10

Previous: -$0.10+0.0%
Capital Expenditures

-$95K

Previous: -$117K+18.8%
Free Cash Flow

-$18M

Previous: -$16.5M-9.2%
Net Income

-$17.9M

Previous: -$16.3M-9.4%
Operating Income

-$19.4M

Previous: -$17.4M-11.2%
Gross Profit

$1.53M

Previous: $6.69M-77.1%
Cash & Equivalents

$43.1M

Previous: $40.6M+6.2%
Total Assets

$150M

Previous: $191M-21.4%
R&D Expense

$15.4M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$2.01M

Previous: $2.13M-5.5%

Revenue & EPS history

Arbutus · Revenue · Quarterly

$1.53M

Q1 2024-77.1%vs Q1 2023
Beat estimate in 4 of 14 quarters(29%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Arbutus · $689K total across 1 segment · Q2 2020

  • Non-cash Royalty Revenue
    $689K

Forward guidance

Arbutus anticipates its cash reserves will be sufficient to fund operations through the second quarter of 2026.

Historical earnings impact

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

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2024

Historical avgQ1 2024

-1.3%

Avg return

Earnings day

-2.2%

Avg return

5 days after

-0.4%

Avg return

30 days after

37%

23 / 63 earnings

Positive

+22.2%

Q1 2020

Best reaction

-18.6%

Q2 2018

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+0.0%-3.2%
Q4 2025+4.2%+1.2%+4.5%
Q3 2025-5.8%-8.1%-2.7%
Q1 2025-0.9%-1.9%+10.7%
Q4 2024-2.4%+3.9%-1.8%
Q3 2024-5.8%-5.8%-7.1%
Q2 2024-0.8%-4.0%+2.7%
Q1 2024+0.7%+5.6%+24.9%
Q4 2023-3.1%-7.3%-10.4%
Q3 2023-0.5%-5.9%+10.6%
Q2 2023+2.9%-2.4%-1.4%
Q1 2023+3.6%+4.0%+2.8%
Q4 2022+1.8%+4.3%+7.8%
Q3 2022+0.8%+7.3%+6.1%
Q2 2022+2.8%+0.0%-10.2%
Q1 2022+1.6%-20.5%+8.4%
Q4 2021-9.1%-6.8%-0.3%
Q3 2021-9.6%-9.1%+7.8%
Q2 2021+9.1%+13.8%+23.6%
Q1 2021-15.9%-20.4%-11.7%
Q4 2020-9.3%-1.1%-5.8%
Q3 2020-8.8%+5.9%+31.0%
Q2 2020-16.2%-18.5%-44.2%
Q1 2020+22.2%+55.6%+37.0%
Q4 2019-2.0%-8.3%-70.0%
Q3 2019-4.0%-3.4%+53.7%
Q2 2019+1.2%+1.2%-11.0%
Q1 2019-5.4%-10.0%-36.4%
Q4 2018-8.0%+2.7%+9.5%
Q3 2018+13.7%-6.7%-7.4%
Q2 2018-18.6%-19.4%-23.2%
Q1 2018+3.5%+8.8%+7.0%
Q4 2017-12.5%-17.5%-13.3%
Q3 2017+20.4%+4.6%+2.8%
Q2 2017-4.2%+1.4%+15.3%
Q1 2017-2.4%-0.9%+2.1%
Q4 2016-6.0%-4.5%+0.0%
Q3 2016-3.3%-4.9%-12.1%
Q2 2016-8.6%-13.6%-14.5%
Q1 2016-3.8%
Q4 2015-5.6%
Q3 2015-2.3%
Q2 2015+0.7%
Q1 2015-2.5%
Q4 2014-3.6%
Q3 2014+4.6%
Q2 2014-2.8%
Q1 2014-5.1%
Q4 2013+14.1%
Q3 2013+3.1%
Q2 2013-3.1%
Q1 2013-0.8%
Q4 2012+0.6%
Q2 2012-0.3%
Q1 2012-5.1%
Q4 2011+2.9%
Q4 2010+2.9%
Q3 2011-0.6%
Q2 2011+0.0%
Q1 2011-4.1%
Q3 2010+0.8%
Q2 2010-0.8%
Q1 2010+3.4%

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