NASDAQ$ABUS

Arbutus Biopharma Corp · Q4 2021 earnings

Q4 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Arbutus reported its fourth quarter and year end 2021 financial results and provided a corporate update.

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation reported its Q4 and year end 2021 financial results, highlighting the expansion of development efforts in Hepatitis B and coronavirus infections. The company anticipates reporting data from four clinical trials in chronically infected HBV patients in 2022 and expects to complete IND-enabling studies for two oral compounds to treat HBV in the second half of 2022.

  • Expanded development efforts in Hepatitis B and coronavirus infections.
  • Formed strategic and clinical partnerships to explore combination therapies with AB-729.
  • Expanded preclinical programs in HBV with oral PD-L1 inhibitor AB-101 and oral RNA destabilizer AB-161.
  • Multiple key clinical trial data read-outs expected later this year for AB-729 and AB-836.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$3.21M

Previous: $2.39M+34.4%
EPS (adj)

-$0.15

Previous: -$0.23+34.8%
Capital Expenditures

$58K

Previous: $152K-61.8%
Free Cash Flow

-$19.7M

Previous: -$15.2M-29.7%
Net Income

-$88.4M

Previous: -$17M-418.7%
Operating Income

-$20.8M

Previous: -$62.2M+66.6%
Gross Profit

$2.78M

Previous: -$12.1M+122.9%
Cash & Equivalents

$109M

Previous: $123M-11.4%
Total Assets

$204M

Previous: $137M+49.2%
Stock-Based Comp

$1.43M

Previous: $1.43M+0.0%

Revenue & EPS history

Arbutus · Revenue · Quarterly

$3.21M

Q4 2021+34.4%vs Q4 2020
Beat estimate in 12 of 16 quarters(75%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

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

  • Non-cash Royalty Revenue
    $689K

Forward guidance

Arbutus anticipates reporting data from four clinical trials in chronically infected HBV patients in 2022 and expects to complete IND-enabling studies for two oral compounds to treat HBV in the second half of 2022. The company expects a net cash burn between $90 to $95 million in 2022 and believes its cash runway will be sufficient to fund the Company’s operations into the second quarter of 2024.

Tailwinds

  • Reporting data from four clinical trials in chronically infected HBV patients in 2022
  • Completing IND-enabling studies for two oral compounds (PD-L1 inhibitor AB-101 and RNA destabilizer AB-161) to treat HBV in the second half of 2022
  • Advancing an oral compound that inhibits the SARS-CoV-2 nsp5 main protease into IND enabling studies in the second half of 2022
  • Cash runway sufficient to fund the Company’s operations into the second quarter of 2024
  • Strategic partnership to develop and commercialize AB-729 in China

Headwinds

  • Net cash burn between $90 to $95 million in 2022
  • COVID-19 pandemic could materially impact plans and timelines in the future
  • Anticipated pre-clinical studies and clinical trials may be more costly or take longer to complete than anticipated
  • Arbutus may not receive the necessary regulatory approvals for the clinical development of Arbutus’ products
  • Economic and market conditions may worsen

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 Q4 2021

Historical avgQ4 2021

-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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