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Alector Inc · Q1 2022 earnings

Q1 2022 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Alector reported first quarter results, highlighting progress in clinical trials and executive leadership.

Alector reported a net loss of $44.6 million for the first quarter of 2022. The company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities totaled $868.6 million as of March 31, 2022, expected to fund operations into mid-2024. Significant progress was made in clinical trials, particularly with latozinemab in FTD-C9orf72 patients.

  • INFRONT-2 Phase 2 clinical trial data showed a trend towards an annual delay in disease progression of approximately 54 percent in FTD-C9orf72 patients treated with AL001 (latozinemab).
  • Treatment with latozinemab resulted in a two- to three-fold increase in progranulin above physiological levels.
  • Gary Romano, M.D., Ph.D., was appointed as Chief Medical Officer, and Marc Grasso, M.D., joined as Chief Financial Officer.
  • Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities totaled $868.6 million, providing a runway into mid-2024.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$24.5M

Previous: $4.11M+495.5%
EPS (adj)

-$0.54

Previous: -$0.66+18.2%
Capital Expenditures

-$692K

Previous: -$947K+26.9%
Free Cash Flow

-$45.3M

Previous: -$53.1M+14.7%
Net Income

-$44.6M

Previous: -$52.2M+14.5%
Operating Income

-$44.1M

Previous: -$52.6M+16.2%
Gross Profit

-$28.6M

No prior period
Cash & Equivalents

$869M

Previous: $363M+139.5%
Total Assets

$954M

Previous: $440M+116.7%
Stock-Based Comp

$11.9M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Alector · Revenue · Quarterly

$24.5M

Q1 2022+495.5%vs Q1 2021
Beat estimate in 10 of 16 quarters(63%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Alector · $24.5M total across 1 segment · Q1 2022

  • Collaboration Revenue
    $24.5M+495.5%

Forward guidance

Alector anticipates continued progress across its progranulin franchise and Alzheimer's and oncology programs. They expect to initiate a Phase 1 trial for AL044 in the second half of 2022 and a Phase 1 trial for AL009 within the next year.

Tailwinds

  • Advancing and expanding progranulin franchise
  • Ongoing INVOKE-2 Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating AL002
  • Expected initiation of Phase 1 trial for AL044 in the second half of 2022
  • Presented preclinical data from AL009 immuno-oncology program
  • Phase 1 trial of AL009 expected to begin within the next year

Historical earnings impact

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

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2022

Historical avgQ1 2022

+1.1%

Avg return

Earnings day

-1.0%

Avg return

5 days after

-5.5%

Avg return

30 days after

52%

15 / 29 earnings

Positive

+32.9%

Q2 2023

Best reaction

-18.4%

Q3 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-5.1%-16.0%-36.6%
Q4 2025+7.1%-11.7%-16.3%
Q3 2025+4.1%+8.4%-2.8%
Q1 2025+4.2%+7.4%+23.8%
Q4 2024-3.5%-15.4%-25.0%
Q3 2024+12.8%+21.3%-56.8%
Q2 2024+0.8%+0.9%-4.2%
Q1 2024-1.9%+1.7%-17.7%
Q4 2023+7.9%+14.4%-7.1%
Q3 2023-2.6%-17.7%+6.0%
Q2 2023+32.9%+12.4%-15.6%
Q1 2023+13.0%+20.6%+8.5%
Q4 2022+0.9%-9.5%-30.3%
Q3 2022-18.4%+3.1%+3.1%
Q2 2022+16.3%+12.7%-6.9%
Q1 2022-12.7%-20.0%-11.9%
Q4 2021+1.9%-1.3%-7.8%
Q3 2021+2.3%+4.1%-20.7%
Q2 2021+9.5%+9.0%+10.1%
Q1 2021-7.8%-12.4%+6.1%
Q4 2020-4.7%-10.7%-14.3%
Q3 2020+0.4%+7.2%+25.2%
Q2 2020-6.9%-7.4%-13.5%
Q1 2020-5.0%+0.3%+3.7%
Q4 2019-1.5%-4.4%+0.8%
Q3 2019-6.1%-4.2%+19.5%
Q2 2019-1.7%-18.0%+9.4%
Q1 2019+4.9%+1.3%+0.2%
Q4 2018-8.6%-3.5%+10.8%
Q3 2018
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Q1 2018
Q4 2017
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