NASDAQ$ALEC

Alector Inc · Q3 2020 earnings

Q3 2020 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Alector reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020.

Alector reported a net loss of $52.7 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, with $461.7 million in cash and investments. Collaboration revenue was $5.9 million, and the company is advancing its clinical programs, including the initiation of a Phase 3 trial for AL001.

  • Initiated Phase 3 AL001 trial in people at risk for or with frontotemporal dementia due to a progranulin gene mutation (FTD-GRN).
  • On track to initiate Phase 2 study for AL002 in Alzheimer’s disease in 2020.
  • Collaboration revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, was $5.9 million, compared to $2.7 million for the same period in 2019.
  • Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities were $461.7 million as of September 30, 2020.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$5.9M

Previous: $2.7M+119.0%
EPS (adj)

-$0.67

Previous: -$0.47-42.6%
Capital Expenditures

-$4.24M

Previous: -$13.7M+69.0%
Free Cash Flow

-$56.9M

Previous: -$45.4M-25.4%
Net Income

-$52.7M

Previous: -$31.7M-66.1%
Operating Income

-$53.7M

Previous: -$34.1M-57.4%
Gross Profit

-$37.9M

Previous: $2.7M-1506.3%
Cash & Equivalents

$462M

No prior period
Total Assets

$532M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$8.03M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Alector · Revenue · Quarterly

$5.9M

Q3 2020+119%vs Q3 2019
Beat estimate in 8 of 10 quarters(80%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Alector · $5.9M total across 1 segment · Q3 2020

  • Collaboration Revenue
    $5.9M+119.0%

Forward guidance

Alector believes that its cash and investments as of September 30, 2020, will be sufficient to fund its anticipated operations through 2022.

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 Q3 2020

Historical avgQ3 2020

+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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Q4 2017
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