NASDAQ$ATRA

Atara Biotherapeutics Inc · Q2 2021 earnings

Q2 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Atara reported second quarter 2021 financial results and operational progress.

Atara Biotherapeutics reported a net loss of $83.8 million, or $0.91 per share, for the second quarter of 2021. The company's cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments totaled $373.4 million as of June 30, 2021. License and collaboration revenue was $3.9 million for the second quarter 2021.

  • Progress with FDA on evaluating tab-cel® product comparability and new robust Phase 3 ALLELE study data
  • Recent positive milestones with EMA provide clear path for EU Marketing Authorization Application submission in November 2021
  • Important new ATA188 magnetization transfer ratio (MTR) imaging biomarker data and updated clinical data to be presented at ECTRIMS in October
  • Atara believes that its cash as of June 30, 2021 is sufficient to fund planned operations into 2023

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$3.87M

No prior period
EPS (adj)

-$22.75

Previous: -$28.50+20.2%
Capital Expenditures

$2.06M

No prior period
Free Cash Flow

-$63.6M

No prior period
Net Income

-$83.8M

Previous: -$77.5M-8.2%
Operating Income

-$84M

No prior period
Cash & Equivalents

$373M

Previous: $74.5M+401.1%
Total Assets

$457M

Previous: $428M+6.7%
Stock-Based Comp

$13.8M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Atara · Revenue · Quarterly

$3.87M

Q2 2021
Beat estimate in 6 of 14 quarters(43%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Atara anticipates approvals in 2022.

Tailwinds

  • Alignment on key methodologies for evaluating comparability between Atara product used in the pivotal ALLELE study and the intended commercial product.
  • Atara will provide data on substantially all lots made to date through a Type B CMC meeting to enable FDA to make a final determination on the data package to support comparability
  • Top-line data with additional patients confirm a strong objective response rate (ORR) in line with prior results while demonstrating durability. There were no new safety signals, consistent with previously published findings
  • Atara expects to complete the BLA submission for tab-cel® in Q1 2022.
  • Atara is adapting investment in U.S. commercial readiness toward anticipated approval in H2 2022

Headwinds

  • FDA decided it cannot make a determination of comparability between material used in non-pivotal and pivotal studies because analytical data is not available and cannot be generated for all lots manufactured at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and used in non-pivotal studies.
  • Consequently, Atara plans to submit clinical data from the pivotal ALLELE study and the non-pivotal studies as separate, non-pooled analyses in the anticipated BLA submission
  • Atara is making progress on enrolling the ATA188 Phase 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (EMBOLD study) evaluating the efficacy and safety of ATA188 in patients with PMS
  • Planned interim analysis in H1 2022 to assess efficacy and safety
  • Based on current target, Atara expects to complete enrollment in H1 2022

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 Q2 2021

Historical avgQ2 2021

-2.0%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.3%

Avg return

5 days after

-2.1%

Avg return

30 days after

37%

17 / 46 earnings

Positive

+36.3%

Q2 2022

Best reaction

-24.2%

Q1 2019

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+11.5%+9.6%+17.2%
Q4 2025-0.6%-16.4%-10.7%
Q3 2025-1.3%+4.3%+43.3%
Q1 2025+4.8%+6.8%+6.3%
Q4 2024+3.9%-9.2%+10.6%
Q3 2024+21.2%+2.0%-7.0%
Q2 2024+5.8%-7.5%+9.6%
Q1 2024-6.3%+6.9%-6.5%
Q4 2023+3.6%+4.0%-1.4%
Q3 2023-7.8%+2.3%-49.8%
Q2 2023-16.4%-7.1%-31.6%
Q1 2023-16.2%-26.5%-43.3%
Q4 2022-12.6%-18.7%-48.2%
Q3 2022-18.0%+8.5%+0.2%
Q2 2022+36.3%+69.8%+32.3%
Q1 2022-5.3%-22.2%-29.7%
Q4 2021-22.6%-32.9%-30.4%
Q3 2021-3.1%-4.4%-8.9%
Q2 2021+0.8%-1.5%+17.9%
Q1 2021-3.9%-3.3%-5.1%
Q4 2020+1.0%-4.2%-14.4%
Q3 2020-5.9%+9.0%+72.0%
Q2 2020+1.9%+3.5%+4.8%
Q1 2020+4.9%+17.5%+11.7%
Q4 2019+8.8%+11.5%-24.4%
Q3 2019+10.2%+6.9%+15.0%
Q2 2019+10.6%+17.3%+16.4%
Q1 2019-24.2%-27.1%-35.6%
Q4 2018-13.3%-8.5%-7.4%
Q3 2018-1.9%-3.5%+5.7%
Q2 2018-2.1%+0.5%+9.1%
Q1 2018-5.8%+1.7%+0.6%
Q4 2017-10.6%-8.6%-9.5%
Q3 2017-6.3%-4.9%+3.1%
Q2 2017-3.3%-3.6%-1.3%
Q1 2017-5.1%-7.0%-10.2%
Q4 2016+21.4%+16.8%-1.2%
Q3 2016+17.2%+45.6%+32.6%
Q2 2016-9.5%-14.7%-14.3%
Q1 2016-5.5%
Q4 2015-18.5%
Q3 2015+4.7%
Q2 2015-11.4%
Q1 2015-1.7%
Q4 2014-5.9%
Q3 2014-15.5%
Q1 2014
Q4 2013
Q3 2013
Q2 2013
Q1 2013

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