NASDAQ$CABA

Cabaletta Bio Inc · Q1 2022 earnings

Q1 2022 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Cabaletta Bio reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 and provided a business update.

Cabaletta Bio reported first quarter 2022 financial results, highlighting the progress of its DesCAARTes™ Phase 1 trial and the upcoming first-in-human trial of MuSK-CAART. The company's cash, cash equivalents, and investments totaled $109.2 million as of March 31, 2022, expected to fund operations through Q3 2023.

  • DesCAARTes™ trial clinical and translational data from cohorts A3 and A4 and 28-day safety data from cohort A5 expected to be presented at upcoming scientific meetings in mid-2022.
  • Multiple abstracts accepted for presentation at upcoming ASGCT and SID Annual Meetings.
  • MuSK-CAART first-in-human trial on track to commence in 2022 following Fast Track Designation and IND clearance from the FDA.
  • Cabaletta plans to initiate the MusCAARTes™ trial in 2022 and will evaluate MuSK-CAART as a potential treatment for patients with MuSK-associated myasthenia gravis.

Headline financials

EPS (adj)

-$0.45

Previous: -$0.41-9.8%
Research and Development Expenses

$9.2M

Previous: $6.6M+39.4%
General and Administrative Expenses

$3.8M

Previous: $3.2M+18.8%
Capital Expenditures

$147K

No prior period
Free Cash Flow

-$13M

No prior period
Net Income

-$12.9M

No prior period
Operating Income

-$13M

No prior period
Cash & Equivalents

$109M

Previous: $102M+7.1%
Total Assets

$114M

Previous: $107M+5.9%
Stock-Based Comp

$1.81M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Cabaletta Bio · Revenue · Quarterly

$0

Q3 2025
Beat estimate in 0 of 1 quarters(0%)
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Forward guidance

Cabaletta Bio anticipates several milestones, including presenting clinical data from the DesCAARTes™ trial and initiating the MusCAARTes™ trial. The company expects its current cash reserves to fund operations through the third quarter of 2023.

Tailwinds

  • DSG3-CAART: Desmoglein 3 chimeric autoantibody receptor T (DSG3-CAART) cells as a potential treatment for patients with mucosal pemphigus vulgaris (mPV).
  • DesCAARTes™ Trial Progressing in Cohort A5
  • Multiple upcoming data presentations at American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) 25th Annual Meeting and Society For Investigative Dermatology (SID) 2022 Annual Meeting
  • MuSK-CAART: Muscle-specific kinase (MuSK) chimeric autoantibody receptor T (MuSK-CAART) cells as a potential treatment for patients with MuSK-associated myasthenia gravis.
  • First-in-human trial on track to commence in 2022

Headwinds

  • Risk that signs of biologic activity may not inform long-term results
  • Risks related to clinical trial site activation or enrollment rates that are lower than expected
  • Risks related to unexpected safety or efficacy data observed during clinical studies
  • Risks related to the impact of public health epidemics, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, affecting countries or regions in which we have operations or do business
  • Uncertainties related to the initiation and conduct of studies and other development requirements for its product candidates

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 2022

Historical avgQ1 2022

+2.7%

Avg return

Earnings day

+3.2%

Avg return

5 days after

+5.3%

Avg return

30 days after

67%

16 / 24 earnings

Positive

+22.7%

Q3 2022

Best reaction

-24.4%

Q3 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q4 2026-7.8%-9.0%-16.2%
Q3 2025-5.0%-9.4%-5.1%
Q1 2025-0.6%+6.9%-2.9%
Q4 2024+12.8%-28.4%-14.8%
Q3 2024-24.4%-36.7%-29.7%
Q1 2024+12.4%+14.7%-5.1%
Q4 2023-4.2%-6.4%-26.4%
Q3 2023+4.0%+1.6%-5.6%
Q2 2023+10.0%+10.4%+12.0%
Q1 2023+1.6%+7.0%-1.2%
Q4 2022+9.3%+4.3%+5.4%
Q3 2022+22.7%+84.0%+207.2%
Q2 2022+19.5%+17.2%-26.3%
Q1 2022+21.1%+52.8%-3.3%
Q4 2021+14.6%+32.7%+6.4%
Q3 2021+2.4%-5.3%-19.1%
Q2 2021+2.0%+1.9%+58.0%
Q1 2021-6.6%-14.0%-7.2%
Q4 2020+1.7%-4.0%-8.7%
Q3 2020+6.7%+7.1%+19.3%
Q2 2020+6.4%+4.6%-15.8%
Q1 2020-9.3%-8.0%-8.0%
Q4 2019+0.3%-7.6%+10.7%
Q3 2019-23.7%-38.7%+3.7%
Q2 2019
Q1 2019
Q4 2018
Q3 2018
Q2 2018
Q1 2018

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