NASDAQ$CBUS

Cibus Inc · Q2 2024 earnings

Q2 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, and provided a business update for the first half of 2024.

Cibus reported its second quarter financial results, highlighting progress in commercial, trait, and platform development, as well as advancements in the regulatory environment for gene editing technologies. The company reported a net loss of $28.5 million, with cash and cash equivalents totaling $30.0 million as of June 30, 2024.

  • Secured an agreement for Herbicide Tolerance traits in Rice with FEDEARROZ, marking the fourth customer collaboration.
  • Advanced trait development with successful trait edits in Sclerotinia and HT2, and initial editing for Nutrient Use Efficiency in Canola.
  • Continued progress in global regulatory landscape, with advances in Canada, the United Kingdom, and a positive vote in the European Union parliament.
  • Expanded intellectual property coverage across 10 plant trait and editing families.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$838K

Previous: $197K+325.4%
EPS

-$1.14

Previous: -$3.05+62.6%
Selling, general and administrative expense

$9.33M

No prior period
Royalty liability interest expense

$8.75M

No prior period
Research and development expense

$13M

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$397K

Previous: -$560K+29.1%
Free Cash Flow

-$25.3M

Previous: -$19.3M-31.3%
Net Income

-$24.9M

Previous: -$18.7M-33.1%
Operating Income

-$21.5M

Previous: -$19.3M-11.2%
Cash & Equivalents

$30M

Previous: $50.9M-41.0%
Total Assets

$553M

Previous: $814M-32.0%
R&D Expense

$13M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$2.82M

Previous: $5.01M-43.9%

Revenue & EPS history

Cibus · Revenue · Quarterly

$838K

Q2 2024+325.4%vs Q2 2023
Beat estimate in 5 of 14 quarters(36%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Cibus has several important development and commercial milestone targets for 2024.

Tailwinds

  • Continue expansion of the customer base for Cibus’ herbicide tolerance platform in Rice
  • Expect first European field trial results for PSR in WOSR in 2024
  • Expect field trial results in Canola (Spring Oilseed Rape) in 2024
  • Complete editing and expect greenhouse results for a third mode of action for Sclerotinia resistance
  • Complete editing and expect greenhouse results for HT2

Headwinds

  • Expect Soybean single-cell regeneration platform to be operational and complete initial editing
  • Expect to enter into initial development and commercial agreements related to Wheat
  • Expect to initiate the first edits toward developing traits for Wheat
  • Continue progress to develop sustainable low carbon ingredients or materials for the consumer packaged goods industry that do not negatively impact the environment during production, use, or disposal
  • Launch first sustainable ingredient in 2025

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 2024

Historical avgQ2 2024

-1.1%

Avg return

Earnings day

-2.2%

Avg return

5 days after

-12.5%

Avg return

30 days after

37%

13 / 35 earnings

Positive

+23.6%

Q4 2019

Best reaction

-25.1%

Q4 2020

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-2.8%-10.3%-15.2%
Q4 2025-16.7%-24.7%-56.8%
Q3 2025-0.8%+1.6%+28.8%
Q2 2025-3.5%-11.6%-7.5%
Q1 2025-7.8%-8.1%-29.4%
Q4 2024-6.4%-9.6%-23.7%
Q3 2024+14.5%+15.2%-8.9%
Q2 2024-9.2%+2.7%-42.4%
Q1 2024+2.2%+9.5%-37.5%
Q4 2023-0.7%+2.2%+7.4%
Q3 2023+17.0%+5.0%-8.8%
Q2 2023-9.7%-13.8%-19.8%
Q1 2023-3.6%-8.3%-15.8%
Q4 2022+1.6%-0.7%-21.5%
Q3 2022-1.4%-7.7%+22.5%
Q2 2022+12.4%+4.3%-11.6%
Q1 2022-17.3%-27.4%-60.0%
Q4 2021-2.8%-21.3%-20.6%
Q3 2021-7.4%-9.0%-41.9%
Q2 2021+12.0%+15.1%+19.9%
Q1 2021+4.6%+3.3%-17.4%
Q4 2020-25.1%-24.7%-35.6%
Q3 2020-1.4%-4.0%-44.3%
Q2 2020-6.6%+0.2%-8.3%
Q1 2020-15.0%-9.4%+27.9%
Q4 2019+23.6%+22.7%-10.1%
Q3 2019-9.7%-10.2%-16.3%
Q2 2019+2.7%-13.1%-23.9%
Q1 2019-3.5%-6.7%-9.3%
Q4 2018+8.3%+20.0%+34.0%
Q3 2018-2.9%-4.9%-22.1%
Q2 2018-0.7%-3.1%-10.8%
Q1 2018+1.9%+22.1%+28.1%
Q4 2017+6.4%+18.8%+16.9%
Q3 2017+7.8%+8.2%-2.2%
Q2 2017
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Q4 2016
Q3 2016
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Q1 2016

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