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Cogent Biosciences Inc · Q1 2022 earnings

Q1 2022 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Cogent Biosciences reported financial results for Q1 2022 and provided business highlights.

Cogent Biosciences reported a net loss of $30.6 million for the first quarter of 2022, with cash and cash equivalents totaling $191.0 million as of March 31, 2022. The company anticipates that its current cash reserves will fund operations into 2024.

  • Initial bezuclastinib APEX data will be presented at the European Hematology Association (EHA) 2022 Annual Congress.
  • The company is building a portfolio of discovery stage programs, creating potential best-in-class small molecule kinase inhibitors.
  • Ended 1Q 2022 with $191.0 million in cash, sufficient to fund operations into 2024.
  • Advancing a potent, selective FGFR2 inhibitor toward candidate selection with a product profile that includes best-in-class selectivity and potency against all known FGFR2 primary driver and secondary resistance mutations.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$652K

Previous: $7.03M-90.7%
EPS (adj)

-$0.68

Previous: -$0.34-100.0%
Capital Expenditures

-$441K

No prior period
Free Cash Flow

-$31.1M

Previous: -$11.7M-165.0%
Net Income

-$30.6M

Previous: -$11.7M-161.2%
Operating Income

-$31.4M

Previous: -$12.8M-145.5%
Gross Profit

$652K

Previous: $604K+7.9%
Cash & Equivalents

$191M

Previous: $231M-17.2%
Total Assets

$207M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$4.18M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Cogent Biosciences · Revenue · Quarterly

$652K

Q1 2022-90.7%vs Q1 2021

Forward guidance

This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the company’s anticipated cash runway, the presentation of initial clinical data from APEX at EHA in June 2022, the best-in-class potential of the company’s research programs, including its FGFR2 and ErbB2 programs, and clinical development and regulatory plans and timelines, including the plan to file an IND in the second half of 2023 for the company’s FGFR2 inhibitor candidate.

Tailwinds

  • The company anticipates that its current cash reserves will fund operations into 2024.
  • Initial bezuclastinib APEX data will be presented at the European Hematology Association (EHA) in June 2022.
  • The company's research programs, including FGFR2 and ErbB2, have best-in-class potential.
  • The company plans to file an IND in the second half of 2023 for its FGFR2 inhibitor candidate.
  • Bezuclastinib has a unique profile as a potent, mutant KIT inhibitor with minimal brain penetration.

Headwinds

  • The company's net loss for the first quarter of 2022 was $30.6 million, compared to a net loss of $11.7 million for the first quarter of 2021.
  • The company's research and development expenses increased to $25.5 million for the first quarter of 2022, compared to $8.2 million for the first quarter of 2021.
  • The company's general and administrative expenses increased to $5.9 million for the first quarter of 2022, compared to $4.6 million for the first quarter of 2021.
  • The company's working capital decreased to $176.9 million as of March 31, 2022, compared to $205.6 million as of December 31, 2021.
  • The company's total assets decreased to $206.9 million as of March 31, 2022, compared to $232.1 million as of December 31, 2021.

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

+0.9%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.3%

Avg return

5 days after

+4.5%

Avg return

30 days after

65%

20 / 31 earnings

Positive

+17.8%

Q3 2018

Best reaction

-24.0%

Q1 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+0.8%-5.3%-10.6%
Q3 2025-4.4%-9.1%+140.2%
Q2 2025-5.8%-9.0%+7.4%
Q1 2025+2.7%+4.4%+48.4%
Q4 2024-6.3%+0.9%-11.4%
Q3 2024+0.0%-14.4%-19.8%
Q1 2024+0.4%-0.1%+11.1%
Q4 2023+0.7%-2.8%-12.4%
Q3 2023+3.9%+3.8%-2.7%
Q2 2023+7.3%+8.8%+9.4%
Q1 2023-1.5%-2.6%-2.9%
Q4 2022+0.7%-5.1%-13.7%
Q3 2022-5.7%-8.5%-2.6%
Q2 2022+9.6%+12.1%+32.7%
Q1 2022-24.0%-26.8%-10.6%
Q4 2021+4.5%+28.4%+64.6%
Q3 2021+13.7%+12.1%-9.9%
Q2 2021+5.4%+13.4%+3.3%
Q1 2021+1.7%+4.9%+4.0%
Q4 2020+5.9%+5.5%+9.0%
Q3 2020+13.2%+9.8%+14.9%
Q2 2020-11.4%-11.0%-8.3%
Q1 2020+0.5%+17.9%+37.1%
Q4 2019-3.1%-15.5%-18.6%
Q3 2019-10.2%-32.6%-52.1%
Q2 2019+4.4%+9.3%+9.0%
Q1 2019+0.2%-1.1%-26.2%
Q4 2018+8.1%+5.4%-12.3%
Q3 2018+17.8%+18.5%-25.0%
Q2 2018-5.9%-12.8%-27.3%
Q1 2018+4.0%+12.4%+13.6%
Q4 2017
Q3 2017
Q2 2017
Q1 2017
Q3 2016
Q3 2015

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