NASDAQ$COGT

Cogent Biosciences Inc · Q3 2021 earnings

Q3 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Announced third quarter 2021 financial results and provided corporate updates.

Cogent Biosciences reported a net loss of $19.1 million for Q3 2021 and ended the quarter with $202.9 million in cash and cash equivalents. The company initiated the SUMMIT trial, a Phase 2 study of bezuclastinib in patients with nonadvanced systemic mastocytosis, and remains on track to initiate the PEAK trial for GIST patients in 2021.

  • SUMMIT trial, a Phase 2 clinical trial of bezuclastinib for Nonadvanced Systemic Mastocytosis (NonAdvSM) patients, was initiated.
  • PEAK, a Phase 3 clinical trial of bezuclastinib and sunitinib for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) patients, remains on track for 2021 start following positive FDA discussions.
  • New preclinical data was presented demonstrating bezuclastinib as a differentiated KIT inhibitor with minimal brain penetration.
  • Ended Q3 2021 with $202.9 million in cash, sufficient to fund operations into 2024.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$312K

Previous: $312K+0.0%
EPS (adj)

-$0.48

Previous: -$0.31-54.8%
Capital Expenditures

-$1.29M

Previous: -$20K-6330.0%
Free Cash Flow

-$20.4M

Previous: -$50M+59.3%
Net Income

-$19.1M

Previous: -$50M+61.8%
Operating Income

-$19.8M

Previous: -$57.2M+65.4%
Gross Profit

$1.85M

Previous: $239K+673.2%
Cash & Equivalents

$203M

Previous: $129M+56.8%
Total Assets

$215M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$3.46M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Cogent Biosciences · Revenue · Quarterly

$312K

Q3 2021+0%vs Q3 2020
Beat estimate in 3 of 7 quarters(43%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding Cogent Biosciences' business and operations, projected cash runways, future product development plans, clinical development plans and timelines for its lead program, bezuclastinib, including the expectation to initiate the PEAK trial before the end of 2021, as well as the anticipated timeline for reporting clinical data from the APEX trial in 2022; the potential for bezuclastinib to be a best-in-class KIT mutant inhibitor; and the expected benefits of the updated bezuclastinib formulation planned for use in the PEAK trial.

Tailwinds

  • Initiate the PEAK trial before the end of 2021
  • Anticipated timeline for reporting clinical data from the APEX trial in 2022
  • Potential for bezuclastinib to be a best-in-class KIT mutant inhibitor
  • Expected benefits of the updated bezuclastinib formulation planned for use in the PEAK trial

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 2021

Historical avgQ3 2021

+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
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Q2 2017
Q1 2017
Q3 2016
Q3 2015

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