NASDAQ$COGT

Cogent Biosciences Inc · Q3 2023 earnings

Q3 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Cogent Biosciences reported business highlights and financial results.

Cogent Biosciences reported meaningful progress in developing bezuclastinib, with clinical data presentations planned for upcoming meetings and a cash runway into 2026.

  • SUMMIT and APEX clinical presentations are planned for the 2023 ASH Annual Meeting, with SUMMIT NonAdvSM data selected for oral presentation.
  • SUMMIT Part 1 completed upsized enrollment during Q3, and SUMMIT Part 2 is expected to begin in 1H 2024 at over 50 sites globally.
  • Updated PEAK lead-in data presented at the 2023 CTOS Annual Meeting showed a 33% ORR and >14 months median duration of treatment for 2nd-line GIST patients.
  • Ended Q3 2023 with $312.8 million in cash, providing a cash runway into 2026.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$0.00

Previous: $1.96M-100.0%
EPS (adj)

-$0.64

Previous: -$0.50-28.0%
Capital Expenditures

-$121K

Previous: -$4.9M+97.5%
Free Cash Flow

-$38.1M

Previous: -$40M+4.7%
Net Income

-$55.4M

Previous: -$35.1M-58.0%
Operating Income

-$59.6M

Previous: -$36.8M-61.8%
Gross Profit

-$855K

Previous: $1.96M-143.6%
Cash & Equivalents

$313M

Previous: $289M+8.2%
Total Assets

$355M

Previous: $332M+7.2%
R&D Expense

$49.5M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$8.76M

Previous: $4.62M+89.5%

Revenue & EPS history

Cogent Biosciences · Revenue · Quarterly

$0

Q3 2023-100%vs Q3 2022

Forward guidance

Cogent Biosciences anticipates presenting clinical data from SUMMIT and APEX trials at upcoming conferences, completing enrollment in PEAK and APEX Part 2 by the end of 2024, and initiating a clinical trial for the FGFR2 program in 2024.

Tailwinds

  • SUMMIT Part 2 is on track for initiation in 1H 2024, ahead of schedule.
  • Phase 3 portion of the PEAK study remains on track to complete enrollment by the end of 2024, with over 100 active sites globally.
  • APEX Part 2 is on track to complete enrollment by the end of 2024.
  • Cogent anticipates filing an Investigational New Drug (IND) Application and beginning a clinical trial in 2024.
  • Company believes that its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities will be sufficient to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements into 2026.

Headwinds

  • The company's expectations are subject to material risks and uncertainties.
  • The company may not actually achieve the forecasts or milestones disclosed in its forward-looking statements.
  • New risks and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all risks and uncertainties.
  • The company's clinical results may vary.
  • The rate of enrollment in the company's clinical trials may be slower than expected.

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 2023

Historical avgQ3 2023

+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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