NASDAQ$CUE

Cue Biopharma Inc · Q1 2025 earnings

Q1 2025 earnings · · After market close · Investor relations

Briefing

Cue Biopharma reported a decrease in collaboration revenue and an increase in net loss for Q1 2025, while also detailing new strategic collaborations and a public offering.

Cue Biopharma, Inc. experienced a decrease in collaboration revenue and an increase in net loss for the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year. The company reported a net loss of $12.257 million and collaboration revenue of $0.421 million. Despite the losses, the company secured significant funding through a public offering and a new collaboration agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, which are expected to fund operations into Q2 2026.

  • Collaboration revenue decreased by $1.3 million to $0.421 million in Q1 2025, primarily due to the termination of the Ono Collaboration and Option Agreement.
  • Net loss for Q1 2025 was $12.257 million, a slight decrease from $12.347 million in Q1 2024.
  • Research and development expenses decreased by $1.7 million to $8.547 million, mainly due to lower clinical trial costs and employee compensation.
  • The company secured approximately $18.0 million in net proceeds from a public offering and an upfront payment of $12.0 million from a new collaboration agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH in April 2025, extending its cash runway into Q2 2026.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$421K

Previous: $1.72M-75.5%
EPS (adj)

-$0.17

Previous: -$0.25+32.0%
Weighted avg shares outstanding

74.3M

Previous: 49.5M+50.1%
Capital Expenditures

-$150K

Previous: -$55K-172.7%
Net Income

-$12.3M

Previous: -$12.3M+0.7%
Operating Income

-$12.3M

Previous: -$12.7M+2.9%

Revenue & EPS history

Cue Biopharma · Revenue · Quarterly

$421K

Q1 2025-75.5%vs Q1 2024
Beat estimate in 9 of 14 quarters(64%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Cue Biopharma · $5.69M total across 1 segment · Q1 2026

  • Collaboration revenue
    $5.69M

Forward guidance

Cue Biopharma anticipates increased expenses due to ongoing research and development, new clinical trials, and operating as a public company. The company expects to finance future cash needs through equity offerings, collaborations, and strategic alliances, but acknowledges substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern without additional funding.

Tailwinds

  • Continued preclinical development of CUE-401 and CUE-500 series (excluding CUE-501, which has been licensed to BI).
  • Assessment of maturing clinical data for CUE-100 series (CUE-101 and CUE-102).
  • Leveraging programs, including autoimmune programs, to advance drug product candidates into preclinical and clinical development.
  • Seeking regulatory approvals for successful clinical trials.
  • Establishing sales, marketing, medical affairs, and distribution infrastructure for commercialization.

Headwinds

  • Need to raise additional capital to fund future operations and remain a going concern.
  • Volatility in capital markets and general economic conditions may hinder fundraising efforts.
  • Potential requirement to delay, reduce, or eliminate product development or commercialization efforts if unable to raise sufficient funds.
  • Risk of dilution to current stockholders if additional capital is raised through equity offerings.
  • Potential for new investors to demand rights, preferences, or privileges senior to existing common stockholders.

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 2025

Historical avgQ1 2025

-0.1%

Avg return

Earnings day

-1.2%

Avg return

5 days after

+1.3%

Avg return

30 days after

45%

15 / 33 earnings

Positive

+25.2%

Q4 2021

Best reaction

-16.7%

Q3 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-14.2%-31.0%
Q4 2025-0.3%-14.7%+97.1%
Q3 2025-8.5%-13.2%-27.1%
Q2 2025+0.0%+3.7%-6.1%
Q1 2025-3.5%-2.5%-18.6%
Q4 2024+3.3%-2.4%-9.4%
Q3 2024-16.7%-28.0%-37.3%
Q2 2024-6.3%+19.9%-7.1%
Q1 2024-8.9%-18.8%-22.5%
Q4 2023+2.7%-5.4%+3.2%
Q3 2023+14.9%+5.4%+8.1%
Q2 2023-12.3%-14.2%-26.5%
Q1 2023-3.7%-12.4%-23.2%
Q4 2022+7.1%+7.4%+14.2%
Q3 2022+20.4%+2.5%-6.1%
Q2 2022+1.7%-5.7%+3.3%
Q1 2022-11.0%-10.0%-8.5%
Q4 2021+25.2%+27.2%+2.9%
Q3 2021-0.4%+6.4%+4.1%
Q2 2021+7.7%+3.5%+23.1%
Q1 2021-1.4%+2.4%-4.2%
Q4 2020-7.5%-4.5%-14.3%
Q3 2020+11.2%+7.1%+17.3%
Q2 2020+1.3%+2.5%-16.0%
Q1 2020+8.3%+13.3%-4.4%
Q4 2019-15.5%+4.8%+59.8%
Q3 2019-2.0%-1.8%+38.4%
Q2 2019+1.3%+7.5%+6.4%
Q1 2019+0.1%+1.5%-6.7%
Q4 2018+9.7%+23.8%+20.3%
Q3 2018-6.7%-8.8%-16.2%
Q2 2018-0.7%-4.9%+11.3%
Q4 2017+0.5%+1.2%-13.5%
Q2 2017
Q1 2017
Q4 2016
Q3 2016
Q2 2016
Q1 2016

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