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Guardant Health Inc · Q3 2021 earnings

Q3 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Guardant Health's revenue increased by 27% year-over-year, driven by growth in clinical and biopharma test volumes.

Guardant Health reported a 27% increase in revenue for the third quarter of 2021, reaching $94.8 million. The company saw significant growth in clinical and biopharma test volumes, despite the continued impact of COVID-19. However, the net loss also increased to $107.5 million, or $1.06 per share.

  • Revenue reached $94.8 million, a 27% increase compared to the third quarter of 2020.
  • Clinical tests increased by 35% year-over-year, with 22,806 tests reported.
  • Biopharmaceutical tests increased by 58% year-over-year, with 4,839 tests reported.
  • ORACLE study initiated to evaluate Guardant Reveal™ for predicting recurrence across eleven early-stage cancers.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$94.8M

Previous: $74.6M+27.1%
EPS (adj)

-$0.70

Previous: -$0.78+10.3%
Capital Expenditures

-$50.4M

Previous: -$28.9M-74.5%
Free Cash Flow

-$158M

Previous: -$101M-57.1%
Net Income

-$108M

Previous: -$71.7M-50.0%
Operating Income

-$107M

Previous: -$74.3M-44.5%
Gross Profit

$94.8M

Previous: $74.6M+27.1%
Cash & Equivalents

$832M

Previous: $143M+482.3%
Total Assets

$2.23B

Previous: $1.26B+76.3%
Stock-Based Comp

$35M

Previous: $55.2M-36.6%

Revenue & EPS history

Guardant Health · Revenue · Quarterly

$94.8M

Q3 2021+27.1%vs Q3 2020
Beat estimate in 9 of 16 quarters(56%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Guardant Health · $79.3M total across 1 segment · Q3 2021

  • Oncology Revenue
    $79.3M+31.3%

Forward guidance

Guardant Health expects full year 2021 revenue to be in the range of $360 million to $370 million, representing 26% to 29% growth over full year 2020.

Tailwinds

  • Full year 2021 revenue expected to be in the range of $360 million to $370 million.
  • Revenue growth of 26% to 29% expected over full year 2020.
  • Expansion of product portfolio with focus on early-stage cancer detection.
  • Continued progress in developing blood-based cancer screening tests.
  • Focus on improving patient clinical outcomes and lowering healthcare costs.

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

+3.8%

Avg return

Earnings day

+2.6%

Avg return

5 days after

+3.9%

Avg return

30 days after

60%

18 / 30 earnings

Positive

+41.3%

Q4 2018

Best reaction

-30.0%

Q1 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+4.3%+6.6%+36.1%
Q4 2025-3.0%-10.4%-19.9%
Q3 2025+28.5%+35.8%+50.0%
Q1 2025+3.5%-11.2%-14.0%
Q4 2024-9.6%-8.9%-2.7%
Q3 2024+21.6%+24.8%+56.8%
Q2 2024-5.9%-5.3%-26.2%
Q1 2024+20.0%+32.7%+53.8%
Q4 2023-14.3%-13.8%-23.9%
Q3 2023-8.5%-24.7%-10.2%
Q2 2023+4.6%+1.9%-3.1%
Q1 2023+17.2%+12.1%+38.5%
Q4 2022+4.4%+11.7%-12.6%
Q3 2022+3.3%-3.1%+17.5%
Q2 2022+1.6%-6.0%+2.0%
Q1 2022-30.0%-44.3%-32.3%
Q4 2021+6.0%+7.0%-4.3%
Q3 2021-3.8%-5.8%-20.8%
Q2 2021+0.2%-7.7%+15.7%
Q1 2021-3.1%-14.0%-15.8%
Q4 2020-6.7%-5.0%-15.3%
Q3 2020-0.4%-1.1%+9.0%
Q2 2020+0.6%-4.0%+6.8%
Q1 2020+9.0%+19.6%+2.9%
Q4 2019-14.7%-2.1%-25.9%
Q3 2019+11.2%+13.8%+14.4%
Q2 2019+25.8%+18.2%-5.2%
Q1 2019+17.4%+12.0%+40.3%
Q4 2018+41.3%+46.6%+7.9%
Q3 2018-6.7%+3.1%-2.7%
Q2 2018
Q1 2018
Q4 2017
Q3 2017
Q2 2017
Q1 2017

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