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Disc Medicine Inc · Q2 2023 earnings

Q2 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Disc Medicine reported financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2023 and provided a business update.

Disc Medicine reported a net loss of $15.9 million for the second quarter of 2023. The company's cash and cash equivalents were $377.6 million as of June 30, 2023, which are expected to fund operational plans well into 2026.

  • Presented positive initial safety and efficacy data from BEACON trial at the European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress in June 2023.
  • Initiated phase 1/2 study of bitopertin in patients with Diamond-Blackfan Anemia who have failed corticosteroid treatment.
  • Enrolling patients in two separate Phase 1b/2 studies for DISC-0974.
  • Strengthened financial position through $158 million upsized public offering; ended Q2 with approximately $378 million in cash that is expected to fund operations well into 2026.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$0.00

No prior period
EPS (adj)

-$0.74

Previous: -$10.14+92.7%
Capital Expenditures

$12K

Previous: $20K-40.0%
Free Cash Flow

-$12.7M

Previous: -$12.2M-4.8%
Net Income

-$15.9M

Previous: -$9.58M-66.5%
Operating Income

-$17.3M

Previous: -$12M-44.2%
Cash & Equivalents

$378M

Previous: $109M+247.5%
Total Assets

$384M

Previous: $113M+239.0%
Stock-Based Comp

$1.31M

Previous: $4M-67.3%

Revenue & EPS history

Disc Medicine · Revenue · Quarterly

$0

Q2 2023

Forward guidance

Disc Medicine anticipates continued progress across its portfolio and expects to provide updated results from BEACON and other studies by the end of the year. They believe they will have capital to fund Disc well into 2026.

Tailwinds

  • Positive initial data from BEACON study.
  • Completion of upsized public offering.
  • Advancing bitopertin into late-stage development.
  • Continued enrollment for AURORA study.
  • Plans to initiate a Phase 1 study in healthy volunteers during the second half of 2023 for MWTX-003.

Headwinds

  • Difficulty in predicting the time and cost of development of product candidates.
  • Risk that the results of preclinical studies and clinical trials may not be predictive of future results.
  • The adequacy of Disc’s capital to support its future operations and its ability to successfully initiate and complete clinical trials.
  • Timing of the availability of data from Disc’s clinical trials
  • Disc’s ability to identify additional product candidates with significant commercial potential and to expand its pipeline in hematological diseases

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 18 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q2 2023

Historical avgQ2 2023

-0.4%

Avg return

Earnings day

-1.7%

Avg return

5 days after

+3.9%

Avg return

30 days after

56%

10 / 18 earnings

Positive

+14.6%

Q3 2021

Best reaction

-12.4%

Q2 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q4 2026+1.3%-3.8%-10.2%
Q3 2025-1.6%-2.5%+5.6%
Q2 2025-3.4%+0.1%+3.0%
Q1 2025+2.3%+3.8%+14.1%
Q4 2024+0.1%+1.6%-3.9%
Q3 2024-5.3%-10.7%-3.5%
Q1 2024+3.5%+8.5%+33.3%
Q4 2023-8.7%-9.2%-56.8%
Q3 2023+1.7%+8.1%+27.8%
Q2 2023+0.3%+1.9%-1.2%
Q1 2023+0.6%+1.8%+47.6%
Q4 2022-0.6%+0.7%+48.4%
Q3 2022-0.6%-4.7%-2.4%
Q2 2022-12.4%-10.9%-31.8%
Q1 2022+3.6%+10.1%+8.6%
Q4 2021-3.2%-7.7%-11.0%
Q3 2021+14.6%-5.6%-12.6%
Q2 2021+0.2%-12.8%+15.3%

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