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Disc Medicine Inc · Q4 2024 earnings

Q4 2024 earnings · · Before market open · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial results and provided a business update.

Disc Medicine reported its Q4 and full year 2024 financial results, highlighting a strong financial position with $490 million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities. The company is targeting an NDA submission for bitopertin in H2 2025 and anticipates initiating a Phase 2 study for DISC-3405 in H1 2025.

  • Targeting NDA submission for bitopertin in erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) in H2 2025 through accelerated approval pathway.
  • On track to initiate APOLLO post-marketing confirmatory trial by mid-2025.
  • Presented positive update from Phase 1b trial of DISC-0974 in patients with anemia of myelofibrosis (MF) at ASH 2024; initial data from ongoing Phase 2 expected in H2 2025.
  • Presented first-in-human SAD/MAD data from Phase 1 trial of DISC-3405 demonstrating proof-of-mechanism; a Phase 2 study in polycythemia vera (PV) expected to initiate in H1 2025.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$0.00

Previous: $0.00
EPS (adj)

-$0.98

Previous: -$0.97-1.0%
Capital Expenditures

-$449K

Previous: $3K-15066.7%
Net Income

-$109M

Previous: -$23.6M-363.8%
Operating Income

-$130M

Previous: -$29.7M-336.6%
Gross Profit

-$9K

Previous: $0.00
R&D Expense

$24.8M

Previous: $22.6M+9.9%

Revenue & EPS history

Disc Medicine · Revenue · Quarterly

$0

Q4 2024

Forward guidance

Disc Medicine anticipates several milestones in the near future, including the NDA submission for bitopertin, initiation of the APOLLO trial, and data readouts for DISC-0974 and DISC-3405.

Tailwinds

  • Targeting NDA submission for bitopertin in EPP in H2 2025.
  • Initiating APOLLO post-marketing confirmatory trial by mid-2025.
  • Initial data from ongoing Phase 2 of DISC-0974 in MF expected in H2 2025.
  • Multiple-dose data from ongoing Phase 1b of DISC-0974 in NDD-CKD expected in H2 2025.
  • Phase 2 study of DISC-3405 in PV expected to initiate in H1 2025.

Headwinds

  • Potential delays in clinical trial timelines.
  • Uncertainties in regulatory approval pathways.
  • Risks associated with drug development and commercialization.
  • Dependence on successful clinical trial outcomes.
  • Potential challenges in identifying additional product candidates.

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 Q4 2024

Historical avgQ4 2024

-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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