NASDAQ$KALA

Kala Bio Inc · Q1 2024 earnings

Q1 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Kala Bio reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024 and provided a corporate update.

Kala Bio reported a net loss of $11.8 million for the first quarter of 2024, with cash and cash equivalents totaling $48.5 million as of March 31, 2024. The company is focused on advancing its clinical program for KPI-012 in PCED and exploring its platform technology for other corneal and retinal diseases.

  • Patient enrollment is ongoing in the Phase 2b CHASE trial of KPI-012 for PCED, with topline data expected by year-end 2024.
  • Kala Bio is evaluating opportunities to expand KPI-012 development into other corneal diseases, including LSCD, and to explore KPI-014 in rare inherited retinal diseases.
  • Cash resources totaled $48.5 million as of March 31, 2024, expected to fund operations into 3Q 2025 with anticipated funding from the CIRM award.
  • First quarter R&D expenses increased to $6.4 million, driven by KPI-012 development costs.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$0.00

Previous: $1.37M-100.0%
EPS (adj)

-$4.20

Previous: -$6.99+39.9%
Capital Expenditures

-$13K

No prior period
Net Income

-$11.8M

Previous: -$14.5M+18.3%
Operating Income

-$11.9M

Previous: -$11.7M-2.1%
Gross Profit

-$66K

No prior period
R&D Expense

$6.35M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$2.38M

Previous: $1.32M+79.5%

Revenue & EPS history

Kala Bio · Revenue · Quarterly

$0

Q1 2024-100%vs Q1 2023
Beat estimate in 1 of 5 quarters(20%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Kala Bio anticipates that its cash resources as of March 31, 2024, together with anticipated funding under the CIRM award, will enable it to fund operations into the third quarter of 2025.

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 2024

Historical avgQ1 2024

+1.5%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.1%

Avg return

5 days after

-4.7%

Avg return

30 days after

40%

14 / 35 earnings

Positive

+119.7%

Q4 2022

Best reaction

-18.3%

Q1 2021

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q4 2026-1.6%-17.4%-17.7%
Q3 2025-7.4%-10.4%-9.7%
Q2 2025+2.0%+9.9%+103.2%
Q1 2025-5.0%+4.6%+23.6%
Q4 2024-1.5%+1.5%+0.0%
Q3 2024-6.1%-9.5%-17.7%
Q2 2024+3.2%-1.7%-1.7%
Q1 2024-0.9%-3.9%-12.0%
Q4 2023+0.3%-2.4%-21.0%
Q3 2023-6.6%-2.2%+19.7%
Q2 2023-6.5%-8.4%-7.9%
Q1 2023-2.8%+3.0%-5.3%
Q4 2022+119.7%+114.5%+48.0%
Q3 2022+23.7%+34.9%-1.9%
Q2 2022-3.4%-4.6%-1.7%
Q1 2022+8.2%-5.4%-43.1%
Q4 2021-16.6%-25.1%-61.9%
Q3 2021+4.3%-7.7%-30.4%
Q2 2021-6.3%-4.8%-2.7%
Q1 2021-18.3%-18.4%-9.0%
Q4 2020-17.0%-17.6%-21.4%
Q3 2020-1.8%+0.6%+2.5%
Q2 2020-2.7%-2.5%-13.2%
Q1 2020-2.8%+2.8%+17.0%
Q4 2019+3.5%+1.6%+1.3%
Q3 2019+7.0%-4.4%+4.2%
Q2 2019+1.2%-0.6%-20.6%
Q1 2019-8.6%-17.2%-24.2%
Q4 2018+1.0%+6.6%-1.6%
Q3 2018-5.4%-13.8%-25.9%
Q2 2018+1.6%-3.9%-8.5%
Q1 2018+2.0%+3.7%-16.0%
Q4 2017-7.1%-7.4%-7.4%
Q3 2017-3.6%+2.6%+1.7%
Q2 2017+5.4%+6.2%-3.7%
Q1 2017
Q4 2016
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Q4 2015

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