NASDAQ$MBRX

Moleculin Biotech Inc · Q1 2025 earnings

Q1 2025 earnings · · After market close · Investor relations

Briefing

Moleculin reported no revenue and a net loss in Q1 2025 while progressing its clinical development pipeline.

Moleculin Biotech reported a net loss of $6.4 million in Q1 2025 with no revenue, while continuing progress on its Annamycin trials for AML and STS lung metastases. Research and development expenses decreased year-over-year, and the company held $7.7 million in cash and equivalents as of quarter end.

  • No revenue was reported for Q1 2025.
  • Net loss totaled $6.4 million compared to $5.0 million in Q1 2024.
  • Cash and cash equivalents stood at $7.7 million at the end of Q1.
  • Enrollment continued in the pivotal Phase 3 MIRACLE trial for Annamycin.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$0.00

Previous: $0.00
EPS (adj)

-$0.69

Previous: -$2.02+65.8%
General and administrative expense

$2.51M

Previous: $2.43M+3.4%
Research and development expense

$3.44M

Previous: $4.25M-19.2%
Capital Expenditures

$0.00

Previous: $0.00
Net Income

-$6.44M

Previous: -$4.97M-29.5%
Operating Income

-$5.94M

Previous: -$6.68M+11.0%
Gross Profit

-$31K

Previous: $0.00
R&D Expense

$3.44M

Previous: $4.25M-19.2%

Revenue & EPS history

Moleculin · Revenue · Quarterly

$0

Q1 2025

Forward guidance

Moleculin expects continued clinical advancement in 2025, with multiple data readouts planned, subject to securing additional financing.

Tailwinds

  • Enrollment and dosing in MIRACLE trial are underway.
  • EMA approval expands the trial to 9 EU countries.
  • Final data from the STS lung metastases trial expected by mid-2025.
  • WP1066 trials progressing through external partnerships.
  • Annamycin has multiple orphan drug designations and Fast Track Status.

Headwinds

  • No revenue generation in the quarter.
  • Ongoing net losses highlight continued cash burn.
  • Funding only supports operations into Q3 2025.
  • Dependent on additional financing to sustain trials.
  • Regulatory approvals for further trial phases still pending.

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

-1.2%

Avg return

Earnings day

-0.8%

Avg return

5 days after

-5.3%

Avg return

30 days after

32%

13 / 41 earnings

Positive

+28.1%

Q4 2019

Best reaction

-20.8%

Q4 2023

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+2.8%+9.8%
Q4 2025+0.0%+20.9%+17.5%
Q3 2025-4.4%-3.5%-56.1%
Q2 2025-4.0%-11.7%-46.1%
Q1 2025-8.2%-1.3%-35.3%
Q4 2024-2.8%-3.7%-12.8%
Q3 2024+3.5%+6.3%+3.9%
Q2 2024-5.1%+2.1%+3.4%
Q1 2024+1.9%+6.7%-9.2%
Q4 2023-20.8%-16.4%-29.9%
Q3 2023+1.9%+9.3%-2.4%
Q2 2023-1.3%-7.5%-32.7%
Q1 2023-14.4%-21.7%-23.1%
Q4 2022-1.9%-7.8%-24.0%
Q3 2022+5.1%+6.1%+48.6%
Q2 2022+9.3%+3.7%-12.3%
Q1 2022+1.6%+9.0%+23.0%
Q4 2021-4.4%-1.7%+1.1%
Q3 2021+0.0%-6.5%-5.7%
Q2 2021-3.3%-11.1%-0.3%
Q1 2021-3.8%-2.1%-99.7%
Q4 2020-1.5%-6.6%-11.6%
Q3 2020+2.9%+8.5%+14.1%
Q2 2020-7.4%-5.6%-29.0%
Q1 2020+0.0%+0.0%+11.2%
Q4 2019+28.1%+27.9%+155.9%
Q3 2019+0.9%-0.9%-4.7%
Q2 2019+6.5%+10.2%+13.0%
Q1 2019-0.8%-5.7%-4.9%
Q4 2018+3.8%-1.5%-0.8%
Q3 2018-3.1%+6.1%-3.8%
Q2 2018+0.0%-1.2%+0.0%
Q1 2018-0.6%-0.6%+12.1%
Q4 2017-3.2%-1.1%-0.5%
Q3 2017-0.4%+3.7%+5.6%
Q2 2017-7.7%-11.8%-3.7%
Q1 2017-4.7%-4.9%+0.0%
Q4 2016-12.8%-28.2%-27.4%
Q3 2016-2.4%+1.7%-50.5%
Q2 2016-1.6%-6.7%-1.0%
Q1 2016+2.3%+5.4%+5.2%
Q3 2015

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