NASDAQ$MCRB

Seres Therapeutics Inc · Q2 2024 earnings

Q2 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported second quarter financial results and provided business updates.

Seres Therapeutics reported a net loss of $32.9 million for the second quarter of 2024. The company's VOWST asset sale is expected to provide a $175 million cash infusion, which will be used to retire debt and advance the company's pipeline.

  • VOWST asset sale to provide $175M cash infusion, less approximately $20M in settlement of net obligations.
  • SER-155 Phase 1b placebo-controlled Cohort 2 clinical readout on track for September.
  • Based on existing cash, deal economics and operating plans, Seres expects to fund operations into Q4 2025.
  • Second quarter 2024 net sales for VOWST were approximately $14.4 million, reflecting an increase of approximately 43% compared to first quarter net sales of $10.1 million.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$0.00

Previous: $126M-100.0%
EPS

-$0.22

Previous: $0.36-161.1%
Capital Expenditures

-$161K

Previous: -$5.3M+97.0%
Free Cash Flow

-$33M

Previous: $41.3M-180.1%
Net Income

-$32.9M

Previous: $46.6M-170.6%
Operating Income

-$31.3M

Previous: $49.5M-163.3%
Gross Profit

$0.00

Previous: $126M-100.0%
Cash & Equivalents

$71.2M

Previous: $230M-69.0%
Total Assets

$322M

Previous: $406M-20.8%
R&D Expense

$17.9M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$5.53M

Previous: $13.5M-59.0%

Revenue & EPS history

Seres Therapeutics · Revenue · Quarterly

$0

Q2 2024-100%vs Q2 2023
Beat estimate in 2 of 13 quarters(15%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Seres expects to fund operations into the fourth quarter of 2025, based on existing cash, deal economics, and operating plans.

Tailwinds

  • VOWST asset sale will significantly strengthen Seres’ balance sheet.
  • Transaction proceeds to fully retire debt.
  • Advancement of wholly-owned cultivated live biotherapeutic pipeline.
  • SER-155 program remains on track for a clinical data readout in September.
  • Focus on medically vulnerable patient groups with high risk of life-threatening enteric-derived bacterial infections.

Headwinds

  • Sale of VOWST asset.
  • More than a third of employees will transfer to Nestlé Health Science.
  • Net loss of $32.9 million for the second quarter of 2024.
  • Uncertainty of impact of the 50/50 profit or loss sharing arrangement on our reported results and liquidity.
  • Company may not be able to realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction.

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 Q2 2024

Historical avgQ2 2024

-0.3%

Avg return

Earnings day

-1.0%

Avg return

5 days after

+9.8%

Avg return

30 days after

44%

19 / 43 earnings

Positive

+29.9%

Q4 2016

Best reaction

-17.6%

Q4 2018

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-2.1%+0.5%-10.6%
Q4 2025-4.4%+5.1%-6.8%
Q3 2025-8.4%+2.2%+21.2%
Q1 2025-3.7%-7.8%-3.7%
Q4 2024-7.9%+7.8%-14.7%
Q3 2024-10.8%-12.8%+32.4%
Q2 2024+1.5%-1.1%+7.9%
Q1 2024-7.2%-13.1%-44.7%
Q4 2023-11.4%-14.8%-33.8%
Q3 2023-9.7%-15.3%-25.7%
Q2 2023-12.6%-16.1%-29.7%
Q1 2023-4.5%-7.7%+0.7%
Q4 2022+8.2%-4.2%+5.1%
Q3 2022-0.7%-13.1%-21.2%
Q2 2022+19.0%+18.3%+31.5%
Q1 2022-10.1%-22.7%-30.4%
Q4 2021-7.3%-21.3%-11.0%
Q3 2021+10.3%+13.7%+39.3%
Q2 2021+0.9%-0.7%-3.8%
Q1 2021+3.8%+1.9%-9.3%
Q4 2020-14.4%-7.6%-0.8%
Q3 2020-3.9%-0.4%-31.0%
Q2 2020-3.1%-11.0%+488.1%
Q1 2020+21.1%+29.5%+23.2%
Q4 2019+7.3%+12.1%+4.8%
Q3 2019-2.1%-2.9%-3.2%
Q2 2019+5.3%+10.2%+42.2%
Q1 2019-17.5%-20.1%-44.2%
Q4 2018-17.6%+0.5%+1.3%
Q3 2018+3.8%+0.0%-5.4%
Q2 2018+1.6%+2.8%+18.2%
Q1 2018-0.7%+0.0%+0.4%
Q4 2017-4.0%-6.2%-26.5%
Q3 2017+4.1%+0.8%+6.5%
Q2 2017+2.8%+1.8%+4.1%
Q1 2017+2.3%+1.6%-2.6%
Q4 2016+29.9%+19.7%+14.6%
Q3 2016+8.2%+8.9%-14.1%
Q2 2016+14.3%+21.0%+13.5%
Q1 2016+6.5%
Q4 2015+0.9%
Q3 2015-2.1%
Q2 2015-0.1%
Q1 2015
Q4 2014
Q3 2014
Q2 2014
Q1 2014
Q4 2013

Discussion

Share your read of this quarter. Sign-in carries your eToro identity.

Join the conversation

Sign in with eToro to post your read of this quarter and vote on others'.

Sign in with eToro