NASDAQ$NKTX

Nkarta Inc · Q4 2023 earnings

Q4 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Nkarta reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023.

Nkarta's pipeline realignment focuses resources on rapid advancement of NKX019 in autoimmune diseases and deprioritizes development of NKX101. The company had $250.9 million in cash, cash equivalents and investments as of year-end 2023, which is anticipated to fund operations into 2026.

  • First patient dosing on track for first half of 2024 in clinical trial of NKX019 in lupus nephritis using disease-tailored lymphodepletion
  • Additional B-cell mediated autoimmune diseases under consideration for broader clinical investigation of NKX019
  • Pipeline realignment focuses resources on rapid advancement of NKX019 in autoimmune diseases and deprioritizes development of NKX101
  • 2023 year-end cash, cash equivalents and investments of $250.9 million

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$10.5M

No prior period
EPS (adj)

-$0.57

Previous: -$0.67+14.9%
R&D Expenses

$96.8M

No prior period
G&A Expenses

$34.9M

No prior period
Net Loss Per Share (Basic & Diluted)

-$2.40

No prior period
Total Operating Expenses

$132M

No prior period
Interest Income

$14.1M

No prior period
Other Income, Net

$42K

No prior period
Total Other Income, Net

$14.1M

No prior period
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding

49.0M

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$6.81M

Previous: $35M-119.4%
Net Income

-$27.8M

Previous: -$32.6M+14.8%
Operating Income

-$31.2M

Previous: -$35M+10.9%
Gross Profit

$8.29M

No prior period
R&D Expense

$21.1M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$3.51M

Previous: $4.46M-21.2%

Revenue & EPS history

Nkarta · Revenue · Quarterly

$10.5M

Q4 2023

Forward guidance

Nkarta expects its current cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund its current operating plan into 2026.

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 2023

Historical avgQ4 2023

+0.9%

Avg return

Earnings day

-2.2%

Avg return

5 days after

-0.9%

Avg return

30 days after

63%

15 / 24 earnings

Positive

+16.2%

Q4 2021

Best reaction

-30.3%

Q4 2023

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q4 2025+0.9%-14.8%
Q1 2026+3.5%-16.1%-13.2%
Q3 2025+3.1%-4.6%-4.6%
Q2 2025+12.8%+19.9%+0.5%
Q1 2025+1.2%-0.6%-4.6%
Q4 2024+3.2%-15.4%+13.3%
Q3 2024-4.8%-9.0%-23.0%
Q2 2024+1.2%+0.0%+10.3%
Q1 2024-2.3%+2.3%+3.1%
Q4 2023-30.3%-22.8%-43.0%
Q3 2023-5.6%+7.0%+27.0%
Q2 2023-0.5%-1.0%-20.5%
Q1 2023-4.1%-4.1%-0.9%
Q4 2022+1.3%-7.1%+19.3%
Q3 2022-8.4%-2.1%-35.5%
Q2 2022+8.8%+11.1%-8.5%
Q1 2022+12.8%+11.1%+6.9%
Q4 2021+16.2%+6.2%-15.2%
Q3 2021+7.7%+7.2%-15.0%
Q2 2021-1.9%-5.0%-29.0%
Q4 2020+0.0%-14.4%-30.3%
Q3 2020+2.9%+14.5%+122.0%
Q2 2020-7.0%-12.0%+21.1%
Q1 2021+11.3%
Q4 2019
Q3 2019
Q2 2019
Q1 2019

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