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Vaxcyte Inc · Q4 2021 earnings

Q4 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Vaxcyte reported fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results and provided a business update.

Vaxcyte announced its Q4 and full year 2021 financial results, highlighting the completion of VAX-24 drug product manufacturing and the initiation of a Phase 1/2 clinical study for VAX-24. The company's cash, cash equivalents, and investments totaled $273.1 million as of December 31, 2021, excluding net proceeds from a recent public offering.

  • Completed the manufacture of VAX-24 drug product.
  • Dosed first participants in VAX-24 Phase 1/2 clinical study.
  • Advanced and presented preclinical data for VAX-XP program.
  • Initiated VAX-A1 IND-enabling activities.

Headline financials

EPS (adj)

-$0.54

Previous: -$0.41-31.7%
R&D Expenses

$23.1M

Previous: $14.7M+57.6%
G&A Expenses

$6.8M

Previous: $4.79M+41.9%
Capital Expenditures

$1.38M

Previous: $722K+91.4%
Free Cash Flow

-$52.5M

Previous: -$11.5M-356.7%
Net Income

-$28.6M

Previous: -$20.7M-37.9%
Operating Income

-$29.8M

Previous: -$19.5M-53.4%
Cash & Equivalents

$273M

Previous: $386M-29.3%
Total Assets

$324M

Previous: $393M-17.4%
Stock-Based Comp

$3.16M

Previous: $1.94M+63.2%

Revenue & EPS history

Vaxcyte · Revenue · Quarterly

$0

Q4 2025

Forward guidance

Vaxcyte anticipates several key milestones for its vaccine programs, including VAX-24, VAX-XP, VAX-A1 and VAX-PG.

Tailwinds

  • Topline safety, tolerability and immunogenicity results from the VAX-24 Phase 1/2 clinical study by the end of 2022.
  • Begin enrollment in a separate Phase 2 study in healthy adults aged 65 and older upon successful completion of the Phase 1 portion of the recently initiated Phase 1/2 study in adults aged 18 to 64.
  • Topline safety, tolerability and immunogenicity results from Phase 2 study in adults aged 65 and older are expected to be announced in the first half of 2023.
  • Submit its first VAX-24 pediatric IND application to the FDA in the first half of 2023, subject to a pre-IND meeting with the FDA and successful topline results from the VAX-24 Phase 1/2 study in adults 18 to 64 years of age.
  • Provide guidance for the anticipated submission of its IND application in adults to the FDA following the announcement of the topline results from the VAX-24 Phase 1/2 study in adults aged 18 to 64 for VAX-XP.

Headwinds

  • Potential delays in development timelines.
  • Inability to obtain and maintain required regulatory approvals for its vaccine candidates.
  • Risks and uncertainties inherent with preclinical and clinical development processes.
  • Impacts of COVID-19.
  • Sufficiency of cash and other funding to support Vaxcyte’s development programs and other operating expenses.

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 Q4 2021

Historical avgQ4 2021

+0.6%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.8%

Avg return

5 days after

-0.2%

Avg return

30 days after

50%

11 / 22 earnings

Positive

+23.8%

Q2 2020

Best reaction

-21.5%

Q4 2020

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q4 2025+2.7%+1.0%-13.3%
Q3 2025-2.5%+3.8%+12.4%
Q2 2025-9.1%-9.1%+0.1%
Q1 2025+8.3%+3.6%+27.6%
Q4 2024-0.9%-9.1%-12.5%
Q3 2024-2.3%+0.2%-15.4%
Q1 2024-2.9%-2.7%+5.1%
Q4 2023-4.9%-9.2%-13.5%
Q3 2023-1.0%-5.1%+10.8%
Q2 2023-2.5%-2.0%+3.4%
Q1 2023+3.7%-3.7%-0.3%
Q4 2022-1.8%+2.0%-11.6%
Q3 2022+4.2%+3.3%+0.6%
Q2 2022+0.4%+1.7%+6.1%
Q1 2022-11.4%-3.0%-14.8%
Q4 2021+5.5%+1.5%+6.5%
Q3 2021+3.4%+4.7%-12.7%
Q2 2021+5.1%+3.6%+3.1%
Q1 2021+13.5%+17.0%+40.5%
Q4 2020-21.5%-11.9%-17.3%
Q3 2020+3.9%-0.2%-15.3%
Q2 2020+23.8%+31.0%+5.5%
Q1 2020
Q4 2019
Q3 2019
Q2 2019
Q1 2019

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