NASDAQ$PRAX

Praxis Precision Medicines I · Q3 2023 earnings

Q3 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Praxis Precision Medicines reported financial results for the third quarter 2023.

Praxis Precision Medicines reported a net loss of $24.6 million for the third quarter of 2023, with cash and cash equivalents totaling $101.1 million as of September 30, 2023, expected to support operations into Q1 2025. The company progressed its clinical programs, including the initiation of the Essential3 Phase 3 program for ulixacaltamide and the completion of dosing for Part 1 of the EMBRAVE study for elsunersen.

  • Initiated Essential3 study for ulixacaltamide in essential tremor, with over 600 patients engaged in a pre-recruitment observational study.
  • Completed final dose for Elsunersen EMBRAVE study and is seeking FDA advice on advancing development.
  • PRAX-628 data in photo-paroxysmal response (PPR) is expected to be shared in the near future.
  • Cash and cash equivalents totaled $101.1 million as of September 30, 2023, supporting operations into Q1 2025.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$468K

No prior period
EPS (adj)

-$2.70

Previous: -$14.40+81.2%
Capital Expenditures

$0.00

Previous: $45K-100.0%
Free Cash Flow

-$24.6M

Previous: -$45M+45.2%
Net Income

-$24.6M

Previous: -$43.9M+43.9%
Operating Income

-$25.5M

Previous: -$44.3M+42.4%
Gross Profit

$468K

No prior period
Cash & Equivalents

$101M

Previous: $62.4M+61.9%
Total Assets

$107M

Previous: $137M-22.0%
R&D Expense

$17.3M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$5.76M

Previous: $6.73M-14.4%

Revenue & EPS history

Praxis · Revenue · Quarterly

$468K

Q3 2023
Beat estimate in 2 of 8 quarters(25%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Praxis · $500K total across 1 segment · Q3 2023

  • Collaboration Revenue
    $500K

Forward guidance

Praxis Precision Medicines is focused on advancing its clinical programs and expects topline results from multiple studies in the near term.

Tailwinds

  • Initiated Essential3, the Phase 3 program for ulixacaltamide.
  • Praxis shared additional analyses from the Essential1 data set.
  • Expecting topline results from the PRAX-628 Phase 2a proof-of-concept study evaluating epilepsy patients with PPR in the fourth quarter of 2023.
  • Initiate a Phase 2 study to evaluate PRAX-628 for the treatment of focal epilepsy in the first half of 2024.
  • Expecting topline results from the PRAX-562 Phase 2 EMBOLD study for the treatment of pediatric patients with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) in the first half of 2024.

Headwinds

  • Uncertainties inherent in clinical trials.
  • Reported interim data from ongoing studies and trials differing materially from final data from preclinical studies and completed clinical trials.
  • The expected timing of clinical trials, data readouts and the results thereof, and submissions for regulatory approval or review by governmental authorities.
  • Regulatory approvals to conduct trials.
  • Praxis’ anticipated cash runway.

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 Q3 2023

Historical avgQ3 2023

-0.3%

Avg return

Earnings day

+3.3%

Avg return

5 days after

-4.0%

Avg return

30 days after

57%

13 / 23 earnings

Positive

+22.3%

Q2 2022

Best reaction

-40.6%

Q4 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+1.7%-6.4%-22.2%
Q4 2025+0.5%+4.2%-9.3%
Q3 2025-4.7%-2.2%+44.4%
Q1 2025+0.2%-3.5%+16.3%
Q4 2024-40.6%-41.8%-40.6%
Q3 2024+3.6%+16.6%-4.0%
Q2 2024-1.1%+2.0%+13.3%
Q1 2024-5.9%-6.9%-15.8%
Q4 2023+6.3%+2.3%-7.3%
Q3 2023+1.4%-0.6%+21.6%
Q2 2023+10.8%+17.0%+43.9%
Q1 2023-2.8%-1.9%-7.7%
Q4 2022-4.2%-13.0%-77.0%
Q3 2022-12.5%-11.2%-13.3%
Q2 2022+22.3%+33.2%-3.4%
Q1 2022+14.0%+28.1%-77.7%
Q4 2021-1.9%-4.2%-22.9%
Q3 2021+2.4%+2.0%-17.1%
Q2 2020+12.7%+35.9%+42.8%
Q2 2021+12.7%+35.9%+42.8%
Q1 2021-16.4%-16.1%-20.2%
Q4 2020-6.8%-11.5%-34.0%
Q3 2020+2.3%+18.2%+54.7%
Q1 2020
Q4 2019
Q3 2019
Q2 2019
Q1 2019

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