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Protagonist Therapeutics Inc · Q4 2023 earnings

Q4 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Protagonist's fourth quarter was marked by progress in clinical programs and strategic collaborations.

Protagonist Therapeutics reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023. The company highlighted the worldwide collaboration agreement with Takeda Pharmaceuticals, the progress of JNJ-2113 clinical development program, and the expansion of internal discovery efforts.

  • Executed a worldwide collaboration agreement with Takeda Pharmaceuticals, including a $300 million upfront payment.
  • Extended cash runway through Q4 2027.
  • Published two articles in the New England Journal of Medicine reporting results from the Phase 2b FRONTIER 1 study of JNJ-2113 and the Phase 2 REVIVE study of rusfertide.
  • Johnson & Johnson initiated an expanded JNJ-2113 clinical development program.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$60M

No prior period
EPS (adj)

$0.44

Previous: -$0.69+163.8%
Basic earnings per share

$0.45

No prior period
Diluted earnings per share

$0.44

No prior period
R&D expense

$28.9M

No prior period
G&A expense

$8.05M

No prior period
Total operating expense

$37M

No prior period
Interest income

$4.24M

No prior period
Other income (expense), net

$44K

No prior period
Weighted-average shares basic

60.4M

No prior period
Weighted-average shares diluted

61.8M

No prior period
Stock-based comp. R&D

$3.89M

No prior period
Stock-based comp. G&A

$2.71M

No prior period
Total stock-based comp. expense

$6.6M

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

$19K

Previous: $70K-72.9%
Net Income

$27.3M

Previous: -$31.3M+187.4%
Operating Income

$23M

Previous: -$36.5M+163.1%
Gross Profit

$59.2M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$6.6M

Previous: $5.51M+19.8%

Revenue & EPS history

Protagonist · Revenue · Quarterly

$60M

Q4 2023
Beat estimate in 6 of 13 quarters(46%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Protagonist plans to complete enrollment of the Phase 3 VERIFY study by the end of Q1 2024, and potentially filing an NDA next year after completion of the 52-week study. The company also plans to announce an oral peptide IL-17 development candidate by year end.

Tailwinds

  • Potential commercial launch of rusfertide.
  • JNJ-2113 clinical development program is progressing and expanding.
  • JNJ-2113 has the potential to be a major part of the Inflammation & Immunology franchise.
  • Expanding discovery efforts and are evaluating novel oral peptides against validated biological pathways.
  • Maximizing presence with first-in-class drug candidates for diseases mediated by the IL-17/IL-23 pathway.

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 2023

Historical avgQ4 2023

+3.2%

Avg return

Earnings day

+5.4%

Avg return

5 days after

+8.3%

Avg return

30 days after

51%

20 / 39 earnings

Positive

+75.1%

Q1 2020

Best reaction

-21.2%

Q1 2018

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-0.3%-0.2%+3.3%
Q4 2025-0.3%+7.8%+13.3%
Q3 2025-0.2%+6.4%+12.4%
Q1 2025+2.4%+3.2%+22.9%
Q4 2024-7.1%-6.2%+35.6%
Q3 2024-2.9%-9.3%-11.6%
Q2 2024+0.0%+8.2%+17.4%
Q1 2024+4.0%+8.3%+30.5%
Q4 2023+3.0%+8.9%-2.0%
Q3 2023+10.2%+9.0%+22.8%
Q2 2023+3.3%-2.0%+5.2%
Q1 2023+1.5%+3.3%+15.3%
Q4 2022-8.4%-9.9%-25.9%
Q3 2022-0.5%+9.4%+0.4%
Q2 2022+2.2%-1.6%-21.1%
Q1 2022-0.3%-10.3%-6.4%
Q4 2021+7.2%-0.7%-2.3%
Q3 2021+5.0%+7.4%+0.1%
Q2 2021-2.2%-0.4%-0.8%
Q1 2021-0.4%-0.1%+19.3%
Q4 2020+3.5%+2.8%-11.4%
Q3 2020+14.2%+6.6%+11.0%
Q2 2020+8.3%+2.3%+23.8%
Q1 2020+75.1%+97.4%+98.0%
Q4 2019-4.8%+5.1%-7.6%
Q3 2019-19.3%-14.2%-37.5%
Q2 2019+0.8%-2.9%+60.6%
Q1 2019+20.8%+16.3%+31.4%
Q4 2018+0.1%+22.3%+22.2%
Q3 2018+14.1%+22.3%-14.6%
Q2 2018-1.8%-6.4%-18.1%
Q1 2018-21.2%-22.4%-13.5%
Q4 2017-2.0%+1.4%-57.5%
Q3 2017+8.9%+16.2%+25.2%
Q2 2017-7.7%-4.4%+33.6%
Q1 2017+10.5%+14.3%+21.1%
Q4 2016-0.6%+0.4%-16.8%
Q3 2016-1.6%+3.4%-16.5%
Q2 2016+9.4%+19.1%+63.8%
Q1 2016
Q4 2015
Q3 2015
Q2 2015
Q1 2015

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