NASDAQ$TPST

Tempest Therapeutics Inc · Q1 2023 earnings

Q1 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported financial results for the first quarter of 2023 and provided a corporate update.

Tempest Therapeutics reported a net loss of $7.6 million, with cash and cash equivalents totaling $22.9 million at the end of the quarter. The company highlighted positive early data from its TPST-1120 study in HCC patients and presented new data on its TREX1 inhibitor program.

  • Reported unconfirmed responses of 30% for the TPST-1120 triplet arm (12/40) vs. 17.2% for the active control arm (5/29), demonstrating a 74.4% relative improvement in objective response rate (ORR).
  • Reported confirmed responses of 17.5% for the TPST-1120 triplet arm (7/40) vs. 10.3% for the active control arm (3/29), demonstrating a 69.9% relative improvement in confirmed ORR.
  • 47.5% (19/40) of the TPST-1120 arm patients are on treatment vs. 23.3% (7/30) in the control arm.
  • Ended the quarter with $22.9 million in cash and cash equivalents.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$0.00

Previous: $0.00
EPS (adj)

-$0.55

Previous: -$1.18+53.4%
Capital Expenditures

$46K

Previous: $3K+1433.3%
Free Cash Flow

-$8.35M

Previous: -$7.11M-17.4%
Net Income

-$7.64M

Previous: -$8.5M+10.2%
Operating Income

-$7.58M

Previous: -$8.16M+7.1%
Cash & Equivalents

$22.9M

Previous: $45.8M-50.0%
Total Assets

$37.3M

Previous: $67M-44.2%

Revenue & EPS history

Tempest · Revenue · Quarterly

$0

Q1 2023

Forward guidance

Tempest anticipates updated data from the TPST-1120 HCC study from Roche and plans to report data from the TPST-1495 trial at ASCO 2023, with further data on the endometrial cancer arm in 2024. The company also expects to advance its TREX1 inhibitor program.

Tailwinds

  • Expect to receive updated data from the ongoing global randomized first-line Phase 1b/2 study in patients with HCC from Roche for TPST-1120.
  • Plan to report data from the Phase 1 dose and schedule optimization trial studying monotherapy and combination therapy with an anti-PD1 therapy, pembrolizumab, at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting for TPST-1495.
  • Plan to report data from a separate combination arm at the two highest TPST-1495 doses in patients with advanced endometrial cancer in 2024.
  • Expect to advance new proprietary small molecule series TREX1 inhibitors generated through insights resulting from human TREX1-inhibitor co-crystal structures.
  • Based on the current cash position and operating plan, Tempest expects to have sufficient resources to fund operations through the second quarter of 2024.

Headwinds

  • Unexpected safety or efficacy data observed during preclinical or clinical trials.
  • Clinical trial site activation or enrollment rates that are lower than expected.
  • Changes in expected or existing competition.
  • Changes in the regulatory environment.
  • Unexpected litigation or other disputes.

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 Q1 2023

Historical avgQ1 2023

-2.1%

Avg return

Earnings day

-3.1%

Avg return

5 days after

-10.2%

Avg return

30 days after

34%

12 / 35 earnings

Positive

+15.8%

Q2 2022

Best reaction

-41.3%

Q4 2020

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q4 2026+1.2%+4.5%-36.2%
Q3 2025-3.2%-3.3%-68.6%
Q2 2025+10.0%+31.5%+33.7%
Q1 2025-2.6%-8.2%+0.7%
Q4 2024+5.9%-9.5%-28.9%
Q3 2024-11.5%-19.1%-24.1%
Q2 2024-16.8%-21.4%-11.4%
Q1 2024-5.5%-2.0%-10.4%
Q4 2023-3.1%-5.9%-18.1%
Q3 2023+6.1%+11.7%+3.6%
Q2 2023+7.2%+13.5%-29.1%
Q1 2023+3.4%+6.3%-42.0%
Q4 2022+10.2%+8.1%+80.3%
Q3 2022-12.1%-11.5%-14.0%
Q2 2022+15.8%+18.2%+5.1%
Q1 2022+5.9%+12.9%-2.2%
Q4 2021-3.6%-18.8%-12.4%
Q3 2021-2.5%-7.8%-35.5%
Q2 2021-0.1%-6.3%+6.3%
Q1 2021-0.8%-1.6%-10.2%
Q4 2020-41.3%-41.7%-46.3%
Q3 2020-1.3%-1.3%+28.2%
Q2 2020-2.6%-3.6%-17.7%
Q1 2020-4.7%+0.0%+32.0%
Q3 2019-2.7%+1.2%-21.1%
Q2 2019-0.5%-7.4%-23.2%
Q1 2019+2.6%+0.9%-21.2%
Q3 2018-5.2%-13.0%-10.0%
Q2 2018-14.4%-8.9%-15.6%
Q1 2018+0.7%+0.7%-4.7%
Q3 2017-4.6%-2.9%-0.7%
Q2 2017+3.1%-2.5%-12.3%
Q1 2017-0.4%-1.8%-8.1%
Q3 2016-6.8%-31.6%-35.4%
Q2 2016-0.5%+11.2%+12.7%
Q1 2016
Q3 2015
Q2 2015
Q1 2015

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