NASDAQ$VRCA

Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc · Q4 2023 earnings

Q4 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported YCANTH™ revenue of $1.9M, made considerable progress with the launch of YCANTH™ during the first full quarter of commercial operations, and advanced the pipeline.

Verrica Pharmaceuticals reported a net loss of $24.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2023, with product revenue of $1.9 million from YCANTH™ and $0.1 million in collaboration revenues. The company is focused on accelerating the YCANTH™ launch and advancing its pipeline, including a Phase 3 clinical trial for common warts and the completion of enrollment in a Phase 2 study for basal cell carcinoma.

  • YCANTH™ revenue reached $1.9 million in Q4 2023.
  • Over 200 million lives are now covered on commercial insurance and managed Medicaid plans.
  • A permanent J-code for YCANTH™ will be published on April 1, 2024.
  • The company completed enrollment in the Phase 2 study evaluating VP-315 for basal cell carcinoma.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$1.99M

Previous: $68K+2823.5%
EPS (adj)

-$0.53

Previous: -$0.14-278.6%
Capital Expenditures

-$227K

Previous: $66K-443.9%
Net Income

-$24.6M

Previous: -$5.9M-317.2%
Operating Income

-$23.1M

Previous: -$6.21M-272.4%
Gross Profit

$1.61M

Previous: $6K+26691.7%
R&D Expense

$5.32M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Verrica · Revenue · Quarterly

$1.99M

Q4 2023+2,823.5%vs Q4 2022
Beat estimate in 9 of 14 quarters(64%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Verrica anticipates accelerating the YCANTH™ launch in 2024 and expects initial results from the VP-315 study in the first half of 2024.

Tailwinds

  • Growing confidence and adoption in the prescriber base
  • Over 200 million commercial and Medicaid lives now covered
  • A permanent J-code that will be published on April 1
  • A significant decrease in the availability and supply of improperly compounded cantharidin
  • Alignment with the FDA on the Phase 3 clinical trial for evaluating YCANTH for the treatment of common warts

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 Q4 2023

Historical avgQ4 2023

-2.7%

Avg return

Earnings day

-3.4%

Avg return

5 days after

-0.4%

Avg return

30 days after

42%

13 / 31 earnings

Positive

+18.6%

Q1 2024

Best reaction

-47.9%

Q3 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-3.8%-15.3%
Q4 2025+4.7%+3.2%-14.5%
Q3 2025+3.2%+15.8%+104.7%
Q1 2025+2.9%-0.8%-3.0%
Q4 2024-7.6%+0.5%-25.3%
Q3 2024-47.9%-45.8%-22.2%
Q2 2024-44.8%-43.8%-62.6%
Q1 2024+18.6%+8.4%+7.3%
Q4 2023-3.0%-10.1%+3.5%
Q3 2023-13.6%-17.7%+7.6%
Q2 2023+7.6%+1.6%-18.5%
Q1 2023-1.4%-7.1%-13.9%
Q4 2022-6.9%+1.5%-21.6%
Q3 2022-3.1%+3.1%+43.7%
Q2 2022+17.1%+9.6%+18.8%
Q1 2022-1.6%-7.8%-63.0%
Q4 2021+1.3%-7.7%+1.9%
Q3 2021-4.2%-5.9%-22.2%
Q2 2021-1.6%-0.7%+12.6%
Q1 2021-0.8%-0.2%-14.8%
Q4 2020-9.6%-0.2%+1.3%
Q3 2020+13.9%+13.1%+32.3%
Q2 2020+5.6%+4.8%+29.6%
Q1 2020+10.5%+2.8%+24.0%
Q4 2019-12.1%-7.5%+31.3%
Q3 2019+0.8%+4.0%-7.3%
Q2 2019+2.6%-9.3%-2.3%
Q1 2019+1.0%-3.3%-23.4%
Q4 2018-7.5%+1.1%-8.0%
Q3 2018-3.8%+5.6%-22.7%
Q2 2018-0.9%+2.7%+13.8%
Q1 2018
Q4 2017
Q3 2017
Q2 2017
Q1 2017

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