NASDAQ$WVE

Wave Life Sciences Ltd · Q2 2021 earnings

Q2 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Wave Life Sciences announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021 and provided a business update.

Wave Life Sciences reported a net loss of $38.8 million in the second quarter of 2021. The company's cash and cash equivalents totaled $143.8 million as of June 30, 2021, and expects existing cash and cash equivalents, together with expected and committed cash from its existing collaboration, will enable the company to fund its operating and capital expenditure requirements into the second quarter of 2023.

  • Dosing is underway in the FOCUS-C9 clinical trial of WVE-004 in C9-ALS / C9-FTD, which is the first oligonucleotide using PN backbone chemistry modifications in clinical study.
  • Recruitment is ongoing for clinical trials in HD and DMD.
  • The company is generating clinical data in multiple trials through 2022 to enable decision making.
  • Leading endogenous ADAR editing capability demonstrated restoration of functional AAT protein in vivo; new data will be presented at Wave Research Day on September 28.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$2.78M

Previous: $3.03M-8.3%
EPS (adj)

-$0.78

Previous: -$1.15+32.2%
Research and Development Expense

$31.6M

Previous: $31.5M+0.5%
General and Administrative Expense

$11M

Previous: $10.2M+7.5%
Capital Expenditures

-$447K

Previous: -$716K+37.6%
Free Cash Flow

-$39.2M

Previous: -$41.2M+4.9%
Net Income

-$38.8M

Previous: -$40.5M+4.3%
Operating Income

-$39.8M

Previous: -$38.7M-3.0%
Gross Profit

-$28.9M

No prior period
Cash & Equivalents

$144M

Previous: $94.1M+52.9%
Total Assets

$206M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Wave Life Sciences · Revenue · Quarterly

$2.78M

Q2 2021-8.3%vs Q2 2020
Beat estimate in 10 of 16 quarters(63%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Wave expects that its existing cash and cash equivalents, together with expected and committed cash from its existing collaboration, will enable the company to fund its operating and capital expenditure requirements into the second quarter of 2023.

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 Q2 2021

Historical avgQ2 2021

+1.9%

Avg return

Earnings day

+1.3%

Avg return

5 days after

+8.2%

Avg return

30 days after

48%

20 / 42 earnings

Positive

+42.4%

Q4 2023

Best reaction

-16.3%

Q1 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+8.4%+5.3%-6.9%
Q4 2025+5.6%-7.6%-56.2%
Q3 2025-10.3%-9.9%+157.4%
Q1 2025+0.5%-1.5%+11.2%
Q4 2024+11.7%-6.5%-33.9%
Q3 2024-4.6%-16.8%-15.8%
Q2 2024-9.5%-6.9%-14.2%
Q1 2024-3.9%-0.2%-0.7%
Q4 2023+42.4%+42.0%+23.4%
Q3 2023-8.9%-5.6%-21.7%
Q2 2023+14.4%+3.0%+3.9%
Q1 2023-0.8%+8.2%+23.6%
Q4 2022-11.1%-11.8%+1.9%
Q3 2022-7.6%-19.3%-1.3%
Q2 2022+37.3%+45.1%+26.7%
Q1 2022-16.3%-13.6%+46.3%
Q4 2021-5.7%-17.1%-17.5%
Q3 2021+1.5%-3.2%-25.7%
Q2 2021+7.0%-0.4%+12.3%
Q1 2021+1.5%+9.6%+18.3%
Q4 2020-7.8%-8.9%-40.5%
Q3 2020+2.8%+11.9%+19.3%
Q2 2020+1.5%-0.5%+36.9%
Q1 2020+28.2%+30.2%+28.1%
Q4 2019-3.2%+9.8%+6.6%
Q3 2019-1.0%+3.1%+20.9%
Q2 2019-3.4%-9.4%+3.1%
Q1 2019-0.8%-1.0%-10.7%
Q4 2018+6.1%+7.6%-7.3%
Q3 2018-12.3%-15.3%+4.4%
Q2 2018+10.7%+16.4%+25.7%
Q1 2018-6.9%-9.7%+11.5%
Q4 2017-7.9%-11.7%-10.5%
Q3 2017+3.2%+12.0%+66.5%
Q2 2017-7.7%-12.8%+18.4%
Q1 2017+2.6%+7.9%-2.2%
Q4 2016-2.0%-4.4%-14.8%
Q3 2016+15.3%+18.2%+5.2%
Q2 2016+5.7%+13.5%+26.9%
Q1 2016-2.7%
Q4 2015-3.1%
Q3 2015+11.1%
Q2 2015
Q1 2015
Q4 2014
Q3 2014
Q2 2014
Q1 2014

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