NASDAQ$WVE

Wave Life Sciences Ltd · Q3 2020 earnings

Q3 2020 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Wave Life Sciences announced its Q3 2020 financial results and provided a business update.

Wave Life Sciences reported a net loss of $33.1 million for the third quarter of 2020. The company's cash runway is expected to extend into the second quarter of 2023, bolstered by recent equity financing.

  • PRECISION-HD1 and PRECISION-HD2 clinical trial results and initial OLE data are expected in Q1 2021.
  • Dosing in three new clinical trials with novel compounds incorporating PN chemistry is expected in 2021.
  • Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency was announced as the first ADAR editing program.
  • The balance sheet was strengthened with equity financing, extending the cash runway into Q2 2023.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$3.45M

Previous: $2.93M+17.8%
EPS (adj)

-$0.86

Previous: -$1.48+41.9%
Research and Development Expense

$28.3M

Previous: $44.6M-36.6%
General and Administrative Expense

$9.59M

Previous: $12.5M-23.4%
Capital Expenditures

-$781K

Previous: -$2.57M+69.6%
Free Cash Flow

-$33.9M

Previous: -$53.3M+36.4%
Net Income

-$33.1M

Previous: -$50.7M+34.7%
Operating Income

-$34.4M

Previous: -$54.2M+36.5%
Cash & Equivalents

$216M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Wave Life Sciences · Revenue · Quarterly

$3.45M

Q3 2020+17.8%vs Q3 2019
Beat estimate in 13 of 16 quarters(81%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Wave Life Sciences 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 Q3 2020

Historical avgQ3 2020

+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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