NASDAQ$WVE

Wave Life Sciences Ltd · Q3 2022 earnings

Q3 2022 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Wave Life Sciences reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022 and provided a business update.

Wave Life Sciences reported a net loss of $39.0 million with revenue of $0.3 million in the third quarter of 2022. The company's cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments totaled $122.0 million as of September 30, 2022.

  • Announced positive update in third quarter from SELECT-HD trial in HD; single doses of WVE-003 appeared generally safe and well-tolerated and suggested allele-selective reduction of mHTT protein in CSF
  • Multidosing underway in Phase 1b/2a trial of WVE-N531 in boys with DMD amenable to exon 53 skipping; muscle biopsy data from initial cohort on track for 4Q 2022
  • Selected WVE-006 (Wave’s first RNA editing candidate) as development candidate for AATD with CTA submissions expected in 2023
  • Preclinical data presentations at OTS and ESGCT meetings highlighted potential of PRISM platform to develop potent and durable siRNA compounds and unlock new biology with AIMers

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$285K

Previous: $36.4M-99.2%
EPS (adj)

-$0.42

Previous: -$0.12-250.0%
Research and Development Expense

$27.6M

Previous: $31.1M-11.3%
General and Administrative Expense

$11.6M

Previous: $12.9M-10.0%
Capital Expenditures

-$1.16M

Previous: -$545K-112.3%
Free Cash Flow

-$40.2M

Previous: -$6.78M-492.8%
Net Income

-$39M

Previous: -$6.23M-526.1%
Operating Income

-$38.9M

Previous: -$7.61M-411.4%
Gross Profit

-$2.32M

Previous: $5.34M-143.4%
Cash & Equivalents

$97M

Previous: $124M-21.7%
Total Assets

$182M

Previous: $201M-9.5%

Revenue & EPS history

Wave Life Sciences · Revenue · Quarterly

$285K

Q3 2022-99.2%vs Q3 2021
Beat estimate in 6 of 15 quarters(40%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Wave expects that its existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments will enable the company to fund its operating and capital expenditure requirements to the end 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 2022

Historical avgQ3 2022

+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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