NASDAQ$WVE
Wave Life Sciences Ltd · Q4 2020 earnings
Q4 2020 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
Financial results for the fourth quarter and full year were announced and a business update was provided.
Wave Life Sciences reported a net loss of $28.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, compared to a net loss of $56.8 million in the same period in 2019. The company's cash runway is expected to extend into the second quarter of 2023.
- Advanced five clinical programs and novel ADAR editing modality in 2021.
- Data from ongoing PRECISION-HD and OLE clinical trials for Huntington’s disease on track for end of 1Q 2021.
- Moving towards first patient dosing in three clinical trials with pipeline candidates incorporating PN chemistry: WVE-003 (SNP3), WVE-004 (C9orf72) and WVE-N531 (Exon 53).
- Cash runway expected into 2Q 2023.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Wave Life Sciences · Revenue · Quarterly
$9.44M
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 Q4 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
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (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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