NASDAQ$ZVRA

Zevra Therapeutics Inc · Q2 2022 earnings

Q2 2022 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 and provided a corporate update.

KemPharm reported Q2 2022 net revenue of $1.3 million and a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $24.0 million, which includes a one-time non-cash expense of $17.7 million related to the acquisition of arimoclomol.

  • Acquired substantially all assets and operations of Orphazyme A/S, including arimoclomol, for $12.8 million in cash.
  • Resubmission of the arimoclomol NDA for the treatment of NPC is expected as early as Q1 2023.
  • Filed IND application for KP1077, an SDX-based product candidate, for the treatment of IH and expects to initiate a Phase 2 trial by the end of 2022.
  • Total cash, cash equivalents, and investments were $114.5 million as of June 30, 2022.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$1.3M

Previous: $12M-89.2%
EPS (adj)

-$0.19

Previous: -$0.40+52.5%
Capital Expenditures

-$31K

Previous: -$81K+61.7%
Free Cash Flow

-$24.1M

Previous: $6.12M-493.2%
Net Income

-$24M

Previous: $6.2M-487.6%
Operating Income

-$24.8M

Previous: $5.83M-524.6%
Gross Profit

$1.25M

Previous: $13K+9507.7%
Cash & Equivalents

$76.8M

Previous: $132M-42.0%
Total Assets

$124M

Previous: $139M-10.5%
Stock-Based Comp

$1.51M

Previous: $318K+374.8%

Revenue & EPS history

Zevra · Revenue · Quarterly

$1.3M

Q2 2022-89.2%vs Q2 2021
Beat estimate in 8 of 15 quarters(53%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

KemPharm is well positioned for growth with a strong financial foundation and anticipates numerous milestone opportunities for 2022 and beyond.

Tailwinds

  • NDA-stage product with a rapidly advancing clinical-stage pipeline.
  • Focus on rare central nervous system, neurodegenerative, and lysosomal storage diseases.
  • Commercialization of AZSTARYS by Corium.
  • Strong operational and financial foundation.
  • Multiple milestone opportunities anticipated for 2022 and beyond.

Headwinds

  • Current macroeconomic and global equity market challenges.
  • Net loss attributable to common stockholders for Q2 2022 was ($24.0) million.
  • Q2 2022 net revenue was $1.3 million, as compared to Q2 2021 net revenue of $12.0 million.
  • Expense of $17.7 million during Q2 2022 related to acquired in-process research and development from the arimoclomol asset acquisition during the quarter.
  • Research and development expenses were $4.8 million for Q2 2022, as compared to $2.8 million in Q2 2021.

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 2022

Historical avgQ2 2022

-0.2%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.0%

Avg return

5 days after

+3.8%

Avg return

30 days after

45%

20 / 44 earnings

Positive

+35.2%

Q2 2015

Best reaction

-19.4%

Q4 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+6.0%+1.6%-0.1%
Q4 2025+21.3%+9.4%+6.5%
Q3 2025-9.8%-6.4%-13.5%
Q1 2025+3.0%+2.7%+8.3%
Q4 2024-2.1%-2.1%+10.5%
Q3 2024-3.5%-3.8%-5.8%
Q2 2024+2.6%+8.2%+11.5%
Q1 2024-2.7%-5.5%-10.1%
Q4 2023-13.3%-13.9%-23.9%
Q3 2023-3.5%-9.0%+12.7%
Q2 2023+3.8%-4.2%-2.7%
Q1 2023+3.1%+27.7%+37.1%
Q4 2022-19.4%-22.8%+4.9%
Q3 2022-18.3%-17.6%-19.7%
Q2 2022-5.4%-14.6%-4.3%
Q1 2022+2.0%+15.9%+9.5%
Q4 2021-4.7%-1.3%-15.3%
Q3 2021-0.1%-2.1%-9.9%
Q2 2021-9.4%-7.2%-7.6%
Q1 2021+3.4%+10.8%+65.9%
Q4 2020+19.5%+14.4%-8.3%
Q3 2020-5.2%+6.2%+83.0%
Q2 2020+8.7%+46.8%+48.9%
Q1 2020-13.5%-21.2%-27.3%
Q4 2019-0.9%-8.5%-30.9%
Q3 2019+11.3%-5.5%-21.6%
Q2 2019-15.8%-18.3%-25.8%
Q1 2019+4.9%+9.0%+17.2%
Q4 2018-14.6%-16.2%-32.4%
Q3 2018-1.9%-6.9%+8.4%
Q2 2018+5.5%+0.0%+13.7%
Q1 2018+16.8%+23.8%+35.6%
Q4 2017-9.9%-13.2%-29.1%
Q3 2017+1.4%+0.0%+1.4%
Q2 2017+8.5%-8.5%+9.3%
Q1 2017+0.0%+3.8%+2.5%
Q4 2016+9.7%+18.1%+31.9%
Q3 2016+3.8%+3.8%-3.8%
Q2 2016+0.0%+7.7%+22.0%
Q1 2016-15.7%
Q4 2015+0.7%
Q3 2015-8.8%
Q2 2015+35.2%
Q1 2015-2.7%
Q4 2014
Q3 2014
Q2 2014
Q1 2014

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