Legend Biotech Q3 revenue slightly misses estimates

Reuters
Nov 12
Legend Biotech Q3 revenue slightly misses estimates

Overview

  • Legend Biotech Q3 revenue slightly misses analyst expectations

  • Collaboration revenue rises due to CARVYKTI sales under Janssen Agreement

  • Company maintains $1.0 bln cash position, supporting operations beyond 2026

Outlook

  • Legend Biotech expects CARVYKTI profitability by year-end 2025

  • Company anticipates company-wide profitability in 2026

  • Commercial production in Belgium to support global demand in H1 2026

Result Drivers

  • CARVYKTI DEMAND - Strong demand for CARVYKTI driven by survival benefit data and label updates, per CEO Ying Huang

  • PRODUCTION EXPANSION - Initiated CARVYKTI commercial production at Tech Lane facility in Belgium to support global demand

  • COLLABORATION REVENUE GROWTH - Increase in collaboration revenue due to CARVYKTI sales under Janssen Agreement

Key Details

Metric

Beat/Miss

Actual

Consensus Estimate

Q3 Revenue

Slight Miss*

$272.30 mln

$272.50 mln (12 Analysts)

Q3 EPS

-$0.11

Q3 Net Income

-$39.69 mln

Q3 Pretax Profit

-$39.07 mln

*Applies to a deviation of less than 1%; not applicable for per-share numbers.

Analyst Coverage

  • The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 18 "strong buy" or "buy", 1 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell"

  • The average consensus recommendation for the biotechnology & medical research peer group is "buy"

  • Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Legend Biotech Corp is $74.00, about 56.7% above its November 11 closing price of $32.03

  • The stock recently traded at 154 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 279 three months ago

Press Release: ID:nGNX3QJb6c

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