earnings
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.55
Cibus Q2 2023 net loss $20.5M; reports business progress with trait transfers and Bayer collaboration
Cibus, Inc.
2023-Q2 EPS reported
-$6.73
revenue$239,000
- Net loss of $20.5M ($3.05 per share) vs $2.5M loss in prior-year quarter; cash $50.9M expected into Q1 2024.
- Closed merger of Cibus Global and Calyxt on May 31, 2023; first trait transfers to Nuseed (canola pod shatter) and Nutrien (rice HT1/HT3) completed.
- Opened 32,000 sq ft Oberlin facility in San Diego for semi-automated high-throughput gene editing trait production.
- Entered collaboration with Bayer Ag to evaluate Cibus' Trait Machine platform for precision gene editing.
- EU regulation proposal would treat Cibus' gene-edited traits as 'conventional-like', opening EU market if adopted.