earnings
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.85
Cibus Q4 net loss $277M on $249M goodwill impairment; cash $32.7M
Cibus, Inc.
- Net loss $277.2M ($12.59/share) vs $2.8M prior year, driven by $249.4M non-cash goodwill and intangible impairment.
- Cash $32.7M at Dec 31, 2023; expects to fund operations into early Q3 2024.
- R&D expense $14.2M, SG&A $6.8M, both up significantly from prior year due to merger and headcount.
- Business progress: PSR in Canola transferred to 10 customers; HT traits in Rice with Bayer, Nutrien, Nuseed, Interoc.
- EU Parliament vote supporting new genomic techniques; opened gene editing production facility.