Editas Medicine's fourth-quarter earnings exceeded expectations, with the stock rising 2% pre-market

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Cambridge, Massachusetts - Editas Medicine Inc. (NASDAQ: EDIT) reported fourth-quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations. The gene editing company’s loss was $0.06 per share, better than the market forecast of a $0.23 loss per share. Revenue reached $24.74 million, significantly surpassing the analyst estimate of $8.02 million but down from $30.60 million in the same period last year.

Following the earnings release, the company’s stock rose 2% in pre-market trading.

The company’s collaboration and other R&D revenue declined 19% year-over-year, mainly due to milestone revenue recognized in Q4 2024 under its partnership agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Gilmore O’Neill, President and CEO of Editas Medicine, stated, “We made significant progress in Q4 2025, advancing our mission and strategy to become a leader in in vivo gene editing.”

The company reported a net loss of $5.6 million for the quarter, a substantial improvement from a $45.4 million loss in the same period last year.

R&D expenses decreased by $21.2 million to $27.4 million, primarily due to lower clinical and manufacturing costs following the termination of the reni-cel program in December 2024.

General and administrative expenses declined by $5 million to $11.4 million.

At the end of this quarter, Editas held $146.6 million in cash and cash equivalents, down from $269.9 million a year earlier. The company expects its cash position to fund operations through the third quarter of 2027.

The company remains on track to submit an IND/CTA application for its lead candidate, EDIT-401, by mid-2026, and plans to initiate its first human clinical trial for heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia patients later this year.

Preclinical studies of EDIT-401 showed an average LDL-C reduction of over 90%. Editas expects to obtain early human proof-of-concept data by the end of 2026.

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