Stoke Therapeutics 2025 Q2 Earnings Net Income Cuts Loss by 8.6%

Stoke Therapeutics (STOK) released its Q2 2025 earnings report on August 12, 2025, showing significant improvement in financial performance and operational momentum. The company beat expectations in both revenue growth and loss reduction, while its CEO highlighted key clinical advancements and future strategic direction.

Revenue
Stoke Therapeutics reported total revenue of $13.82 million in Q2 2025, a substantial increase of 186.0% compared to $4.83 million in Q2 2024. This represents a strong revenue performance driven by ongoing clinical and commercial efforts.

Earnings/Net Income
The company narrowed its net loss to $-23.48 million in Q2 2025, a 8.6% reduction compared to a $-25.70 million loss in Q2 2024. On a per-share basis, losses were reduced to $-0.40 from $-0.46, marking a 13.0% improvement. This marks a new record high for net income in Q2 over the past four years.

Price Action
Stoke Therapeutics' stock price gained 2.81% on the latest trading day, 4.40% in the past week, and 14.08% month-to-date as of the earnings announcement.

Post-Earnings Price Action Review
The post-earnings price action of STOK demonstrated a negative performance for a strategy of buying the stock on the day of the earnings report. This strategy resulted in a -35.03% return over 30 days, significantly underperforming the 46.32% benchmark return. The strategy's CAGR was -13.83%, with an excess return of -81.35%. Despite a maximum drawdown of 0.00%, the strategy exhibited a Sharpe ratio of -0.15, reflecting high risk and poor relative returns.

CEO Commentary
Ian F. Smith, Interim CEO and Director of Stoke Therapeutics, emphasized the company's strong execution and momentum across its business. He highlighted progress in zorevunersen’s development for Dravet syndrome and the initiation of the EMPEROR Phase 3 study. Smith also noted the drug’s potential as a disease-modifying therapy, supported by durable seizure reduction and cognitive improvement data from a 3-year open-label extension. Additionally, he pointed to the launch of STK-002 in Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy and expressed optimism about expanding into new genetic disease areas to deliver first-in-class medicines. The tone was forward-looking and optimistic, with a focus on leveraging clinical momentum and strategic diversification.

Guidance
The company stated that its $355.0 million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities as of June 30, 2025, is expected to fund operations through mid-2028 and into launch readiness. It anticipates presenting additional zorevunersen data at 2025 medical congresss and advancing lead optimization for a SYNGAP-1 treatment candidate by 2026. Clinical development in both Dravet syndrome and ADOA will continue, with the Phase 3 EMPEROR study ongoing across the U.S., UK, and Japan.

Additional News
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