Alector 2025 Q2 Earnings Continued Losses Despite Narrowing Net Income

Alector reported its fiscal 2025 Q2 earnings on August 8, 2025, showing a continued financial challenge despite a reduction in net losses. The company missed revenue expectations, with total revenue dropping 47.8% year-over-year to $7.87 million, driven entirely by collaboration revenue. The narrowing of the net loss to $30.52 million, a 21.1% improvement from the previous year, and a reduced per-share loss to $0.30 marked a modest improvement, though Alector remains in its ninth consecutive year of losses.

Revenue
Alector’s total revenue declined sharply in Q2 2025 to $7.87 million, a 47.8% drop from $15.08 million in Q2 2024. This decline was driven entirely by collaboration revenue, which stood at $7.87 million for the period. With no additional revenue streams reported, the company’s financial outlook remains heavily dependent on partnership income.

Earnings/Net Income
Alector reported a net loss of $30.52 million in Q2 2025, representing a 21.1% reduction from the $38.68 million loss in Q2 2024. On a per-share basis, the loss narrowed to $0.30, down from $0.40 a year ago, reflecting a 25.0% improvement. Despite these reductions, the company continues to report annual losses in the same quarter for the ninth consecutive year, underscoring ongoing financial challenges.

Price Action
Alector’s stock edged up by 2.10% on the latest trading day but declined 2.01% during the most recent full trading week. Month-to-date, the stock has fallen by 3.95%, reflecting mixed short-term performance in the wake of the earnings release.

Post-Earnings Price Action Review
A post-earnings strategy of buying Alector shares 30 days after the earnings release and holding for 30 days has historically underperformed significantly. Over the past three years, this approach yielded a return of -78.21%, far below the benchmark return of 61.23%. Although the strategy did not experience any drawdowns during the holding period, the substantial decline in value leading up to the earnings date severely impacted overall returns.

CEO Commentary
Dr. Arnon Rosenthal, CEO of Alector, highlighted the anticipated topline data from the INFRONT-3 Phase 3 trial of latozinemab in FTD-GRN, expected by mid-4Q 2025, as a potential inflection point for the company. Rosenthal emphasized the importance of this data in informing registration plans and advancing treatment options for FTD, a disease with no approved therapies. He also outlined the company’s broader pipeline, including the Phase 2 PROGRESS-AD trial of AL101 in Alzheimer’s, expected to conclude in 2026, and ongoing development of its proprietary Alector Brain Carrier platform.

Guidance
Alector expects to report topline data from the INFRONT-3 Phase 3 trial of latozinemab by mid-4Q 2025, with the Phase 2 PROGRESS-AD trial of AL101 in early Alzheimer’s anticipated to complete in 2026. The company also plans to advance its Alector Brain Carrier programs, including an anti-amyloid beta antibody, an engineered GCase enzyme replacement therapy, and an anti-tau siRNA. Alector currently holds $307.3 million in cash, cash equivalents, and investments, providing a cash runway through the second half of 2027.

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