Janux Therapeutics 2024 Q3 Earnings Deepening Losses Amid Pipeline Progress

Janux Therapeutics reported its fiscal 2024 Q3 earnings on August 7, 2025. The company missed revenue expectations with a steep drop in income and widened losses, though it highlighted ongoing clinical progress and a $10 million milestone payment. No formal guidance was provided for the current quarter.

Revenue
Janux Therapeutics's total revenue plummeted by 82.6% to $439,000 in 2024 Q3, a significant decline from $2.52 million in the same period in 2023. The sole source of revenue came from collaboration activities, with collaboration revenue amounting to $439,000, which constituted the entirety of the company’s total revenue for the quarter. This represents a near-total absence of diversified revenue streams.

Earnings/Net Income
The company’s financial performance worsened significantly, with losses expanding to $0.51 per share in 2024 Q3 compared to $0.25 per share in 2023 Q3, representing a 104.0% increase in loss per share. Net loss surged to $-28.06 million in 2024 Q3, up from $-11.57 million in 2023 Q3, a 142.6% increase in net loss. These figures underscore the company's continued unprofitability, with losses sustained for four consecutive years in this fiscal quarter. The net income performance remains a critical area of concern.

Price Action
The stock price of Janux Therapeutics has experienced a continued downward trend, with a 7.84% drop on the latest trading day, a 5.98% decline over the past full trading week, and a 7.65% decrease month-to-date.

Post-Earnings Price Action Review
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CEO Commentary
David Campbell, Ph.D., President and CEO of Janux Therapeutics, emphasized the strategic expansion of the company’s TRACTr, TRACIr, and ARM platforms to maximize the value of its clinical programs, particularly JANX007 and JANX008. He also highlighted the anticipated clinical updates in the second half of 2025 and expressed optimism about the pipeline’s progress and the potential for best-in-class therapies, particularly in the ARM platform for autoimmune diseases.

Additional News
Janux Therapeutics recently announced key developments in its clinical pipeline, including ongoing enrollment in Phase 1 trials for its lead candidates, JANX007 and JANX008, with expected updates in the second half of 2025. The company also received a $10 million milestone payment from Merck following the first patient dosed in its lead collaboration program. As of June 30, 2025, Janux held $996.0 million in cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments, down slightly from $1.03 billion at the end of December 2024. The R&D Day in July 2025 highlighted progress across its pipeline, including the potential of a novel bispecific ARM platform for autoimmune disease. Janux is also advancing multiple preclinical programs toward clinical trials, including a PSMA-TRACIr, a TROP2-TRACTr, and a CD19-ARM.

Guidance
The company did not provide specific forward-looking revenue or earnings guidance for the remainder of the fiscal year, though it reiterated its focus on clinical progress and platform development. Investors are encouraged to monitor upcoming clinical data and potential partnership developments for directional insight.