WVE · XBRL financial data
Wave Life Sciences financial statements, every quarter
The same tables from 12 filings, lined up. Matched by XBRL tag: renamed lines keep their history.
How these numbers work
- Every number comes from the company's XBRL financial data filed with the SEC, and each one links to its filing.
- Lines are matched by XBRL tag, so a line renamed between filings keeps its history.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: the 10-K year minus the first three quarters, or a year-to-date total minus the earlier one. Fourth-quarter earnings per share is fourth-quarter net income over the fourth-quarter weighted shares.
- 0 means a filing states zero; a dash (—) means no filing states that number.
- “year only” means the 10-K gives the full year but not the quarters needed to work out the fourth. A worked-out quarter of revenue, cost of revenue or operating cash flow more than twice the company's largest quarter of the two years before is shown this way too.
- Gross profit is shown as the company reports it; a worked-out quarter must equal revenue less cost of revenue for that quarter, or it is a dash.
- Operating income can be above gross profit when the company books other operating income between the two, shown on its own line.
- Shares outstanding come from each filing's cover page, as of the date printed there.
- Quarters are fiscal: Q2 FY27 is the second quarter of the company's fiscal 2027.
Income statement
CSVFiscal quarters (WVE's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2023 | Mar 31, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | Mar 31, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | Mar 31, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue from contracts with customers | 29* | 13 | 20 | — | year only | 9 | 9 | 8 | 17* | 38 | 2 | 13 |
| Research and development | 34* | 33 | 40 | 41 | 45* | 41 | 43 | 46 | 53* | 47 | 51 | 54 |
| General and administrative | 14* | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16* | 18 | 18 | 18 | 21* | 22 | 25 | 25 |
| Total operating expenses | 48* | 47 | 55 | 56 | 61* | 59 | 61 | 64 | 74* | 70 | 76 | 79 |
| Operating income (loss) | (19)* | (34) | (35) | (64) | 23* | (50) | (53) | (56) | (56)* | (31) | (74) | (66) |
| Interest income | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Other income (expense) | 1* | 0 | (0) | 0 | 3* | 0 | (0) | 0 | 0* | (0) | (0) | (0) |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Net income (loss) | (16)* | (32) | (33) | (62) | 29* | (47) | (50) | (54) | (53)* | (26) | (69) | (62) |
| Earnings per share, basic USD per share | (0.15)* | (0.24) | (0.25) | (0.47) | — | (0.29) | (0.31) | (0.32) | (0.30)* | (0.13) | (0.34) | (0.30) |
| Earnings per share, diluted USD per share | (0.15)* | (0.24) | (0.25) | (0.47) | — | (0.29) | (0.31) | (0.32) | (0.30)* | (0.13) | (0.34) | (0.30) |
| Weighted average shares, basic millions of shares | 111* | 129 | 130 | 133 | 162* | 163 | 164 | 168 | 180* | 200 | 204 | 204 |
| Weighted average shares, diluted millions of shares | 110* | 129 | 130 | 133 | 162* | 163 | 164 | 168 | 180* | 200 | 204 | 204 |
Balance sheet
CSVFiscal quarters (WVE's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2023 | Mar 31, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | Mar 31, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | Mar 31, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 200 | 181 | 154 | 311 | 302 | 243 | 208 | 196 | 602 | 545 | 368 | 197 |
| Marketable securities | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 233 |
| Marketable securities, non-current | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Accounts receivable | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Total current assets | 235 | 197 | 172 | 325 | 320 | 258 | 224 | 215 | 615 | 561 | 508 | 459 |
| Property and equipment, net | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Right-of-use asset | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 39 | 38 |
| Total assets | 275 | 235 | 209 | 359 | 352 | 288 | 252 | 241 | 638 | 584 | 558 | 508 |
| Accounts payable | 13 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 19 |
| Accrued liabilities | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Total current liabilities | 186 | 166 | 173 | 171 | 111 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 95 | 50 | 51 | 55 |
| Lease liability, non-current | 25 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 39 |
| Total liabilities | 227 | 202 | 204 | 209 | 135 | 109 | 105 | 109 | 112 | 72 | 105 | 106 |
| Accumulated deficit | (1,025) | (1,056) | (1,089) | (1,151) | (1,122) | (1,169) | (1,219) | (1,273) | (1,326) | (1,352) | (1,422) | (1,484) |
| Total stockholders' equity | 40 | 25 | (3) | 142 | 210 | 172 | 139 | 125 | 518 | 512 | 454 | 402 |
| Total liabilities and equity | 275 | 235 | 209 | 359 | 352 | 288 | 252 | 241 | 638 | 584 | 558 | 508 |
| Common shares outstanding (cover page) millions of shares | 122 | 122 | 125 | 153 | 153 | 154 | 159 | 167 | 188 | 192 | 197 | 197 |
Cash flows
CSVFiscal quarters (WVE's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2023 | Mar 31, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | Mar 31, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | Mar 31, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income (loss) | (16)* | (32) | (33) | (62) | 29* | (47) | (50) | (54) | (53)* | (26) | (69) | (62) |
| Net cash from operating activities | (33)* | (33) | (27)* | (46)* | (44)* | (63) | (46)* | (45)* | (34)* | (60) | (54)* | (60)* |
| Purchases of property and equipment | 0* | 0 | 0* | 0* | 0* | 0 | 0* | 0* | (0)* | 0 | 1* | 0* |
| Net cash from investing activities | (0)* | (0) | (0)* | (0)* | (0)* | (0) | (0)* | (0)* | 0* | (0) | (123)* | (111)* |
| Proceeds from issuing common stock | 59* | 14 | 0* | 0* | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net cash from financing activities | 94* | 15 | 1* | 204* | 35* | 4 | 12* | 33* | 440* | 3 | 0* | 0* |
| Net change in cash | 60* | (19) | (27)* | 157* | (9)* | (59) | (35)* | (12)* | 406* | (57) | (177)* | (171)* |
Compare with peers
SIC 2834 and related industry codes, similar size. Each row is the latest quarter reported.
How peers are chosen
- SIC 2834 and related industry codes with public float (or, where float is missing, quarterly revenue) between 0.2x and 5x the company's.
- Each row is the latest quarter the company has reported, named in the Quarter column; when that filing is a 10-K, it is the fourth quarter, never the full year.
- Runway shows only for companies burning cash with under $10B of public float.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: for a 10-Q, the year-to-date total less the earlier one.
| Company | Cash ($M) | Revenue, quarter ($M) | Operating cash flow, quarter ($M) | Shares outstanding | Runway | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wave Life Sciences | 197 | 13 | (60)* | 197.2M | 7.4 quarters | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Geron | 63 | 57 | (16)* | 642.5M | 4.0 quarters | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Intellia Therapeutics | 106 | 7.7 | (83)* | 140.1M | 5.3 quarters | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Niagen Bioscience | 67 | 30 | 2.8* | 79.1M | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Nurix Therapeutics | 720 | 673 | 616* | 109.2M | — | 10-QAug 31, 2026 |
| Syndax Pharmaceuticals | 136 | 83 | (27)* | not reported | 11.9 quarters | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| CorMedix | 257 | 102 | 86* | 77.9M | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Merus | 367 | 12 | (85)* | 75.8M | 7.5 quarters | 10-QSep 30, 2025 |
| Ardelyx | 46 | 128 | 2.2* | 251.4M | — | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
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