By Dean Seal
Shares of Equillium fell after the company swung to a loss in the fourth quarter on lower sales.
The stock was down 18% at $2 on Tuesday. Shares have more than doubled since the start of the year.
The clinical-stage biotech company reported a loss of $2.3 million, compared with a profit of $2.8 million in the same quarter a year ago.
The loss per share was seven cents, compared with earnings of eight cents a share in the year-ago quarter. Analysts polled by FactSet had been expecting a loss of 17 cents a share.
Quarterly revenue fell to $9.2 million from $15.8 million last year, clearing analyst projections for $6.4 million, according to FactSet.
Write to Dean Seal at dean.seal@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 26, 2024 13:57 ET (17:57 GMT)
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