Argenx Reports Half Year 2025 Financial Results And Provides Second Quarter Business Update
| Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||
| 30 June, | 30 June, | |||||||||||
| (in thousands of $ except per share data) | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||
| Product net sales | $ | 948,594 | $ | 477,635 | $ | 1,738,644 | $ | 875,918 | ||||
| Other operating income* | 18,593 | 11,793 | 35,913 | 26,023 | ||||||||
| Total operating income | $ | 967,187 | $ | 489,428 | $ | 1,774,557 | $ | 901,941 | ||||
| Cost of sales | $ | (110,747) | $ | (52,383) | $ | (191,552) | $ | (95,561) | ||||
| Research and development expenses | (327,697) | (225,286) | (636,767) | (450,255) | ||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | (324,902) | (255,699) | (601,150) | (491,694) | ||||||||
| Loss from investment in a joint venture | (2,780) | (1,521) | (5,087) | (3,313) | ||||||||
| Total operating expenses | $ | (766,126) | $ | (534,889) | $ | (1,434,556) | $ | (1,040,823) | ||||
| Operating profit/(loss) | $ | 201,061 | $ | (45,461) | $ | 340,001 | $ | (138,882) | ||||
| Financial income | $ | 38,399 | $ | 38,933 | $ | 75,517 | $ | 77,828 | ||||
| Financial expense | (1,126) | (572) | (2,261) | (1,084) | ||||||||
| Exchange gains/(losses) | 48,565 | (7,903) | 76,003 | (27,215) | ||||||||
| Profit/(Loss) for the period before taxes | $ | 286,899 | $ | (15,003) | $ | 489,260 | $ | (89,353) | ||||
| Income tax (expense)/benefit | $ | (41,541) | $ | 44,069 | $ | (74,433) | $ | 56,822 | ||||
| Profit/(Loss) for the period | $ | 245,358 | $ | 29,066 | $ | 414,827 | $ | (32,531) | ||||
| Profit/(Loss) for the period attributable to: | ||||||||||||
| Owners of the parent | $ | 245,358 | $ | 29,066 | $ | 414,827 | $ | (32,531) | ||||
| Weighted average number of shares used for basic profit/(loss) per share | 61,084,250 | 59,490,437 | 61,034,202 | 59,400,217 | ||||||||
| Basic profit/(loss) per share (in $) | 4.02 | 0.49 | 6.80 | (0.55) | ||||||||
| Weighted average number of shares used for diluted profit/(loss) per share | 65,639,446 | 63,893,007 | 65,653,007 | 59,400,217 | ||||||||
| Diluted profit/(loss) per share (in $) | 3.74 | 0.45 | 6.32 | (0.55) |
*Comparative figures have been presented to be consistent with the one adopted in the current period with respect to the combination of collaboration revenue and other operating income.
DETAILS OF THE FINANCIAL RESULTS
Total operating income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, was $967 million and $1,775 million, respectively, compared to $489 million and $902 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2024, and mainly consists of:
- Product net sales of VYVGART and VYVGART SC for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, were $949 million and $1,739 million, respectively, compared to $478 million and $876 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2024.
Other operating income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, was $19 million and $36 million, respectively, compared to $12 million and $26 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2024. The other operating income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, primarily relates to research and development tax incentives and payroll tax rebates.
Total operating expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 were $766 million and $1,435 million, respectively, compared to $535 million and $1,041 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2024, and mainly consist of:
- Cost of sales for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, was $111 million and $192 million, respectively, compared to $52 million and $96 million for the same periods in 2024, respectively. The cost of sales was related to the sale of VYVGART and VYVGART SC. Research and development expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, were $328 million and $637 million, respectively, compared to $225 million and $450 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2024. The research and development expenses mainly relate to:
- the clinical development and expansion of efgartigimod in 15 severe autoimmune diseases; the ramp-up of studies for the development of empasiprubart into MMN, DGF, DM and CIDP; the investments for ARGX-119 in proof-of-concept studies ongoing in ALS, CMS and SMA; and other discovery and preclinical pipeline candidates.
Financial income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, was $38 million and $76 million, respectively, compared to $39 million and $78 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2024.
Exchange gains for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, were $49 million and $76 million, respectively, compared to $8 million and $27 million, respectively, of exchange losses for the same periods in 2024. Exchange gains/losses are mainly attributable to unrealized exchange rate gains or losses on the cash, cash equivalents and current financial assets denominated in Euro.
Income tax for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 is detailed below:
| Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||
| 30 June, | 30 June, | |||||||||||
| (in millions of $) | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||
| Current tax (expense)/benefit | $ | (41) | $ | (9) | $ | (70) | $ | (16) | ||||
| Deferred tax (expense)/benefit | (1) | 53 | (4) | 72 | ||||||||
| Income tax (expense)/benefit | $ | (42) | $ | 44 | $ | (74) | $ | 57 |
Profit for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2025, was $245 million and $415 million, respectively, compared to a profit of $29 million and a loss of $33 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2024. The basic profit per share was $4.02 for the three months ended June 30, 2025, compared to a basic profit per share of $0.49 for the same period in 2024. The basic profit per share was $6.80 for the six months ended June 30, 2025, compared to a basic loss per share of $0.55 for the same period in 2024.
Cash flow from operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2025 was $362 million compared to a cash flow used in operating activities for the same period in 2024 of $126 million.
FINANCIAL GUIDANCE
The financial guidance on the combined research and development and selling, general and administrative remains unchanged at approximately $2.5 billion.
EXPECTED 2025 FINANCIAL CALENDAR
- October 30, 2025: Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results and Business Update February 26, 2025: Full-year 2025 Financial Results and Fourth Quarter 2025 Business Update
CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS
The half-year 2025 financial results and second quarter business update will be discussed during a conference call and webcast presentation today at 2:30 pm CET/8:30 am ET. A webcast of the live call may be accessed on the Investors section of the argenx website at argenx.com/investors . A replay of the webcast will be available on the argenx website.
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