MiNK Therapeutics, Inc. (INKT) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
MiNK Therapeutics, Inc. (INKT) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

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Est. EPS $-0.35 · Revenue $1.60M · 1 analysts
Est. EPS $-0.39 · Revenue $1.80M · 1 analysts
Est. EPS $-2.48 · Revenue $3.40M · 1 analysts
Est. EPS $-1.13 · Revenue $0.00 · 1 analysts
| Metric | Latest | YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength. | QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes. |
|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three). | $0 | — | — |
| Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day. | $-12.5M | -15.9% | -14.1% |
| Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials. | — | — | — |
| Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on). | — | — | — |
| Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales. | — | — | — |
| Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock. | $-5.9M | +38.0% | -120113.3% |
| FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine. | — | — | — |
| Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe. | -36.4% | -44.8% | — |
| Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking. | 1.06x | +48.3% | -10.7% |
| Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground. | $14.2M | +148.9% | -7.3% |
| Metric | Annual (A vs E) | Annual Surprise | Quarter (A vs E) | Quarter Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPS Surprise | -2.93 vs -3.07 | +4.6% | -0.62 vs -0.60 | -3.3% |
| Revenue Surprise | — | — | — | — |
| Date | Executive | Title | Security | Side | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | WIINBERG ULF | director | Common Stock | A | 1,279 | $10.95 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Holcomb John Bradley | director | Common Stock | A | 1,233 | $10.95 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Behner Peter | director | Common Stock | A | 1,485 | $10.95 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Ryan Barbara | director | Common Stock | A | 1,622 | $10.95 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Corvese Brian | director | Common Stock | A | 1,633 | $10.95 |
Operator: Good morning and welcome to MiNK Therapeutics' second quarter 2026 conference call and webcast. All participants will be in a listen-only mode until the question and answer session. Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Stefanie Perna-Nacar from MiNK Therapeutics, MiNK Investor Relations. Stephanie, please go ahead. Stefanie Perna-Nacar: Thank you, Operator, and thank you all for joining us today. Today's call is being webcast and will be available on our website for replay. I'd like to remind you that this call will include forward-looking statements, including those related to our clinical development, regulatory and commercial plans, timelines for data releases, and partnership opportunities. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. Please refer to our SEC filings available on our website for a detailed description of these risks. Joining me today are Dr. Jennifer Buell, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Terese Hammond, Head of Development, and Melissa Orilall, Principal Financial Officer. I'd like to turn the call over to Dr. Buell to highlight our progress from this quarter. Dr. Buell? Jennifer Buell: Thank you, Stephanie. Good morning, and thank you for joining us. The second quarter was an important period of execution for MiNK. We moved agenT-797 into a randomized phase two study in patients with acute lung injury and ARDS. We presented initial day 28 observations from treated patients and establish our 1st, international paid named patient access program. Together, these reflect the model we are building, rigorous clinical development, rapid delivery of an off-the-shelf cell therapy, and responsible access for patients with urgent unmet needs. Critical illness is still treated largely by supporting failing organs while clinicians wait for the underlying injury to resolve. Ventilators support the lungs. Vasopressors support the circulation. Antibiotics address infection. There remained no approved pharmacologic therapy shown to reduce mortality in patients with ARDS or to restore coordinated immune function after severe lung injury. More than half of the patients with ARDS succumb to their disease and die. Our thesis is that this is fundamentally a problem of immune regulation. Patients with severe hypoxemic respiratory failure die because the host responds to the insult destroys the lungs, the epithelium, the endothelium, the barrier. What has been tried in this indication has largely either suppressed immunity globally, such as corticosteroids do, or stimulated it, but neither restores regulation. Invariant natural killer T cells are a regulatory T cell population. They sit at the interface of innate and adaptive immunity and they read the tissue environment that they are placed into and they direct the responses accordingly. HN797 is an allogeneic off-the-shelf invariant natural killer T cell product, it's designed to address several linked features …
| Name | Title | Compensation | Gender | Year Born | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jennifer S. Buell | Co-Founder, President, CEO & Director | USD 803,686 | — | 1975 | Active |
Terese C. Hammond | Head of Inflammatory & Pulmonary Diseases | — | Female | — | Active |
Melissa Orilall | Principal Financial Officer | — | Female | 1989 | Active |
Garo H. Armen | Executive Chairman | — | — | 1953 | Active |
Austin Charette | Principal Accounting Officer | — | Male | 1989 | Active |
MiNK Therapeutics, Inc. (INKT) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

MiNK Therapeutics NASDAQ: INKT said it initiated dosing in a randomized Phase II trial of its allogeneic invariant natural killer T-cell therapy, agenT-797, for patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS, during the second quarter of 2026.

NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MiNK Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: INKT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering off-the-shelf allogeneic invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cell therapies for cancer and immune disorders, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026, and provided an update on the clinical advancement of its lead candidate, agenT-797.

NEW YORK, Aug. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MiNK Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: INKT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering allogeneic invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cell therapies to treat cancer and immune disorders, today announced that it will report financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026, before the market opens on Thursday, August 13, 2026. The Company will host a conference call and webcast at 8:30 AM ET that morning to review financial results and provide a corporate update focused on the clinical advancement of agenT-797, MiNK's off-the-shelf allogeneic iNKT cell therapy, in acute lung injury.

MiNK advances agenT-797 across respiratory, oncology and immune disease studies while expanding its next-generation engineered iNKT pipeline.
