Finch Trades: Relay Therapeutics (September 13, 2024)

Bottom-Up Insights
  • Trade: I purchased 132.45 shares of Relay Therapeutics at $7.55 per share on September 13, 2024.
  • Portfolio: Personal Brokerage
  • Rationale: My investment thesis for Relay Therapeutics is that motion-based drug design (MBDD) represents a rare step-change in the efficieny of drug development. By raising the probability of success (POS), investors can feel comfortable paying higher premiums for assets and the company as a whole.
  • Holding Period: As long as she'll have me

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Following a solid data readout for RLY-2608 plus fulvestrant in HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer harboring a PI3K-alpha mutation, I'm eager to continue adding to my position. The business is now meaningfully de-risked -- even if there's a long way to go remaining.

The September 2024 data readout for the doublet of RLY-2608 plus fulvestrant compare favorably to prior-generation assets dotting the competitive landscape. That includes Piqray / Vijoice, which generated full-year 2023 revenue of $505 million from the same opportunity, plus a non-cancer opportunity in vascular malformations.

This specific purchase was me simply playing the weekend data readout for fellow next-generation PI3K-alpha inhibitor STX-478 from Scorpion Therapeutics.

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The Trade

Relay Therapeutics is considered a Growth (Quality) position. I purchased 132.45 shares at $7.55 per share on September 13, 2024.

Margin of Safety & Allocation

Relay Therapeutics is considered a Growth (Quality) position. The current modeled fair valuation for the company based on my 2024 model, primarily reflecting the commercial value of lirafugratinib (RLY-4008), is below:

  • Market close September 4: $6.35 per share
  • Modeled Fair Valuation: $23.71 per share
  • Allocation Range: Up to 15%

Further Reading

  • September 2024 research note providing a cheat sheet for the upcoming RLY-2608 data readout
  • May 2024 Finch Trade (bought $1,000 at $6.28 per share)
  • January 2024 research note looking at the year ahead