By Sarina Isaacs
Shares of Krystal Biotech slid after the company's first-quarter earnings missed Wall Street expectations.
The stock was down 14% at $139.03, putting shares 11% in the red for the year.
The Pittsburgh company on Tuesday reported a first-quarter profit of $35.7 million, or $1.20 a share, up from $932,000, or 3 cents a share, in the same quarter a year earlier. That fell short of the analyst consensus for $1.43 a share, according to FactSet.
Revenue nearly doubled to $88.2 million from the prior year's $45.3 million, but that also missed analyst estimates of $96.2 million.
The company said it ended the quarter with $765.3 million in cash and investments.
Krystal's signature product is Vyjuvek, a topical gene-therapy treatment used to treat wounds arising from genetic skin condition dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
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