Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR) Reports Q3 Loss, Tops Revenue Estimates
Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR) came out with a quarterly loss of $2.52 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $2.01. This compares to loss of $1.86 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -25.37%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this biopharmaceutical company would post a loss of $1.86 per share when it actually produced a loss of $2.01, delivering a surprise of -8.06%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates just once.
Esperion Therapeutics, which belongs to the Zacks Medical - Drugs industry, posted revenues of $0.98 million for the quarter ended September 2019, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 5.48%. This compares to zero revenues a year ago.
The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
Esperion Therapeutics shares have lost about 11.2% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 22.7%.
What's Next for Esperion Therapeutics?
While Esperion Therapeutics has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
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