Specialty pharmaceutical company Supernus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SUPN) will be reporting results this Tuesday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know.
Supernus Pharmaceuticals beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.3% last quarter, reporting revenues of $149.8 million, up 4.3% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with full-year operating income guidance missing analysts’ expectations and full-year revenue guidance missing analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Supernus Pharmaceuticals’s revenue to decline 8.5% year on year to $154 million, a reversal from the 24.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.47 per share.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Supernus Pharmaceuticals has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 9.2% on average.
Looking at Supernus Pharmaceuticals’s peers in the branded pharmaceuticals segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Bristol-Myers Squibb posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 7.8%, and Merck reported a revenue decline of 1.9%, falling short of estimates by 1.1%. Bristol-Myers Squibb traded down 3.9% following the results while Merck was also down 2.7%.
Read our full analysis of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s results here and Merck’s results here.
The outlook for 2025 remains clouded by potential trade policy changes and corporate tax discussions, which could impact business confidence and growth. While some of the branded pharmaceuticals stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 4.3% on average over the last month. Supernus Pharmaceuticals is up 12.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $40.20 (compared to the current share price of $35.51).
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