Bullish: Analysts Just Made A Significant Upgrade To Their Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESPR) Forecasts

Shareholders in Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESPR) may be thrilled to learn that the analysts have just delivered a major upgrade to their near-term forecasts. The analysts greatly increased their revenue estimates, suggesting a stark improvement in business fundamentals.

Following the latest upgrade, the eleven analysts covering Esperion Therapeutics provided consensus estimates of US$111m revenue in 2021, which would reflect a painful 49% decline on its sales over the past 12 months. Losses are supposed to balloon 204% to US$11.14 per share. Yet before this consensus update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$101m and losses of US$12.57 per share in 2021. We can see there's definitely been a change in sentiment in this update, with the analysts administering a sizeable upgrade to next year's revenue estimates, while at the same time reducing their loss estimates.

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Of course, another way to look at these forecasts is to place them into context against the industry itself. We would highlight that sales are expected to reverse, with the forecast 49% revenue decline a notable change from historical growth of 49% over the last year. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in the same industry are forecast to see their revenue grow 20% annually for the foreseeable future. So although its revenues are forecast to shrink, this cloud does not come with a silver lining - Esperion Therapeutics is expected to lag the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing here is that analysts reduced their loss per share estimates for next year, reflecting increased optimism around Esperion Therapeutics' prospects. Fortunately, they also upgraded their revenue estimates, and are forecasting revenues to grow slower than the wider market. More bullish expectations could be a signal for investors to take a closer look at Esperion Therapeutics.

Analysts are definitely bullish on Esperion Therapeutics, but no company is perfect. Indeed, you should know that there are several potential concerns to be aware of, including dilutive stock issuance over the past year. You can learn more, and discover the 3 other concerns we've identified, for free on our platform here.

Of course, seeing company management invest large sums of money in a stock can be just as useful as knowing whether analysts are upgrading their estimates. So you may also wish to search this free list of stocks that insiders are buying.

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