Quarterly Performance: Tarsus Pharmaceuticals reported a quarterly loss of $0.30 per share, better than the expected loss of $0.35, and significantly improved from a loss of $0.61 per share a year ago, marking a 14.29% earnings surprise.
Revenue Growth: The company achieved revenues of $118.7 million for the quarter, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2.80% and showing substantial growth from $48.12 million in the same quarter last year.
Stock Outlook: Tarsus Pharmaceuticals has seen a 26% increase in its stock price since the beginning of the year, outperforming the S&P 500, but the future performance will depend on management's commentary and earnings estimate revisions.
Industry Context: The Medical - Biomedical and Genetics industry, where Tarsus operates, ranks in the top 39% of Zacks industries, indicating a favorable outlook, while Codexis, another company in the same sector, is set to report its quarterly results soon.
Wall Street analysts forecast CDXS stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for CDXS is 6.00 USD with a low forecast of 2.00 USD and a high forecast of 11.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
5 Analyst Rating
Wall Street analysts forecast CDXS stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for CDXS is 6.00 USD with a low forecast of 2.00 USD and a high forecast of 11.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
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Current: 1.780
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Current: 1.780
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About CDXS
Codexis, Inc. is a provider of enzymatic solutions. It is leveraging its CodeEvolver technology platform to discover, develop, enhance, and commercialize novel, high-performance enzymes and other classes of proteins. The Company utilizes its CodeEvolver technology platform to develop optimized enzymes that are used by some pharmaceutical companies to reduce their costs and improve the efficiency and productivity of their manufacturing processes for small molecule therapeutics. It is developing its Enzyme-Catalyzed Oligonucleotide Synthesis (ECO Synthesis) manufacturing platform to enable the scaled manufacture of RNA interference (RNAi) and other RNA-based therapeutics through an enzymatic route. The Company also uses the CodeEvolver platform technology to develop enzymes for the synthesis of RNAi therapeutics through its ECO Synthesis manufacturing platform, where its enzymes are poised to deliver many of the same benefits it offers in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
