Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE: EBS) will look to avoid missing estimates for the third consecutive quarter when its earnings are released. The company will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, March 8. Emergent BioSolutions is a biopharmaceutical company, focused on the development, manufacture, and commercialization of vaccine and immune-related therapeutics that assist the body's immune system to prevent or treat disease.

What analysts say:

  • Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts are very bullish on this stock, unanimously backing it as a buy. Analysts haven't adjusted their rating of Emergent BioSolutions for the past three months.
  • Revenue forecasts: On average, analysts predict $109.3 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 5.9% from the year-ago quarter.
  • Wall Street earnings expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $0.72 per share. Estimates range from $0.68 to $0.81.

What our community says:
CAPS All-Stars are strongly supporting the stock, with 97.6% giving it an "outperform" rating. The greater community is in line with the All-Stars, as 96.4% give it a rating of "outperform." Emergent BioSolutions has a bullish CAPS rating of five out of five stars that is about on par with the Fool community assessment.

Management:
The company's gross margin shrank by 2.6 percentage points in the last quarter. Revenue fell 20.6% while cost of sales fell 7.2% to $10.7 million from a year earlier.

Now let's get some insight into how efficient management is at running the business. Margins illustrate how efficiently a company captures portions of sales dollars. The company's operating margins have dropped year-over-year for the last three quarters. Operating margins reflect the total sales revenue retained after costs. See how Emergent BioSolutions has been doing for the last four quarters:

Quarter

Q3

Q2

Q1

Q4

Gross Margin

81.8%

81.8%

94.2%

83.5%

Operating Margin

2.4%

22.9%

(191.6%)

33.9%

Net Margin

2.6%

16.1%

(115.5%)

25.4%

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