NYSE:EBS - Emergent Biosolutions Stock Price, Forecast & News

Emergent Biosolutions trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EBS."

Emergent Biosolutions declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Friday, March 23rd 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Emergent Biosolutions Inc (NYSE:EBS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The biopharmaceutical company reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.58. The biopharmaceutical company earned $311.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $289.16 million. Emergent Biosolutions had a net margin of 0.42% and a return on equity of 10.05%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 79.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.55 earnings per share. View Emergent Biosolutions' Earnings History.

Emergent Biosolutions is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Emergent Biosolutions.

Emergent Biosolutions updated its FY 2019 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, January, 13th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.1-1.105 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.11 billion.

6 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Emergent Biosolutions' shares. Their forecasts range from $64.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Emergent Biosolutions' share price to reach $69.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Emergent Biosolutions.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Emergent Biosolutions in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Emergent Biosolutions.

Media coverage about EBS stock has been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Emergent Biosolutions earned a daily sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the biopharmaceutical company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Emergent Biosolutions.

Emergent Biosolutions saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,450,000 shares, an increase of 12.4% from the December 31st total of 2,180,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 304,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.0 days. Approximately 5.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Emergent Biosolutions' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Emergent Biosolutions include Amgen (AMGN), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Celgene (CELG), Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), Biogen (BIIB), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN), Seattle Genetics (SGEN), Incyte (INCY), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (BMRN), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), EXACT Sciences (EXAS), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) and Exelixis (EXEL).

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Emergent Biosolutions' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.58%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.29%), Strs Ohio (0.15%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.09%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%). Company insiders that own Emergent Biosolutions stock include Adam Havey, Daniel Abdun-Nabi, Fuad El-Hibri, George A Joulwan, Kathryn C Zoon, Ronald Richard, Sue Bailey and Zsolt Harsanyi. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Emergent Biosolutions.

EBS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Arizona State Retirement System, Eqis Capital Management Inc., Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, First Hawaiian Bank and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Emergent Biosolutions company stock in the last year include Adam Havey, Daniel Abdun-Nabi, Fuad El-Hibri, Kathryn C Zoon, Sue Bailey and Zsolt Harsanyi. View Insider Buying and Selling for Emergent Biosolutions.

EBS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Strs Ohio, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Honkamp Krueger Financial Services Inc. and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . View Insider Buying and Selling for Emergent Biosolutions.

Shares of EBS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EBS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.62.

Emergent Biosolutions has a market capitalization of $2.87 billion and generates $782.40 million in revenue each year. The biopharmaceutical company earns $62.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.33 on an earnings per share basis. Emergent Biosolutions employs 1,705 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Emergent Biosolutions.

The official website for Emergent Biosolutions is http://www.emergentbiosolutions.com/.

Emergent Biosolutions' mailing address is 400 PROFESSIONAL DR SUITE 400, GAITHERSBURG MD, 20879. The biopharmaceutical company can be reached via phone at 240-631-3200 or via email at [email protected]