NASDAQ$ESPR

Esperion Therapeutics Inc · Q1 2025 earnings

Q1 2025 earnings · · Before market open · Investor relations

Briefing

Esperion reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025, with total revenue of $65.0 million and a net loss of $40.5 million.

Esperion reported a total revenue of $65.0 million for Q1 2025, a 53% decrease year-over-year, primarily due to a one-time milestone received in Q1 2024. Excluding this milestone, total revenue grew 63%. The company achieved a net loss of $40.5 million and a basic net loss per share of $0.21.

  • Total revenue for Q1 2025 was $65.0 million, a 53% decrease year-over-year, but a 63% increase excluding a one-time milestone from Q1 2024.
  • U.S. net product revenue grew 41% year-over-year to $34.9 million.
  • The company surpassed one million retail prescription equivalents for its bempedoic acid products in the U.S.
  • Bempedoic acid earned Level 1a recommendations in the 2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI Guideline for the Management of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$65M

Previous: $138M-52.8%
EPS (adj)

-$0.21

Previous: $0.34-161.8%
Total Revenue YoY Growth

-53.0%

No prior period
U.S. Net Product Revenue YoY

41.0%

No prior period
Collaboration Revenue YoY

-73.0%

No prior period
R&D Expenses

$12.6M

Previous: $13.4M-6.3%
SG&A Expenses

$43M

Previous: $42M+2.4%
Total Operating Expenses

$87.1M

Previous: $65.5M+33.0%
Interest Expense

-$19.4M

Previous: -$14M-38.6%
Other Income, Net

$1.07M

Previous: $2.78M-61.4%
Basic Shares Outstanding

196.1M

Previous: 169.3M+15.9%
Diluted Shares Outstanding

196.1M

Previous: 189.6M+3.4%
Capital Expenditures

$0.00

Previous: -$73K+100.0%
Net Income

-$40.5M

Previous: $61M-166.3%
Operating Income

-$22.1M

Previous: $72.3M-130.6%

Revenue & EPS history

Esperion · Revenue · Quarterly

$65M

Q1 2025-52.8%vs Q1 2024
Beat estimate in 9 of 15 quarters(60%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Esperion · $34M total across 2 segments · Q3 2023

  • U.S. Net Product Revenue
    $20.3M+44.6%
  • Collaboration Revenue
    $13.7M+173.5%

Forward guidance

Esperion expects full year 2025 operating expenses to be in the range of $215 million to $235 million, including approximately $15 million in non-cash expenses related to stock compensation.

Tailwinds

  • The Company's partner in Japan, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is on track for expected approval and National Health Insurance pricing in the second half of 2025.
  • Esperion's European partner Daiichi Sankyo Europe (DSE) continues to show strong revenue growth and market penetration.
  • DSE received approval of NILEMDO for expanded cardiovascular risk reduction in Switzerland in Q1 2025.
  • Neopharm Israel filed a New Drug Application for marketing approval of NEXLETOL and NEXLIZET in Q1 2025.
  • The Company's previously filed New Drug Submissions to Health Canada for NEXLETOL and NEXLIZET are on track for review with an expected market approval in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2025

Historical avgQ1 2025

-2.0%

Avg return

Earnings day

-0.8%

Avg return

5 days after

+0.9%

Avg return

30 days after

41%

18 / 44 earnings

Positive

+23.0%

Q3 2018

Best reaction

-47.6%

Q1 2018

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+0.0%-0.6%
Q4 2025-11.5%-19.7%-28.3%
Q3 2025-15.0%+5.4%+26.9%
Q1 2025-7.7%-23.8%+10.5%
Q4 2024+12.0%+7.0%-18.4%
Q3 2024+3.2%+10.0%+57.5%
Q2 2024-10.9%-3.0%-13.9%
Q1 2024-3.8%+3.3%+16.5%
Q4 2023-2.3%-3.0%+1.9%
Q3 2023+3.7%-5.2%+64.6%
Q2 2023+14.0%+3.8%+1.9%
Q1 2023+8.1%+14.1%+0.0%
Q4 2022-3.9%+4.7%-73.6%
Q3 2022-1.1%+5.3%-14.6%
Q2 2022+5.9%+11.9%+41.1%
Q1 2022+11.3%-3.8%-1.9%
Q4 2021+5.5%+9.1%+32.8%
Q3 2021+5.3%+2.3%-11.3%
Q2 2021-6.6%-5.2%-12.7%
Q1 2021-25.1%-16.5%-20.7%
Q4 2020-0.2%-4.2%-1.9%
Q3 2020-19.3%-15.7%-0.8%
Q2 2020-11.9%-13.7%-0.1%
Q1 2020+8.8%+19.1%+11.9%
Q4 2019-11.5%-5.4%-38.1%
Q3 2019-8.0%-5.2%+22.4%
Q2 2019-2.0%-2.3%-9.6%
Q1 2019+5.0%+0.3%+2.5%
Q4 2018+1.2%+0.7%-14.1%
Q3 2018+23.0%+29.4%+17.0%
Q2 2018+3.2%+4.2%+10.6%
Q1 2018-47.6%-41.8%-46.1%
Q4 2017+1.2%+5.3%-6.1%
Q3 2017-1.9%+0.0%+12.7%
Q2 2017+11.9%+9.2%+10.4%
Q3 2016-2.5%-3.9%+8.8%
Q2 2016-1.0%-2.2%-4.2%
Q1 2016-7.8%
Q4 2015-3.4%
Q3 2015-3.3%
Q2 2015-2.6%
Q1 2015+2.6%
Q4 2014+1.6%
Q3 2013-3.3%
Q1 2013
Q4 2012
Q3 2012
Q2 2012
Q1 2012

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