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Compared to Estimates, Amphastar (AMPH) Q1 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics

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Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (AMPH - Free Report) reported $170.53 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 0.8%. EPS of $0.74 for the same period compares to $1.04 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.69% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $171.71 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.66, the EPS surprise was +12.12%.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how Amphastar performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

  • Net revenues- Primatene MIST: $29.05 million compared to the $27.64 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +20.2% year over year.
  • Net revenues- Glucagon: $20.84 million versus $20.24 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -27% change.
  • Net revenues- Lidocaine: $13.64 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $13.15 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.8%.
  • Net revenues- Epinephrine: $18.59 million versus $18.21 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -28.8% change.
View all Key Company Metrics for Amphastar here>>>

Shares of Amphastar have returned +0.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +10.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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