Lexicon Pharmaceuticals LXRX is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2022-11-09. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.
Analysts estimate that Lexicon Pharmaceuticals will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.14.
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.
New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).
Historical Earnings Performance
Last quarter the company missed EPS by $0.00, which was followed by a 3.46% increase in the share price the next day.
Stock Performance
Shares of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals were trading at $2.13 as of November 04. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 56.17%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely bearish going into this earnings release.
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