Overview
France-based biopharma's FY 2025 revenue grew 8.1% but missed analyst expectations
Adjusted EPS for FY 2025 beat analyst expectations
Company achieved significant pipeline expansion and regulatory milestones in 2025
Outlook
Ipsen expects FY 2026 total sales growth greater than 13% at constant currency
Company anticipates core operating margin greater than 35% of total sales in 2026
Ipsen anticipates five major regulatory and clinical milestones in 2026
Result Drivers
THERAPEUTIC AREAS - Ipsen's sales growth was driven by Oncology, Rare Disease, and Neuroscience, with Rare Disease showing a significant increase of 102.5%
PIPELINE EXPANSION - Co expanded its pipeline with regulatory and clinical milestones, including the acquisition of ImCheck Therapeutics
SOMATULINE GROWTH - Somatuline sales grew by 4.3%, with other products achieving double-digit growth of 14.2%
Key Details
Metric
Beat/Miss
Actual
Consensus Estimate
FY Revenue
Miss
EUR 3.68 bln
EUR 3.78 bln (15 Analysts)
FY Adjusted EPS
Beat
EUR 12.09
EUR 11.15 (14 Analysts)
FY EPS
EUR 5.32
FY Adjusted EBIT
Beat
EUR 1.29 bln
EUR 1.18 bln (14 Analysts)
FY Adjusted EBIT Margin
35.20%
FY EBIT
EUR 625.90 mln
FY EBIT Margin
17.00%
Analyst Coverage
The current average analyst rating on the shares is "hold" and the breakdown of recommendations is 5 "strong buy" or "buy", 8 "hold" and 2 "sell" or "strong sell"
The average consensus recommendation for the pharmaceuticals peer group is "buy."
Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Ipsen SA is €132.00, about 4.9% below its February 11 closing price of €138.80
The stock recently traded at 12 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 11 three months ago
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