U.S.-listed shares of GSK (GSK) are gaining in premarket trading Wednesday after the British pharma giant posted better-than-expected first-quarter results and said it was "well positioned" should the Trump administration imposes tariffs against the industry.
Shore Capital is sticking with its upbeat view on GSK PLC (LSE:GSK, NYSE:GSK), calling the stock “disproportionately discounted” after first-quarter numbers surpassed expectations and guidance was held, despite headwinds from foreign exchange and political noise around drug pricing. The key beat came on earnings, with core EPS up 5% at constant exchange rates to 44.9p, a full 10% ahead of consensus.
GSK (GSK) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.13 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.08 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.09 per share a year ago.
GSK PLC (LSE:GSK, NYSE:GSK) shares rose 4% on Tuesday, adding £2.6 billion to its market value, after the drugmaker delivered better-than-expected first-quarter results and reiterated full-year guidance. The FTSE 100 group reported core earnings per share of 44.9p, 10% ahead of consensus, thanks to stronger operating leverage and a robust margin of 33.7%.
GSK PLC (LSE:GSK, NYSE:GSK) reported earnings ahead of expectations and kept full-year guidance intact, even though sales of vaccines softened. The FTSE 10-listed drugmaker reported a 6.1% fall in vaccine sales to £2.10 billion, which was almost in line with the $2.11 billion average City forecast.
The British pharmaceutical giant said that its first-quarter sales rose to 7.52 billion pounds from 7.36 billion pounds the year prior.
We expect GSK's specialty products like Cabenuva, Juluca, Dovato, Nucala, Ojjaara, Jemperli and Trelegy Ellipta to have driven first-quarter sales performance.
First-quarter results from GSK PLC (LSE:GSK, NYSE:GSK) will focus on commentary around the outlook, including interpretation of US policy changes under vaccine sceptic health secretary Robert Kennedy Jnr, including recent vaccine performance in the US and China. Weakness in the first quarter is anticipated in the US from GSK's key vaccine franchises, RSV vaccine Arexvy and shingles vaccine Shingrix.
Glaxo (GSK) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
GSK said on Thursday two combination therapies with its cancer drug, Blenrep, have received approval from British authorities for the treatment of a type of blood cancer in adults who had received at least one other therapy previously.
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The U.S. CDC's Advisory Committee recommends the use of GSK's pentavalent Penmenvy vaccine as part of the adolescent meningococcal vaccination schedule.