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Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) Q2 Earnings: Leading The Therapeutics Pack

Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) Q2 Earnings: Leading The Therapeutics Pack

As the Q2 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the therapeutics industry, including Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) and its peers.

Over the next few years, therapeutic companies, which develop a wide variety of treatments for diseases and disorders, face strong tailwinds from advancements in precision medicine (including the use of AI to improve hit rates) and growing demand for treatments targeting rare diseases. However, headwinds such as rising scrutiny over drug pricing, regulatory unknowns, and competition from larger, more resourced pharmaceutical companies could weigh on growth.

The 11 therapeutics stocks we track reported a very strong Q2. As a group, revenues beat analysts’ consensus estimates by 8%.

Luckily, therapeutics stocks have performed well with share prices up 28.4% on average since the latest earnings results.

Best Q2: Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB)

Founded in 1978 and pioneering treatments for some of medicine’s most complex challenges, Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) develops and markets therapies for neurological conditions, including multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, spinal muscular atrophy, and rare diseases.

Biogen reported revenues of $2.74 billion, up 3.4% year on year. This print exceeded analysts’ expectations by 12.1%. Overall, it was an incredible quarter for the company with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ full-year EPS guidance estimates.

Biogen Total Revenue
Biogen Total Revenue

Interestingly, the stock is up 10.6% since reporting and currently trades at $227.50.

Is now the time to buy Biogen? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it’s free.

Halozyme Therapeutics (NASDAQ:HALO)

Known for transforming hours-long intravenous infusions into minutes-long subcutaneous injections, Halozyme Therapeutics (NASDAQ:HALO) develops and licenses its proprietary ENHANZE technology that enables subcutaneous delivery of injectable drugs that would otherwise require intravenous administration.

Halozyme Therapeutics reported revenues of $481 million, up 47.7% year on year, outperforming analysts’ expectations by 19%. The business had an incredible quarter with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ full-year EPS guidance estimates.

Halozyme Therapeutics Total Revenue
Halozyme Therapeutics Total Revenue

Halozyme Therapeutics pulled off the fastest revenue growth and highest full-year guidance raise of the whole group. The market seems happy with the results as the stock is up 34.5% since reporting. It currently trades at $115.33.

Is now the time to buy Halozyme Therapeutics? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it’s free.

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