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Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 231,620,000 |
| Shares Float | 226,570,000 |
| Shares Short | 24,420,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 45% |
| Institution Holdings | 45.49% |
About Esperion Therapeutics Inc
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes medicines for the treatment of patients with elevated low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in the United States. The company's marketed products include NEXLETOL (bempedoic acid) and NEXLIZET (bempedoic acid and ezetimibe) tablets that are oral, once-daily, non-statin medicines for the treatment of primary hyperlipidemia in adults with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia or atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease who require additional lowering of LDL-C. Its products also include NILEMDO, an ATP Citrate Lyase (ACL) inhibitor that lowers LDL-C and cardiovascular risk by reducing cholesterol biosynthesis and up-regulating the LDL receptors; and NUSTENDI, a bempedoic acid and ezetimibe tablet to treat elevated LDL-C. It has license and collaboration agreements with Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd to; Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd; and Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH. Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
General
| Name | Esperion Therapeutics Inc |
| Ticker | ESPR |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Industry | Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 304 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 6.09 |
| Market Cap | 668,800,000 |
| PEG Ratio | -4.78 |
| EBITDA | -35,341,000 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | -0.01 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 0.06 |
| Profit Margin | -38.80% |
| Operating Margin | -13.22 |
| Return on Assets | -0.06 |
| Return on Equity | -2.61 |
| Revenue | 268.1M |
| Earnings Per Share | -0.52 |
| Revenue Per Share | 1.37 |
| Gross Profit | 123,958,000 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.12 |
Valuation
| Forward PE | 8.29 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 2.46 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 98.42 |
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