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Esperion Therapeutics (Esperion Therapeutics) Financial Strength : 2 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Esperion Therapeutics Financial Strength?

Esperion Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Esperion Therapeutics Inc displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Esperion Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.15. Esperion Therapeutics's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.49. As of today, Esperion Therapeutics's Altman Z-Score is -4.19.


Competitive Comparison of Esperion Therapeutics's Financial Strength

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Esperion Therapeutics's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Esperion Therapeutics's Financial Strength Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Esperion Therapeutics's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Esperion Therapeutics's Financial Strength falls into.



Esperion Therapeutics Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Esperion Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-14.0 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $72.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $266.4 Mil.

Esperion Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*72.269/-14.024
=5.15

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Esperion Therapeutics's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(2.539 + 266.449) / 550.94
=0.49

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Esperion Therapeutics has a Z-score of -4.19, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -4.19 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Esperion Therapeutics  (NAS:ESPR) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Esperion Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Esperion Therapeutics (Esperion Therapeutics) Business Description

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Address
3891 Ranchero Drive, Suite 150, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 48108
Esperion Therapeutics Inc is a pharmaceutical company. It specializes in developing and commercializing accessible, oral, once-daily, non-statin medicines for patients struggling with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. The firm has the business of researching, developing and commercializing therapies for the treatment of patients with the elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol operating segment.
Executives
Eric Warren officer: Chief Commercial Officer 3891 RANCHERO DRIVE, SUITE 150, ANN ARBOR MI 48108
J Martin Carroll director C/O CATALENT, INC., 14 SCHOOLHOUSE ROAD, SOMERSET NJ 08873
Stephen Rocamboli director C/OPARMOUNT CAPITAL, 787 SEVENTH AVE 48TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10019
Sheldon L. Koenig officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O PORTOLA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 270 EAST GRAND AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Joanne M. Foody officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O ESPERION THERAPEUTICS, INC., 3891 RANCHERO DRIVE, SUITE 150, ANN ARBOR MI 48108
Benjamin Looker officer: General Counsel C/O TRILLIUM THERAPEUTICS INC., 2488 DUNWIN DRIVE, MISSISSAUGA A6 L5L 1J9
Benjamin Halladay officer: Chief Financial Officer ESPERION THERAPEUTICS, INC., 3891 RANCHERO DRIVE, SUITE 150, ANN ARBOR MI 48108
Fischer Seth H.z. director C/O TRIUS THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6310 NANCY RIDGE DRIVE, SUITE 101, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Biotech Target N V 10 percent owner ARA HILL TOP BUILDING, UNIT A-5, PLETTERIJWEG OOST 1, CURACAO, WILLEMSTAD P8 000000
Alan Fuhrman director C/O AMBIT BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION, 11080 ROSELLE STREET, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Timothy M Mayleben director, officer: Pres & Chief Executive Officer 3621 SOUTH STATE ST, 695 KMS PL, ANN ARBOR MI 48108
Ashley Hall officer: Chief Development Officer C/O ESPERION THERAPEUTICS INC., 3891 RANCHERO DRIVE SUITE 150, ANN ARBOR MI 48108
Tracy M Woody director 2656 CROSSPARK ROAD, SUITE 100, CORALVILLE IA 52241
Richard Bartram officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ESPERION THERAPEUTICS, INC., 3891 RANCHERO DRIVE, SUITE 150, ANN ARBOR MI 48108
Nicole Vitullo director, 10 percent owner 3030 SCIENCE PARK ROAD, SAN DIEGO CA 92121