Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMPH) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, 2023-02-28. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Amphastar Pharmaceuticals will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $0.41.

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals bulls will hope to hear the company announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Historical Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company missed EPS by $0.01, which was followed by a 9.37% drop in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's past performance and the resulting price change:

Stock Performance

Shares of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals were trading at $32.54 as of February 23. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 18.63%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be satisfied going into this earnings release.

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