Guardant Health (GH) Reports Q3 Loss, Beats Revenue Estimates

Core Insights - Guardant Health reported a quarterly loss of $0.39 per share, better than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.48, and improved from a loss of $0.45 per share a year ago, resulting in an earnings surprise of +18.75% [1] - The company achieved revenues of $265.2 million for the quarter ended September 2025, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 13.05% and showing a significant increase from $191.48 million in the same quarter last year [2] - Guardant Health's stock has increased by approximately 127.8% since the beginning of the year, outperforming the S&P 500's gain of 17.2% [3] Financial Performance - Over the last four quarters, Guardant Health has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times and topped consensus revenue estimates four times [2] - The current consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming quarter is -$0.46 on revenues of $251.41 million, and for the current fiscal year, it is -$1.84 on revenues of $921.37 million [7] Industry Context - The Medical - Biomedical and Genetics industry, to which Guardant Health belongs, is currently ranked in the top 37% of over 250 Zacks industries, indicating a favorable outlook compared to the bottom 50% [8] - Empirical research suggests a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions, which can be tracked by investors [5]