Nektar(US:NKTR) ZACKS·2025-11-06 23:56Core Insights - Nektar Therapeutics reported a quarterly loss of $1.85 per share, which was better than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $2.85, representing an earnings surprise of +35.09% [1] - The company generated revenues of $11.79 million for the quarter ended September 2025, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 11.42%, although this is a decline from $24.12 million in the same quarter last year [2] - Nektar's stock has increased by approximately 289.2% year-to-date, significantly outperforming the S&P 500's gain of 15.6% [3] Earnings Outlook - The future performance of Nektar's stock will largely depend on management's commentary during the earnings call and the company's earnings outlook [4][6] - The current consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming quarter is -$2.98 on revenues of $10.36 million, and for the current fiscal year, it is -$12.26 on revenues of $42.63 million [7] Industry Context - The Medical - Drugs industry, to which Nektar belongs, is currently ranked in the top 39% of over 250 Zacks industries, indicating a favorable outlook compared to lower-ranked industries [8] - The correlation between near-term stock movements and earnings estimate revisions suggests that tracking these revisions can provide insights into stock performance [5]