Celgene Corp. shares dropped 15% in premarket trade Thursday after the company reported a third-quarter profit beat and revenue miss and lowered its 2017 profit and revenue outlook. Earnings for the latest quarter rose to $988 million, or $1.21 per share, from $171 million, or $1.21 per share in the year-earlier period. Adjusted earnings-per-share were $1.91, above the FactSet consensus of $1.87. Revenue rose to $3.29 billion from $2.98 billion, below the FactSet consensus of $3.42 billion. Sales of Revlimid, Otezla, Abraxane and Vidaza came in below consensus, while sales of Pomalyst beat the consensus. Celgene also lowered its 2017 revenue and EPS guidance, bringing revenue guidance to about $13 billion, compared with previous guidance of $13 billion to $13.4 billion, and bringing EPS guidance down to $4.78 to $5.19, compared with previous guidance of $5.36 to $5.62. The company’s updated 2017 revenue outlook is below the FactSet consensus of $13.23 billion, and its new 2017 EPS guidance is below the FactSet consensus of $5.33. Celgene also increased the lower end of its adjusted EPS guidance, bringing its 2017 EPS outlook to $7.30 to $7.35 from previous guidance of $7.25 to $7.35, compared with the FactSet consensus of $7.32. Celgene shares have dropped 13.2% over the last three months, compared with a 3.2% rise in the S&P 500 .
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