Why EBS fell 16.9% on Nov 2 2026: earnings miss
EBS-16.9%on Mon Nov 2 2026
Emergent Biosolutions, Inc. was down 16.9% on the day at $5.66, ranked #4 on 24.3× its usual five-minute volume, when TapeRank recorded this unexplained move at 16:21 ET during after hours.
THE DAY ON THE LIST · 1 EVENT
- 16:21 ETUNEXPLAINED MOVE · AFTER-HOURS
$5.66 · ▼ 16.9% ON THE DAY · 24.3× 5M RVOL · RANK #4
JUSTIFIEDCONFIDENCE5/5EBS fell 16.9% after reporting a sharp year-over-year revenue decline and sales that missed estimates by 10.7%, despite a modest adjusted EPS beat. The negative sales surprise and deteriorating results provide a concrete explanation for the move.
WHYA 16.9% decline is broadly in line with a 52.4% year-over-year sales drop and 10.7% revenue miss, even with the small EPS beat.ANALYZED 16:21 ET · <1 MIN AGO · OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNATHE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 16:21 ET
LAST5.66DAY▼ 16.9%5 MIN▼ 0.70%5M RVOL24.3×5M $VOL$38KFLOAT*51.3MRANK#4SESSIONAFTER-HOURSVWAP6.51HOD6.88LOD5.66OR HIGH6.88OR LOW6.74PREV CLOSE6.81PM HIGH6.77PM LOW6.77GAP▲ 0.15%* FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE
THE SESSION
- 09:30 ETOpened at $6.82, +0.1% on the previous close of $6.81
- 09:32 ETRegular-session high, $6.88
- 15:40 ETRegular-session low, $6.37
- 15:59 ETLast trade of the regular session, $6.43, -5.6% on the previous close of $6.81
- Volume: 708K shares in regular hours, 500 before the open
EBS opened nearly unchanged from the previous close at $6.82 and briefly reached $6.88 early in the session before weakening to a $6.37 low late in regular trading. It recovered modestly to close at $6.43, down 5.6% from the previous close, while TapeRank later recorded the stock at $5.66, down 16.9%, after the regular session. TapeRank’s read tied the decline to an earnings miss: revenue fell sharply year over year and missed estimates by 10.7%, despite a modest adjusted EPS beat.
WRITTEN MON NOV 2 2026 20:00 ET BY OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNA FROM THE FACTS ON THIS PAGE
FILINGS AND NEWS · 24H BEFORE THE MOVE
No SEC filings or wire news in the 24 hours before this was recorded. A move on news that never reached the wire shows nothing here, which is what UNEXPLAINED means.
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