{"id":111812,"date":"2025-08-02T02:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T02:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/111812\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T02:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T02:13:10","slug":"why-fulgent-genetics-stock-was-crushing-it-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/111812\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Fulgent Genetics Stock Was Crushing It on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next-generation diagnostics specialist had a beat-and-raise second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Friday&#8217;s stock market was generally a gloomy place, but apparently someone forgot to tell <strong>Fulgent Genetics<\/strong> (<a class=\"ticker-symbol\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/quote\/nasdaq\/flgt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FLGT<\/a> 7.86%). The company&#8217;s shares were soaring in late-session action, with a very healthy rise of more than 8%. At that point, the bellwether <strong>S&amp;P 500<\/strong> index was mired in a funk with a nearly 2% decline. Fulgent&#8217;s latest earnings release was a major reason for this dichotomy.<\/p>\n<p>A surprise on the bottom line<\/p>\n<p>That morning, before market open, Fulgent unveiled its second-quarter results. The genetic testing specialist posted revenue just shy of $82 million, a figure that was more than 15% higher year over year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/how-to-invest\/stocks\/gaap-vs-non-gaap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Non-GAAP<\/a> (adjusted) net income went the opposite way with a steep (56%) decrease to slightly over $2 million ($0.07 per share). <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Person in lab gear looking through a microscope.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754100790_306_\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Image source: Getty Images.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the analysts tracking the stock were, as a group, expecting worse. In fact, they were modeling an adjusted bottom-line loss of $0.18 per share on revenue of only $76 million. <\/p>\n<p>In its earnings release, Fulgent credited diversification for the better-than-expected results. It quoted CEO Ming Hsieh as saying that throughout the first half of this year, &#8220;we made good progress in growing revenue for our laboratory services business and in advancing our clinical trials for the therapeutic development business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The kind of adjustment investors love<\/p>\n<p>Fulgent also raised its revenue and adjusted bottom-line guidance for full-year 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Management now anticipates the company will book &#8220;core&#8221; revenue &#8212; that is, revenue minus the take from COVID testing products and services &#8212; of roughly $320 million and an adjusted net loss of $0.35 per share. Those numbers top the average pundit projections of $0.55 for net loss and under $311 million for revenue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/author\/4067\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Volkman<\/a> has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Fulgent Genetics. The Motley Fool has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/legal\/fool-disclosure-policy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">disclosure policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The next-generation diagnostics specialist had a beat-and-raise second quarter. 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