ESPR - Latest News
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (ESPR), operates in Healthcare / Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic, trades on NASDAQ.
Market capitalization stands near $648.7M. Beta to the broader market is 0.91.
The article list below shows the most recent ESPR headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.
Recent ESPR Headlines
Esperion Announces Inducement Grants Under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
globenewswire.com - May 14, 2026
ANN ARBOR, Mich. , May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Esperion (NASDAQ: ESPR) today announced that on May 12 2026, the Company granted 23 new employees
ESPR Stock Surges 44% in a Month: Here's What You Need to Know
zacks.com - May 14, 2026
Esperion shares jump nearly 44% in a month. The primary catalyst was Archimed's agreement to acquire the company in a deal valued at up to $1.
Esperion Announces Two New Analyses Supporting Bempedoic Acid to Reduce LDL-C Levels to be Presented at the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) Congress 2026
globenewswire.com - May 13, 2026
– Presentations Examine Findings From the Pediatric Phase 2 Study, As Well As Factors Associated With Enhanced LDL-C Reductions in Adult Patients Enr
$HAREHOLDER ALERT: The M&A Class Action Firm Is Investigating The Merger—PFLC, ESPR, LKSB, and MKC
globenewswire.com - May 5, 2026
NEW YORK, May 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Class Action Attorney Juan Monteverde with Monteverde & Associates PC (the “M&A Class Action Firm”), has r
Esperion Therapeutics Investor Alert: Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Investigates Adequacy of Price and Process in Proposed Sale of Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. - ESPR
businesswire.com - May 4, 2026
NEW YORK CITY & NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr.
How News Affects ESPR Options Pricing
Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track ESPR's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.
Frequently asked ESPR news questions
- What is the latest ESPR news headline?
- The most recent ESPR headline (May 14, 2026) is "Esperion Announces Inducement Grants Under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.
- How fresh is the ESPR news on this page?
- News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.
- What ESPR news moves options pricing?
- Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.
- How can I track unusual ESPR options activity related to news?
- Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.