What Happened?

Shares of medical device company LeMaitre Vascular (NASDAQ:LMAT) fell 12.2% in the afternoon session after the company reported weak first quarter 2025 results with a significant miss on full-year EPS guidance and underwhelming EPS guidance for next quarter. On the other hand, LeMaitre's full-year revenue guidance topped analysts' expectations and organic revenue outperform Wall Street's estimates. Still, this was a weaker quarter.

The shares closed the day at $78.85, down 12.6% from previous close.

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What The Market Is Telling Us

LeMaitre’s shares are not very volatile and have only had 9 moves greater than 5% over the last year. Moves this big are rare for LeMaitre and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business.

LeMaitre is down 14% since the beginning of the year, and at $78.70 per share, it is trading 27.1% below its 52-week high of $107.97 from November 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of LeMaitre’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $3,113.

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