What is B. Riley’s Forecast for Varex Imaging Q1 Earnings?

Varex Imaging Co. (NASDAQ:VREX) – Equities research analysts at B. Riley issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Varex Imaging in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, May 12th. B. Riley analyst A. Schock forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.08 for the quarter. B. Riley has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Varex Imaging’s current full-year earnings is $0.53 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Varex Imaging’s Q3 2026 earnings at $0.11 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently commented on the company. Oppenheimer decreased their target price on Varex Imaging from $30.00 to $23.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 7th. StockNews.com upgraded Varex Imaging from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 7th.

Varex Imaging Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VREX opened at $7.45 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 2.50 and a current ratio of 4.36. The company has a market cap of $306.94 million, a PE ratio of -6.37 and a beta of 0.62. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $9.55 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $12.60. Varex Imaging has a fifty-two week low of $6.76 and a fifty-two week high of $16.93.

Varex Imaging (NASDAQ:VREX) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $0.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.12. The business had revenue of $212.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $206.76 million. Varex Imaging had a positive return on equity of 4.00% and a negative net margin of 5.79%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.16 earnings per share.

Insider Activity at Varex Imaging

In related news, CEO Sunny Sanyal sold 8,749 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.24, for a total transaction of $98,338.76. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 190,193 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,137,769.32. The trade was a 4.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP Kimberley E. Honeysett sold 4,007 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $12.81, for a total value of $51,329.67. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 4,002 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $51,265.62. The trade was a 50.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 4.30% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Varex Imaging

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Aquatic Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Varex Imaging in the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Quadrant Capital Group LLC raised its position in shares of Varex Imaging by 115.4% during the 4th quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 2,837 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,000 after acquiring an additional 1,520 shares in the last quarter. Point72 Hong Kong Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Varex Imaging during the 4th quarter worth about $48,000. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS acquired a new stake in shares of Varex Imaging during the 4th quarter worth about $98,000. Finally, US Bancorp DE raised its position in shares of Varex Imaging by 149.8% during the 4th quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 7,386 shares of the company’s stock worth $108,000 after acquiring an additional 4,429 shares in the last quarter.

About Varex Imaging

Varex Imaging Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells X-ray imaging components. The company operates through two segments, Medical and Industrial. The Medical segment designs, manufactures, sells, and services X-ray imaging components, comprising X-ray tubes, digital detectors and accessories, ionization chambers, high voltage connectors, image-processing software and workstations, 3D reconstruction software, computer-aided diagnostic software, collimators, automatic exposure control devices, generators, and heat exchangers.