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Hims & Hers Health (NYSE: HIMS) Q2 2026 Earnings Preview for Monday August 10 After Market Close Under the Shadow of the July 29, 2026 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Lawsuit Alleging the Company Shared Consumer Sensitive Health Information With Meta Platforms, Snap Inc., and Other Online Advertising Platforms Through Embedded Website Tracking Technologies, Plus Separately Alleging Unauthorized Billing Charges for Prescriptions Patients Did Not Order; Los Angeles County and Utah Joined the FTC as Co-Plaintiffs; HIMS Shares Dropped 10% on the July 29 Announcement, and Bank of America Analyst Allen Lutz Cut the Price Target to $30 From $37 (Maintaining Hold); Wall Street Consensus for Q2: $698.9 Million Revenue (+28.3% YoY) and -$0.05 Diluted EPS Loss

Hims & Hers Health (NYSE: HIMS) reports Q2 2026 earnings Monday August 10, 2026 after market close under the shadow of the July 29, 2026 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit. FTC allegations: the company shared consumer sensitive health information with Meta Platforms, Snap Inc., and other online advertising platforms through embedded website tracking technologies (pixel-based cookie/session tracking) without meeting informed-consent requirements; and separately, that the company charged some patients for prescriptions they did not order. Los Angeles County and Utah joined the FTC as co-plaintiffs, expanding both the geographic exposure and the potential remedy set. HIMS shares dropped 10% on the July 29 announcement. Bank of America analyst Allen Lutz reiterated Hold and cut the price target to $30 from $37 on FTC-lawsuit uncertainty, characterizing the outcome as a small-fee base case. Wall Street consensus for Q2 2026: $698.9 million revenue (+28.3% year-over-year) and -$0.05 diluted EPS loss versus the +$0.17 year-ago quarter. Options traders are pricing an approximate 14.5% post-earnings move in either direction. Analyst focus areas: peptide-compounding revenue trajectory (Leerink pegs $440M peptide sales for full-year 2026), FTC lawsuit financial and operational impact, and branded GLP-1 partnership contribution since Q1 2026.

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Hims & Hers Health (NYSE: HIMS) Q2 2026 Earnings Preview for Monday August 10 After Market Close Under the Shadow of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Lawsuit Alleging the Company Shared Consumer Sensitive Health Information With Third-Party Advertising Platforms; Wall Street Consensus at $698.9 Million Revenue (+28.3% Year-Over-Year) and Approximately -$0.05 Diluted EPS Loss Compared to +$0.17 EPS in Q2 2025; Bank of America Analyst Allen Lutz Cut the HIMS Price Target to $30 From $37 (While Maintaining Hold) Citing FTC-Lawsuit Uncertainty With Small-Fee Base-Case Framing; Options Traders Are Pricing an Approximate 14.5% Post-Earnings Move in Either Direction

Hims & Hers Health (NYSE: HIMS) reports Q2 2026 earnings Monday August 10, 2026 after market close under the shadow of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit alleging the company shared consumer sensitive health information with third-party advertising platforms without meeting HIPAA-compatible informed-consent requirements. Wall Street consensus: $698.9 million revenue (+28.3% year-over-year) and approximately -$0.05 diluted EPS loss versus +$0.17 EPS in the year-ago quarter. Bank of America analyst Allen Lutz cut the HIMS price target to $30 from $37 (maintaining Hold), citing FTC-lawsuit uncertainty with a small-fee base-case framing. Options traders are pricing an approximate 14.5% post-earnings move in either direction. Analyst focus areas beyond top-line numbers: post-PCAC peptide-compounding revenue trajectory (Leerink estimates $440 million peptide sales in 2026 representing 15% of the projected revenue midpoint); FTC lawsuit financial and operational impact; branded GLP-1 (Wegovy/Ozempic/Zepbound/Mounjaro) commercial partnership contribution since Q1 2026; and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anant Vinjamoori's July 23 PCAC harm-reduction testimony framing for the Hims peptide strategy narrative. Truist analysts have cautioned that substantial peptide revenue is unlikely before 2028 even with the PCAC advisory support given the 12-24 month FDA rulemaking timeline.

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Post-PCAC Analyst Perspective on Hims & Hers Health (NYSE: HIMS): BofA Securities Raised Price Target to $36 and Canaccord Genuity Raised to $40 on the Peptide-Compounding Opportunity Estimated at Approximately $440 Million in 2027 Sales From the Four Recommended Compounding Peptides, While Truist Held at $23 Citing the 6-18 Month FDA Rulemaking Timeline and Uninsured-Patient Concerns; Peptide Catalyst Lift Tempered by the Advisory-Vote Nature of the July 23-24 PCAC 6-of-7 Outcome Because Compounding Pharmacies Still Cannot Legally Prepare BPC-157, KPV, TB-500, MOTS-c, Semax, or Epitalon Under Section 503A Today

Post-PCAC analyst coverage of Hims & Hers Health (NYSE: HIMS) split on the July 23-24 Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC) 6-of-7 outcome. BofA Securities raised its price target to $36 on the peptide-compounding opportunity, and Canaccord Genuity raised to $40, both citing the July 23-24 PCAC vote and the Hims & Hers acquired California peptide manufacturing facility. Analysts estimate the four Day-1 recommended peptides (BPC-157, KPV, TB-500, MOTS-c) could generate approximately $440 million in Hims & Hers sales by 2027 if the FDA follows through with 503A rulemaking. Truist Securities held at $23 citing the 6-18 month FDA rulemaking timeline and continued uninsured-patient exposure. Barclays sits at $39 (Novo Nordisk partnership thesis). The peptide catalyst lift is tempered by the advisory-vote nature of the PCAC outcome: compounding pharmacies still cannot legally prepare BPC-157, KPV, TB-500, MOTS-c, Semax, or Epitalon under Section 503A today because none of the six substances are on the 503A Bulks List. FDA rulemaking to add each substance takes 6-18 months from the date the agency decides to act. Hims shares closed near $28.50 last week after briefly rallying above $35 on the initial vote outcome.

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Hims & Hers Analyst Ratings Spread Widens After FDA PCAC Briefing Documents: Truist Reiterates Hold at $23 Citing Peptide-Optionality Uncertainty, BofA Raises to $36 Neutral, Barclays Raises to $39 Overweight on Novo Nordisk Partnership Improvements, and Canaccord Raises to $40 Buy Citing the Company's Transition From Compounded to Branded Weight-Loss Drugs

Analyst dispersion around Hims & Hers Health (NYSE: HIMS) widened this week following the FDA career-staff briefing documents released June 29-30 concluding all seven PCAC peptides have insufficient evidence for 503A bulks-list inclusion. The four fresh price targets span nearly two-to-one: Truist Securities reiterated a Hold rating with a $23 price target, citing near-term-performance strength tempered by uncertainty around peptide-compounding regulation. BofA Securities raised its price target to $36 from $25 while maintaining Neutral, noting the FDA update is negative for the company's peptide-optionality narrative but not the core weight-loss business. Barclays' Glen Santangelo raised to $39 from $29 while maintaining Overweight, crediting improvements from the renewed Novo Nordisk partnership. Canaccord's Maria Ripps raised to $40 from $32 while maintaining Buy, citing the company's transition from compounded to branded weight-loss drugs. The 74% spread from lowest to highest target reflects analyst disagreement about how much of the Hims growth story now runs through peptide optionality versus branded-GLP-1 rails.

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Cantor Fitzgerald Lifts LLY Price Target to $1,230 and BofA to $1,294 Following Q1 Beat and Foundayo FAERS Recovery

Multiple Wall Street firms raised LLY price targets in the May 5–6 window. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted its target to $1,230, BofA to $1,294, and the broader analyst consensus by 19 firms now sits at $1,228 (24.15% upside over 12 months) per the May 6 update, with a Buy consensus rating. The driver: tirzepatide's Q1 +125% global growth, the Mounjaro/Zepbound volume re-rating, the May 1 stock recovery from the Foundayo hepatic-failure FAERS report, and Lilly's response that no DILI signal exists across the 11,000-patient ACHIEVE+ATTAIN program. RBC Capital framed the FAERS event as 'baseline noise.'