Law Offices of Howard G. Smith reminds investors of the upcoming August 1, 2025 deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in the case filed on behalf of investors who purchased Fortrea Holdings Inc. (“Fortrea” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: FTRE) securities between July 3, 2023 and February 28, 2025, inclusive (the “Class Period”).

IF YOU ARE AN INVESTOR WHO SUFFERED A LOSS IN FORTREA HOLDINGS INC. (FTRE), CONTACT THE LAW OFFICES OF HOWARD G. SMITH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ONGOING SECURITIES FRAUD LAWSUIT.

Contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss your legal rights by email at howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, by telephone at (215) 638-4847 or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.

What Happened?

On September 25, 2024, the investment bank Jefferies downgraded Fortrea from buy to hold, citing perceived weaknesses in the Company’s business model as a contract research organization (“CRO”) amid pressure on biotechnology funding and that the cost savings Fortrea expects to achieve by existing transition services agreements (“TSAs”) are “not as material as one might think.”

On this news, Fortrea’s stock price fell $2.73, or 12.3%, to close at $19.48 per share on September 25, 2024, thereby injuring investors.

Then, on December 6, 2024, Baird Equity Research stated that “[g]iven our ongoing concerns around the sector, [Fortrea’s] choppy history post spin, and lack of clarity on the abrupt communications course change, we cannot recommend an actionable investment (buy or sell)[.]”

On this news, Fortrea’s stock price fell $1.90, or 8.1%, to close at $21.67 per share on December 6, 2024.

Then, on March 3, 2025, before the market opened, Fortrea announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2024, revealing the Company had missed its previously announced guidance for revenue and adjusted EBITDA for the full year 2024. The Company’s financial results revealed full year adjusted EBITDA of $202.5 million, well below the Company’s previously announced guidance of $220 million to $240 million. The Company also revealed full year revenue of $2.696 billion, which missed previously announced guidance of $2.7 billion to $2.725 billion. The Company further revealed financial guidance for the full year 2025, which projected declines in revenue and adjusted EBITDA, with revenues of $2.450 billion to $2.550 billion and adjusted EBITDA in the range of $170 million to $200 million. Thomas Pike (“Pike”), the Company’s then-Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), explained that “full-service work for projects from the pre-spin period,” “have less revenue and less profitability” and “post-spin work is not coming on fast enough to offset the pre-spin contract economics.” Pike further revealed “this older versus newer mix issue will continue to negatively impact our financial performance during 2025.”

On this news, Fortrea shares fell $3.47, or 25.1%, to close at $10.38 per share on March 3, 2025, thereby injuring investors further.

What Is The Lawsuit About?

The complaint filed in this class action alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company’s business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Fortrea overestimated the amount of revenue the Pre-Spin Projects were likely to contribute to the Company’s 2025 earnings; (2) Fortrea overstated the cost savings it would likely achieve by exiting the TSAs; (3) as a result, the Company’s previously announced EBITDA targets for 2025 were inflated; (4) accordingly, the viability of the Company’s post-Spin-Off business model, as well as its business and/or financial prospects, were overstated; and (5) as a result, Defendants’ positive statements about the Company’s business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.

If you purchased or otherwise acquired Fortrea securities during the Class Period, you may move the Court no later than August 1, 2025 to ask the Court to appoint you as lead plaintiff if you meet certain legal requirements.

Contact Us To Participate or Learn More:

If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact us:

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith,

3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112,

Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020,

Telephone: (215) 638-4847

Email: howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com,

Visit our website at: www.howardsmithlaw.com.

To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action.

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