Akero Therapeutics Inc AKRO

Morningstar Rating
$28.24 −1.10 (3.75%)
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Price vs Fair Value

AKRO is trading at a 139% premium.
Price
$27.97
Fair Value
$52.83
Uncertainty
Extreme
1-Star Price
$6,678.17
5-Star Price
$4.72
Economic Moat
Kympn
Capital Allocation

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$29.34
Day Range
$28.1729.87
52-Week Range
$11.2551.24
Bid/Ask
$20.44 / $31.16
Market Cap
$1.96 Bil
Volume/Avg
661,185 / 623,155

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
Price/Sales
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
0.00%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
0.00%
Total Yield

Company Profile

Akero Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing transformative treatments for serious metabolic diseases with high unmet medical needs. Its focus is nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, a disease without any approved therapies. The company's product candidate efruxifermin is an FGF21 analog with properties that has the potential to address the core processes underlying NASH pathogenesis.
Sector
Healthcare
Industry
Biotechnology
Stock Style Box
Small Core
Total Number of Employees
58

Comparables

Valuation

Metric
AKRO
EWTX
TVTX
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
Price/Book Value
2.454.7970.72
Price/Sales
6.06
Price/Cash Flow
Price/Earnings
AKRO
EWTX
TVTX

Financial Strength

Metric
AKRO
EWTX
TVTX
Quick Ratio
24.3929.792.89
Current Ratio
24.8930.243.04
Interest Coverage
−60.64−35.20
Quick Ratio
AKRO
EWTX
TVTX

Profitability

Metric
AKRO
EWTX
TVTX
Return on Assets (Normalized)
−24.18%−23.23%−9.03%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
−26.16%−24.43%−47.00%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
−30.54%−29.19%−13.68%
Return on Assets
AKRO
EWTX
TVTX

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