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Akebia Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: AKBA) closed the day trading at $1.81 up 8.38% from the previous closing price of $1.67. In other words, the price has increased by $8.38 from its previous closing price. On the day, 5.16 million shares were traded. AKBA stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.84 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.67.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of AKBA, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 2.64 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 13.78. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.80 and its Current Ratio is at 1.94. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 5.13 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 4.30.
On April 28, 2025, Leerink Partners started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $7.
On April 01, 2025, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $6.Jefferies initiated its Buy rating on April 01, 2025, with a $6 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 30 ’25 when Ostrowski Erik sold 41,314 shares for $3.67 per share. The transaction valued at 151,622 led to the insider holds 503,586 shares of the business.
Ostrowski Erik bought 41,314 shares of AKBA for $151,622 on Jun 30 ’25. On Jun 09 ’25, another insider, Malabre Richard C, who serves as the SVP, Chief Accounting Officer of the company, sold 15,000 shares for $4.01 each. As a result, the insider received 60,150 and left with 266,914 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, AKBA now has a Market Capitalization of 480312448 and an Enterprise Value of 537852416. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.97 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 11.54. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.39 whereas that against EBITDA is 17.213.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AKBA is 0.31, which has changed by -0.13020831 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.14151978 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AKBA has reached a high of $4.08, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.52. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -33.71%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -34.41%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, AKBA traded about 4.07M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, AKBA traded about 8601410 shares per day. A total of 265.23M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 256.58M. Insiders hold about 3.23% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 43.22% stake in the company. Shares short for AKBA as of 1761868800 were 35517452 with a Short Ratio of 7.20, compared to 1759190400 on 29401452. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 35517452 and a Short% of Float of 13.530000000000001.
Earnings Estimates
The stock of Akebia Therapeutics Inc (AKBA) is currently drawing attention from 1.0 analysts actively involved in the ongoing evaluation and rating process.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.03, with high estimates of $0.03 and low estimates of $0.03.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.02 and -$0.02 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.02. EPS for the following year is $0.45, with 1.0 analysts recommending between $0.45 and $0.45.
Revenue Estimates
4 analysts predict $54.55M in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $61.44M to a low estimate of $45.4M. As of. The current estimate, Akebia Therapeutics Inc’s year-ago sales were $46.5MFor the next quarter, 4 analysts are estimating revenue of $62.68M. There is a high estimate of $68.71M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $52.8M.
A total of 4 analysts have provided revenue estimates for AKBA’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $254.4M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $224M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $237.93M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $160.18MBased on 4 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $316.86M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $396.3M and the low estimate is $258M.
