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Market Cap 2.49B P/E - EPS this Y -34.60% Ern Qtrly Grth -
Income -151.76M Forward P/E -13.38 EPS next Y -11.10% 50D Avg Chg -4.00%
Sales - PEG 0.33 EPS past 5Y - 200D Avg Chg 1.00%
Dividend N/A Price/Book 6.90 EPS next 5Y -14.60% 52W High Chg -23.00%
Recommedations 2.00 Quick Ratio 28.75 Shares Outstanding 68.95M 52W Low Chg 329.00%
Insider Own 5.77% ROA -23.07% Shares Float 46.07M Beta -0.38
Inst Own 93.29% ROE -35.22% Shares Shorted/Prior 8.18M/9.47M Price 44.97
Gross Margin - Profit Margin - Avg. Volume 669,725 Target Price 48.38
Oper. Margin - Earnings Date May 13 Volume 722,148 Change 2.16%
About Akero Therapeutics, Inc.

Akero Therapeutics, Inc., together with its subsidiary, engages in the development of treatments for patients with serious metabolic diseases in the United States. The company's lead product candidate is efruxifermin (EFX), which is in Phase 3 clinical trials that protects against cellular stress and regulates the metabolism of lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins throughout the body for the treatment of biopsy-confirmed metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) patients. It has a license agreement with Amgen Inc. to develop, manufacture, use, distribute, and sell EFX as a treatment for MASH and other metabolic diseases. The company was formerly known as Pippin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and changed its name to Akero Therapeutics, Inc. in May 2018. Akero Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

Akero Therapeutics, Inc. News
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03/14/24 Ionis (IONS) Drug Meets Mid-Stage MASH Study Goals
03/08/24 Akero Therapeutics Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock and Full Exercise of Underwriters' Option to Purchase Additional Shares
03/07/24 Akero Therapeutics Announces Publication of Phase 2b SYMMETRY Cohort D Study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
03/06/24 President and CEO Andrew Cheng Sells 75,000 Shares of Akero Therapeutics Inc (AKRO)
03/05/24 Akero Therapeutics Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock
03/05/24 Akero (AKRO) Up on Upbeat Week 96 Data From Liver Disease Study
03/04/24 Akero Therapeutics Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock
03/04/24 Why Akero Rocketed — And Pulled Rival 89bio Higher — On Results In Liver Disease Treatment
03/04/24 Data Suggests Makers of Fatty Liver Treatments Won’t Be Displaced by Obesity Drugs
03/04/24 Akero Therapeutics Bats Back Challenge From Lilly in Emerging Liver-Drug Market
03/04/24 UPDATE 1-Akero's lead drug helps reduce scarring in fatty liver disease patients
03/04/24 Akero Therapeutics Reports Statistically Significant Histological Improvements at Week 96 in Phase 2b HARMONY Study
03/04/24 Akero strengthens MASH drug’s case with new study data
03/01/24 Wall Street Analysts Predict a 58.87% Upside in Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (AKRO): Here's What You Should Know
02/29/24 Akero Therapeutics to Present Topline Week 96 Results from Phase 2b HARMONY Study Investigating Efruxifermin in Patients with Pre-Cirrhotic MASH
02/29/24 Akero Therapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results and Provides Business Update
02/26/24 Are Medical Stocks Lagging GSK PLC Sponsored ADR (GSK) This Year?
AKRO Chatroom

User Image Tashfeen Posted - 1 day ago

@Steve_TheBull_Rogers all MASH plays are depressed. Any interesting flow on $MDGL and $AKRO

User Image Whiskeyunderthebed Posted - 2 days ago

$AKRO does anyone have any clear insight on why this stock is down for over 23 plus days...I understand they have a bunch P2's in the works and the prelim's look quite good. Thanks.

User Image Writeput Posted - 2 days ago

$AKRO does this turn out to be a fraud ?

User Image Okenrav Posted - 3 days ago

$AKRO $ALT $GALT $MDGL $VKTX 🐂💩! All he did was to enable humanity to drink thrice as much before cirrhosis eventually reigns supreme.

User Image All_just_a_game Posted - 3 days ago

$MDGL $ALT $VKTX $GALT $AKRO RIP to a man who helped many lives and advanced humanity….even after his death, with all his contributions to medicine, many will benefit.

User Image hephais Posted - 1 week ago

$AKRO I truly wonder what did they watch from this firm. lol

User Image TheGunnerAB Posted - 1 week ago

$AKRO @RNASequencing LOL

User Image xyz200 Posted - 1 week ago

$AKRO Where are the clowns that touted this in the 30s??? lol. Oh where are you, you kings of investing lol. idiots.......

User Image Writeput Posted - 1 week ago

$AKRO keeps doing sharp turns mid-day.

User Image xyz200 Posted - 1 week ago

$AKRO DEAD stock

User Image BioRich Posted - 2 weeks ago

$AKRO haven't been following but did it have a NASH fail at the end of last year that caused a dump? Any hope for recovery for this one. I had been following because it looked promising.

User Image buffa1949 Posted - 2 weeks ago

$AKRO LPCN Yesterday LPCN news on fat reducing study but lean muscle does not reduce, just fat.

User Image hephais Posted - 2 weeks ago

$AKRO Maybe, 36 weeks was too short. But, I think 96 weeks will be enough for proof the EFX for Cirrhosis. I believe they could show much better results in 2025 1Q

User Image Yousof Posted - 2 weeks ago

$AKRO did they not sell 12 mio shares for 29$? Did these institutions not done their research probably?

User Image Pharmer23 Posted - 2 weeks ago

$AKRO added more on the dip . I can wait all year

User Image StockInvest_us Posted - 2 weeks ago

Signal alert: $AKRO - Oversold Trend Short (Undervalued) https://stockinvest.us/l/NSj2XuoTSH

User Image StockInvest_us Posted - 3 weeks ago

Signal alert: $AKRO - Oversold Trend Short (Undervalued) https://stockinvest.us/l/PCZaCMmniw

User Image Writeput Posted - 3 weeks ago

$AKRO is this going back to teens ?

User Image hephais Posted - 3 weeks ago

$AKRO Insanely Undervalued… In 25 1Q, It will Explode

User Image Justy_Nuff Posted - 3 weeks ago

$AKRO

User Image xyz200 Posted - 3 weeks ago

$AKRO and down and down it goes. wow. this is going to 4 or 5 bucks at this rate.....

User Image NumberWang Posted - 3 weeks ago

bought starters in $MDGL $AKRO $VKTX $REVG and $EQH

User Image tommaso98 Posted - 3 weeks ago

$AKRO let's reopen the market in a good way

User Image Goreburnelli Posted - 03/30/24

@scanningforbiotechstocks whilst i own both stocks, I think the case for $VKTX rests more solely on its obesity use case, not so much on MASH. Reason being that their MASH candidate still is only in Phase 2 (will take another 3 years or so before coming to market), whilst their competition is already in Phase 3. Their biggest competitor isn’t $MDGL, it is guys like $AKRO, $ETNB who will be releasing Phase 3 in 2025. By the time $VKTX MASH candidate comes out in the market, they will have to beat the FGF21 and PPAR drugs (much higher benchmark). $MDGL has already won the MASH race, so they will dominate the market uncontested over the next 3-5 years. Very very good short to mid-term potential. Their financials will be extremely strong (better than what most are projecting) That said, the TAM of obesity is far larger than MASH, so $VKTX does have a far larger upside potential!

User Image Jinnss Posted - 03/30/24

$AKRO 96wk Topline result of F4 trial (SYMMETRY) in 1Q25

User Image NumberWang Posted - 03/30/24

In addition to #watchlist picks, I am going to take small starter positions on $MDGL $AKRO and $VKTX and will be strategically adding on dips. Very interesting space and a nice hefty dose of biotech risk, of course.

User Image valueforme Posted - 03/29/24

$SGMT Tim Walbert joined the Sagimet board of directors not for money. He is doing VERY WELL financially after Horizon M&A - sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data... if interested. Why has he joined? My guess - to structure a big transaction around denifanstat, which is going to happen sooner than later. There is evidence that FASN inhibitors are complimentary to GLP-1 add THRß agonists. And future of MASH is in combo treatments. The valuation gap between SGMT and FGF21 focused $AKRO and $ETNB is way too significant at the moment. SGMT is just 1 year behind on the trials schedule, at the same time EV looks very different (numbers from YCharts): - ENTB ~ 500M - AKRO ~ 1.2B - SGMT ~ 80M Yes, SGMT does not have enough cash to complete phase 3 trials. And this is what Walbert needs to help with - help figure out what to do - partner before phase 3, sell the company, else.

User Image Ag_0018 Posted - 03/28/24

User Image xyz200 Posted - 1 month ago

$AKRO Dead Stock. The decline remains.....

User Image Writeput Posted - 1 month ago

$AKRO is slacking from $VKTX a lot.

Analyst Ratings
UBS Buy Mar 5, 24
HC Wainwright & Co. Buy Mar 5, 24
HC Wainwright & Co. Buy Mar 1, 24
HC Wainwright & Co. Buy Nov 14, 23
UBS Buy Oct 12, 23
JP Morgan Overweight Oct 11, 23
HC Wainwright & Co. Buy Oct 11, 23
Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight Oct 11, 23
Morgan Stanley Overweight Oct 11, 23
Insider Trades Relationship Date Transactions Cost($) #Shares Value($) #Share Own SEC Form 4
Young Jonathan Chief Operating Offi.. Chief Operating Officer Dec 27 Sell 24 5,414 129,936 185,131 12/29/23
Young Jonathan Chief Operating Offi.. Chief Operating Officer Dec 27 Option 6.36 5,414 34,433 190,545 12/29/23
Yale Catriona Chief Development Of.. Chief Development Officer Dec 14 Sell 20.76 597 12,394 77,910 12/18/23
White William Richard Chief Financial Offi.. Chief Financial Officer Dec 14 Sell 20.76 611 12,684 50,354 12/18/23
Young Jonathan Chief Operating Offi.. Chief Operating Officer Dec 14 Sell 20.76 543 11,273 185,131 12/18/23
Cheng Andrew President and CEO President and CEO Dec 14 Sell 20.76 1,628 33,797 550,911 12/18/23
Rolph Timothy Chief Scientific Off.. Chief Scientific Officer Dec 14 Sell 20.76 514 10,671 182,672 12/18/23
Graham G. Walmsley Director Director Dec 08 Buy 19.83 100,000 1,983,000 800,000 12/11/23
Cheng Andrew President and CEO President and CEO Dec 07 Sell 20.02 26,978 540,100 552,539 12/11/23
Cheng Andrew President and CEO President and CEO Dec 07 Option 6.36 26,978 171,580 559,944 12/11/23
Graham G. Walmsley Director Director Nov 30 Buy 16.95 100,000 1,695,000 700,000 12/05/23
Young Jonathan Chief Operating Offi.. Chief Operating Officer Nov 17 Sell 14.6753 30,000 440,259 153,177 11/21/23
Cheng Andrew President and CEO President and CEO Oct 02 Sell 48.35 25,000 1,208,750 460,998 10/04/23
Cheng Andrew President and CEO President and CEO Oct 02 Option 6.36 25,000 159,000 485,998 10/04/23
Young Jonathan Chief Operating Offi.. Chief Operating Officer Oct 02 Sell 51.1 490 25,039 183,177 10/04/23
Young Jonathan Chief Operating Offi.. Chief Operating Officer Oct 02 Option 21.1 490 10,339 183,667 10/04/23
Cheng Andrew President and CEO President and CEO Sep 13 Sell 50.34 1,682 84,672 460,998 09/25/23
White William Richard Chief Financial Offi.. Chief Financial Officer Sep 13 Sell 50.34 632 31,815 18,468 09/25/23
Yale Catriona Chief Development Of.. Chief Development Officer Sep 13 Sell 48.85 5,617 274,390 46,010 09/25/23
Yale Catriona Chief Development Of.. Chief Development Officer Sep 13 Option 6.36 5,000 31,800 51,010 09/25/23
Rolph Timothy Chief Scientific Off.. Chief Scientific Officer Sep 13 Sell 50.34 531 26,731 150,689 09/25/23
Young Jonathan Chief Operating Offi.. Chief Operating Officer Sep 13 Sell 50.34 562 28,291 183,177 09/25/23
Cheng Andrew President and CEO President and CEO Sep 01 Sell 50 25,000 1,250,000 462,680 09/18/23
Cheng Andrew President and CEO President and CEO Sep 01 Option 6.36 25,000 159,000 487,680 09/18/23
Cheng Andrew President and CEO President and CEO Aug 30 Option 0.615 15,000 9,225 462,680 08/30/23
Yale Catriona Chief Development Of.. Chief Development Officer Aug 28 Sell 50.3 5,745 288,974 46,627 08/30/23
Yale Catriona Chief Development Of.. Chief Development Officer Aug 28 Option 6.36 5,745 36,538 52,372 08/30/23
Graham G. Walmsley Director Director Aug 08 Buy 42.0590 25,000 1,051,475 600,000 08/10/23
Graham G. Walmsley Director Director Jul 28 Buy 42.98 55,000 2,363,900 575,000 08/01/23
Cheng Andrew President and CEO President and CEO Jul 03 Sell 45.44 25,000 1,136,000 447,680 07/06/23
Cheng Andrew President and CEO President and CEO Jul 03 Option 6.36 25,000 159,000 472,680 07/06/23
Cheng Andrew President and CEO President and CEO Jun 27 Option 0.615 40,000 24,600 447,680 06/27/23
Yale Catriona Chief Development Of.. Chief Development Officer Jun 21 Sell 51.64 33,349 1,722,142 46,627 06/23/23
White William Richard Chief Financial Offi.. Chief Financial Officer Jun 20 Sell 55 20,777 1,142,735 19,100 06/22/23
White William Richard Chief Financial Offi.. Chief Financial Officer Jun 20 Option 7.01 17,500 122,675 39,877 06/22/23
Heyman Tomas J. Director Director Jun 16 Sell 54.67 26,000 1,421,420 06/21/23
Heyman Tomas J. Director Director Jun 16 Option 25.04 26,000 651,040 26,000 06/21/23
Henderson Jane Director Director Jun 16 Option 7.01 40,000 280,400 40,000 06/21/23
Henderson Jane Director Director Jun 16 Sell 54.13 40,000 2,165,200 06/21/23
Rolph Timothy Chief Scientific Off.. Chief Scientific Officer Jun 16 Sell 55.32 78,200 4,326,024 151,220 06/21/23
Rolph Timothy Chief Scientific Off.. Chief Scientific Officer Jun 16 Option 0.61 40,000 24,400 229,420 06/21/23
White William Richard Chief Financial Offi.. Chief Financial Officer Jun 13 Sell 55.16 606 33,427 22,377 06/15/23
Cheng Andrew President & CEO President & CEO Jun 13 Sell 55.16 1,613 88,973 407,680 06/15/23
Rolph Timothy Chief Scientific Off.. Chief Scientific Officer Jun 13 Sell 55.16 509 28,076 189,420 06/15/23
Young Jonathan Chief Operating Offi.. Chief Operating Officer Jun 13 Sell 55.16 538 29,676 183,739 06/15/23
Yale Catriona Chief Development Of.. Chief Development Officer Jun 13 Sell 55.16 591 32,600 79,976 06/15/23
Graham G. Walmsley Director Director Sep 19 Buy 34 520,000 17,680,000 520,000 06/15/23
Cheng Andrew President and CEO President and CEO Jun 01 Sell 45.11 25,000 1,127,750 409,293 06/05/23
Cheng Andrew President and CEO President and CEO Jun 01 Option 3.49 25,000 87,250 434,293 06/05/23
Cheng Andrew President & CEO President & CEO Apr 18 Sell 45.25 25,000 1,131,250 409,293 05/03/23