Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Akebia Therapeutics in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" AKBA shares.
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2 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Akebia Therapeutics' stock. Their AKBA share price forecasts range from $3.75 to $3.75. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $3.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 220.5% from the stock's current price.
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Akebia Therapeutics' stock was trading at $0.5770 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AKBA shares have increased by 102.8% and is now trading at $1.17.
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Akebia Therapeutics saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,230,000 shares, an increase of 24.4% from the August 31st total of 5,810,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,760,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.1 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKBA) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, August, 25th. The biopharmaceutical company reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.03) by $0.03. The biopharmaceutical company had revenue of $56.38 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $59.10 million. Akebia Therapeutics had a negative net margin of 48.25% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 249.60%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.23 earnings per share.

Invesco Nasdaq Future Gen 200 ETF holds 33,325 shares of AKBA stock, representing 0.72% of its portfolio.

28 employees have rated Akebia Therapeutics Chief Executive Officer John Butler on Glassdoor.com. John Butler has an approval rating of 97% among the company's employees. This puts John Butler in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Akebia Therapeutics trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AKBA."

Akebia Therapeutics' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Acadian Asset Management LLC (4.01%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.79%), BlackRock Inc. (1.47%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.95%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.36%) and State Street Corp (0.34%). Insiders that own company stock include David A Spellman, John P Butler, Michel Dahan, Nicole R Hadas, Steven C Gilman, Steven C Gilman, Steven Keith Burke and Violetta Cotreau.
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Shares of AKBA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AKBA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1.17.

Akebia Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKBA) has a market capitalization of $220.32 million and generates $292.60 million in revenue each year. The biopharmaceutical company earns $-94,230,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.52) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 204 workers across the globe.

Akebia Therapeutics' mailing address is 245 FIRST STREET SUITE 1100, CAMBRIDGE MA, 02142. The official website for the company is www.akebia.com. The biopharmaceutical company can be reached via phone at (617) 871-2098, via email at ir@akebia.com, or via fax at 617-871-2099.