Akoya Biosciences (AKYA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Akoya Biosciences, Inc., a life sciences technology company, provides spatial biology solutions focused on transforming discovery and clinical research in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers PhenoCycler instrument, a compact bench-top fluidics system that integrates with a companion microscope to automate image acquisition; and PhenoImager platform that enables researchers to visualize, analyze, quantify, and phenotype cells in situ, in fresh frozen or FFPE tissue sections, and tissue microarrays utilizing an automated and high-throughput workflow. It also provides PhenoCycler and PhenoImager reagents; and biopharma services. In addition, the company offers analysis software partnerships ecosystem; inForm Tissue, an automated image analysis software package for accurately visualizing and quantifying biomarkers in tissue sections; Phenoptr, which provides functions that consolidate and analyze output tables created by inForm software; and phenoptrReports, a software that generates shareable reports and visualizations based on the phenoptr output in an intuitive front-end GUI. It has a collaboration agreement with NeraCare that enables personalized therapy selection for early-stage melanoma patients. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $1.29 to $1.29
• 50-Day Range: $1.12 to $1.37
• 52-Week Range: $0.93 to $3.42
• Volume: N/A
• Average Volume: 416,191 shs
• Market Capitalization: $64.44 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $2.51
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Akoya Biosciences Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Akoya Biosciences scored higher than 40% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 707th out of 935 stocks in the medical sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Akoya Biosciences has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Akoya Biosciences has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Akoya Biosciences are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.96) to ($0.64) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Akoya Biosciences is -1.33, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Akoya Biosciences is -1.33, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Akoya Biosciences has a P/B Ratio of 8.60. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.67% of the float of Akoya Biosciences has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Akoya Biosciences has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.7.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Akoya Biosciences has recently decreased by 7.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Akoya Biosciences does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Akoya Biosciences does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.67% of the float of Akoya Biosciences has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Akoya Biosciences has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.7.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Akoya Biosciences has recently decreased by 7.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: N/A
• News Sentiment: N/A

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Akoya Biosciences insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 7.30% of the stock of Akoya Biosciences is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

79.42% of the stock of Akoya Biosciences is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

AKYA Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have AKYA shares performed this year?

Akoya Biosciences' stock was trading at $2.29 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, AKYA stock has decreased by 43.7% and is now trading at $1.29.

How were Akoya Biosciences' earnings last quarter?

Akoya Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKYA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May, 12th. The company reported ($0.32) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.29) by $0.03. The business had revenue of $16.64 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $20.19 million. Akoya Biosciences had a negative net margin of 59.44% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 487.85%.

When did Akoya Biosciences IPO?

Akoya Biosciences (AKYA) raised $125 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, April 16th 2021. The company issued 6,600,000 shares at $18.00-$20.00 per share. J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler and Canaccord Genuity served as the underwriters for the IPO.

Who are Akoya Biosciences' major shareholders?

Akoya Biosciences' top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC (0.06%). Insiders that own company stock include Matthew Winkler, Garry PhD Nolan, Brian Mckelligon, John Frederick Ek, Frederic Pla and Joseph Driscoll.
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How do I buy shares of Akoya Biosciences?

Shares of AKYA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Akoya Biosciences own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Akoya Biosciences investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Netflix (NFLX), Broadcom (AVGO), Invesco QQQ (QQQ) and Palo Alto Networks (PANW).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/12/2025
• Today: 7/29/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/04/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Medical
• Industry: MED - BIOMED/GENE
• Sub-Industry: Measuring And Control Equipment
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:AKYA
• CIK: 1711933
• Web: www.akoyabio.com
• Phone: 855-896-8401
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 90
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Akoya Biosciences: $2.51
• High Price Target: $5.00
• Low Price Target: $1.08
• Potential Upside/Downside: +94.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.97)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$55.37 million
• Net Margins: -59.44%
• Pretax Margin: -59.28%
• Return on Equity: -487.85%
• Return on Assets: -35.86%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 10.12
• Current Ratio: 0.61
• Quick Ratio: 0.40

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $79.96 million
• Price / Sales: 0.81
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $0.15 per share
• Price / Book: 8.60

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 49,954,000
• Free Float: 46,307,000
• Market Cap: $64.44 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.36