Akero Therapeutics, Inc.

BIT:1AKRO Stock Report

Market Cap: €2.9b

Akero Therapeutics Valuation

Is 1AKRO undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Book vs Peers

  • Price-To-Book vs Industry

  • Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 1AKRO when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
€23.65
Fair Value
48.0% overvalued intrinsic discount
11
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: 1AKRO (€34.99) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€23.65)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 1AKRO is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 1AKRO?

Key metric: As 1AKRO is unprofitable and pre-revenue we use its Price-To-Book Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Book ratio for 1AKRO. This is calculated by dividing 1AKRO's market cap by their current book value.
What is 1AKRO's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio2.9x
BookUS$1.08b
Market CapUS$3.19b

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

How does 1AKRO's PB Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PB ratio for 1AKRO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average3.5x
PHIL Philogen
6.6x-115.28%€910.5m
UBM Ulisse Biomed
0.8x33.34%€18.4m
ARBS Arterra Bioscience
1.4xn/a€14.9m
REC Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica
5.4x12.12%€10.6b
1AKRO Akero Therapeutics
2.9x7.48%€3.2b

Price-To-Book vs Peers: 1AKRO is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (2.9x) compared to the peer average (3.5x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

How does 1AKRO's PB Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Biotechs Industry?

22 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
1AKRO 2.9xIndustry Avg. 2.5xNo. of Companies22PB01.63.24.86.48+
22 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Book vs Industry: 1AKRO is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (2.9x) compared to the European Biotechs industry average (2.5x).

Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 1AKRO's PB Ratio compared to its Fair PB Ratio? This is the expected PB Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

1AKRO PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio2.9x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate 1AKRO's Price-To-Book Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 1AKRO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€34.99
€68.05
+94.48%
16.28%€97.48€53.66n/a11
May ’26€39.05
€68.28
+74.86%
16.42%€95.87€52.77n/a11
Apr ’26n/a
€71.72
0%
16.42%€100.69€55.43n/a11
Mar ’26n/a
€74.59
0%
16.59%€105.10€57.85n/a11
Feb ’26n/a
€75.51
0%
16.97%€105.15€57.88n/a11
Jan ’26n/a
€45.58
0%
18.51%€61.37€33.05n/a11
Dec ’25n/a
€45.58
0%
18.51%€61.37€33.05n/a11
Nov ’25n/a
€42.38
0%
18.26%€55.16€27.58n/a10
Oct ’25n/a
€41.60
0%
18.26%€54.14€27.07n/a10
Sep ’25n/a
€42.18
0%
18.26%€54.89€27.45n/a10
Aug ’25n/a
€41.30
0%
16.63%€51.91€27.81n/a9
Jul ’25n/a
€41.40
0%
16.63%€52.03€27.87n/a9
Jun ’25n/a
€41.50
0%
17.00%€51.50€27.59n/a8
May ’25n/a
€44.59
0%
16.97%€55.39€28.16€39.058
Apr ’25n/a
€47.07
0%
11.07%€55.11€38.58n/a8
Mar ’25n/a
€39.91
0%
22.79%€55.37€30.45n/a8
Feb ’25n/a
€39.53
0%
23.13%€55.31€30.42n/a8
Jan ’25n/a
€39.53
0%
23.13%€55.31€30.42n/a8
Dec ’24n/a
€39.53
0%
23.13%€55.31€30.42n/a8
Nov ’24n/a
€41.36
0%
20.82%€56.98€31.34n/a9
Oct ’24n/a
€63.57
0%
10.61%€77.72€55.25n/a9
Sep ’24n/a
€58.35
0%
16.70%€76.73€45.30n/a8
Aug ’24n/a
€55.98
0%
13.49%€65.16€44.68n/a7
Jul ’24n/a
€55.98
0%
13.49%€65.16€44.68n/a7
Jun ’24n/a
€54.47
0%
12.27%€64.47€44.21n/a7
May ’24n/a
€54.33
0%
12.52%€64.15€43.99n/a7
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 11 Analysts
€68.50
Fair Value
48.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
11
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/16 14:43
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/16 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Akero Therapeutics, Inc. is covered by 18 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jason ZemanskyBofA Global Research
Alexandria HammondBofA Global Research
Edward NashCanaccord Genuity