Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.

NasdaqCM:AKBA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$410.2m

Akebia Therapeutics Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate AKBA's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate AKBA's fair value for valuation analysis.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As AKBA is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for AKBA. This is calculated by dividing AKBA's market cap by their current revenue.
What is AKBA's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio2.4x
SalesUS$169.88m
Market CapUS$410.18m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does AKBA's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for AKBA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average4.8x
SGMO Sangamo Therapeutics
7.5x38.0%US$392.3m
VNDA Vanda Pharmaceuticals
1.6x18.9%US$296.8m
EBS Emergent BioSolutions
0.5x-0.7%US$513.7m
TNGX Tango Therapeutics
9.7x13.5%US$421.1m
AKBA Akebia Therapeutics
2.4x27.1%US$410.2m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: AKBA is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.4x) compared to the peer average (4.8x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does AKBA's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Biotechs Industry?

129 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.9.6x21.4%
AKBA Akebia Therapeutics
2.4x27.1%US$410.18m
GILD Gilead Sciences
4x2.4%US$112.40b
BIIB Biogen
2.4x1.3%US$23.01b
AKBA 2.4xIndustry Avg. 9.6xNo. of Companies129PS01632486480+
129 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.9.6x28.3%
AKBA Akebia Therapeutics
2.4x71.4%US$410.18m
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: AKBA is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.4x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (9.6x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

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

AKBA PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio2.4x
Fair PS Ratio6.6x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: AKBA is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (6.6x).


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 AKBA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$1.88
US$5.50
+192.6%
26.8%US$7.50US$4.00n/a3
Nov ’25US$1.69
US$5.50
+225.4%
26.8%US$7.50US$4.00n/a3
Oct ’25US$1.28
US$5.50
+329.7%
26.8%US$7.50US$4.00n/a3
Sep ’25US$1.55
US$5.50
+254.8%
26.8%US$7.50US$4.00n/a3
Aug ’25US$1.29
US$5.00
+287.6%
16.3%US$6.00US$4.00n/a3
Jul ’25US$0.99
US$5.00
+402.8%
16.3%US$6.00US$4.00n/a3
Jun ’25US$1.12
US$5.00
+346.4%
16.3%US$6.00US$4.00n/a3
May ’25US$1.24
US$5.00
+303.2%
16.3%US$6.00US$4.00n/a3
Apr ’25US$1.63
US$5.00
+206.7%
16.3%US$6.00US$4.00n/a3
Mar ’25US$1.71
US$4.33
+153.4%
10.9%US$5.00US$4.00n/a3
Feb ’25US$1.71
US$4.33
+153.4%
10.9%US$5.00US$4.00n/a3
Jan ’25US$1.24
US$4.33
+249.5%
10.9%US$5.00US$4.00n/a3
Dec ’24US$1.07
US$4.33
+305.0%
10.9%US$5.00US$4.00n/a3
Nov ’24US$0.88
US$3.88
+339.3%
3.2%US$4.00US$3.75US$1.692
Oct ’24US$1.14
US$3.88
+239.9%
3.2%US$4.00US$3.75US$1.282
Sep ’24US$1.33
US$3.88
+191.4%
3.2%US$4.00US$3.75US$1.552
Aug ’24US$1.84
US$3.00
+63.0%
33.3%US$4.00US$2.00US$1.292
Jul ’24US$0.92
US$3.00
+227.9%
33.3%US$4.00US$2.00US$0.992
Jun ’24US$1.09
US$3.00
+175.2%
33.3%US$4.00US$2.00US$1.122
Apr ’24US$0.56
US$1.63
+190.0%
23.1%US$2.00US$1.25US$1.632
Mar ’24US$0.91
US$1.63
+77.6%
23.1%US$2.00US$1.25US$1.712
Feb ’24US$0.67
US$1.63
+142.5%
23.1%US$2.00US$1.25US$1.712
Jan ’24US$0.58
US$1.63
+181.6%
23.1%US$2.00US$1.25US$1.242
Dec ’23US$0.29
US$1.63
+456.3%
23.1%US$2.00US$1.25US$1.072
Nov ’23US$0.27
US$1.63
+499.6%
23.1%US$2.00US$1.25US$0.882

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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