Akero Therapeutics, Inc.

NasdaqGS:AKRO Stock Report

Market Cap: US$2.3b

Akero Therapeutics Valuation

Is AKRO 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 AKRO when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As AKRO 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 AKRO. This is calculated by dividing AKRO's market cap by their current book value.
What is AKRO's PB Ratio?
PB Ratio3.1x
BookUS$738.33m
Market CapUS$2.28b

Price to Book Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PB ratio for AKRO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PBEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average6.2x
KROS Keros Therapeutics
4.3x-5.0%US$2.3b
CGON CG Oncology
4.2x31.4%US$2.3b
DCPH Deciphera Pharmaceuticals
7x50.6%US$2.2b
MIRM Mirum Pharmaceuticals
9.3x71.5%US$2.1b
AKRO Akero Therapeutics
3.1x6.4%US$2.3b

Price-To-Book vs Peers: AKRO is good value based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (3.1x) compared to the peer average (6.2x).


Price to Book Ratio vs Industry

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

61 CompaniesPrice / BookEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GRAL GRAIL
0.2x35.7%US$554.58m
IMAB I-Mab
0.4x1.8%US$76.59m
ACET Adicet Bio
0.4x6.7%US$74.16m
MGX Metagenomi
0.3x-23.2%US$70.73m
AKRO 3.1xIndustry Avg. 1.9xNo. of Companies81PB01.63.24.86.48+
61 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Book vs Industry: AKRO is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (3.1x) compared to the US Biotechs industry average (1.9x).


Price to Book Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AKRO'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.

AKRO PB Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PB Ratio3.1x
Fair PB Ration/a

Price-To-Book vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate AKRO'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 AKRO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$32.73
US$48.27
+47.5%
18.5%US$65.00US$35.00n/a11
Nov ’25US$32.33
US$46.10
+42.6%
18.3%US$60.00US$30.00n/a10
Oct ’25US$28.83
US$46.10
+59.9%
18.3%US$60.00US$30.00n/a10
Sep ’25US$27.20
US$46.10
+69.5%
18.3%US$60.00US$30.00n/a10
Aug ’25US$26.35
US$44.56
+69.1%
16.6%US$56.00US$30.00n/a9
Jul ’25US$23.16
US$44.56
+92.4%
16.6%US$56.00US$30.00n/a9
Jun ’25US$18.82
US$45.13
+139.8%
17.0%US$56.00US$30.00n/a8
May ’25US$20.08
US$47.50
+136.6%
17.0%US$59.00US$30.00n/a8
Apr ’25US$24.07
US$51.25
+112.9%
11.1%US$60.00US$42.00n/a8
Mar ’25US$27.81
US$43.25
+55.5%
22.8%US$60.00US$33.00n/a8
Feb ’25US$20.98
US$42.88
+104.4%
23.1%US$60.00US$33.00n/a8
Jan ’25US$23.35
US$42.88
+83.6%
23.1%US$60.00US$33.00n/a8
Dec ’24US$17.66
US$42.88
+142.8%
23.1%US$60.00US$33.00n/a8
Nov ’24US$13.21
US$43.56
+229.7%
20.8%US$60.00US$33.00US$32.339
Oct ’24US$50.58
US$67.89
+34.2%
10.6%US$83.00US$59.00US$28.839
Sep ’24US$49.74
US$63.13
+26.9%
16.7%US$83.00US$49.00US$27.208
Aug ’24US$44.02
US$60.14
+36.6%
13.5%US$70.00US$48.00US$26.357
Jul ’24US$46.69
US$60.14
+28.8%
13.5%US$70.00US$48.00US$23.167
Jun ’24US$45.12
US$59.14
+31.1%
12.3%US$70.00US$48.00US$18.827
May ’24US$44.93
US$59.29
+32.0%
12.5%US$70.00US$48.00US$20.087
Apr ’24US$38.26
US$57.50
+50.3%
11.3%US$65.00US$48.00US$24.076
Mar ’24US$47.10
US$56.17
+19.2%
12.5%US$65.00US$48.00US$27.816
Feb ’24US$49.23
US$56.17
+14.1%
12.5%US$65.00US$48.00US$20.986
Jan ’24US$54.80
US$52.00
-5.1%
15.2%US$64.00US$40.00US$23.356
Dec ’23US$45.69
US$50.33
+10.2%
14.0%US$64.00US$40.00US$17.666
Nov ’23US$43.36
US$48.33
+11.5%
19.5%US$62.00US$30.00US$13.216

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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