Akero Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:AKRO) does about 1.41M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 1524420 shares change hands in Friday trading. The company now has a market cap of 1.73B USD. Its current market price is $25.13, marking a decrease of -3.12% compared to the previous close of $25.94. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $58.38 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $11.25.
Akero Therapeutics Inc (AKRO) has a 20-day trading average at $27.82 and the current price is -56.95% off the 52-week high compared with 123.38% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $24.10 and its 200-day simple moving average is $32.07. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 5.85%, which increases to 9.88% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 45.33 to suggest the stock is neutral.
The consensus objective for the share price is $51.25, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 50.97% over the period.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on September 19, 2023 when Cantor Fitzgerald initiated the stock to “Overweight” and issued a price target of $69. Morgan Stanley upgraded its price target at $40-$65.
Akero Therapeutics Inc (AKRO) stock is down -8.75% over the week and 3.80% over the past month. Its price is 7.62% year-to-date and -33.75% over the past year.
The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 12/30/2023, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of -$0.99 below consensus estimates by -$0.13. AKRO’s earnings per share are forecast to shrink by -37.40% this year and -9.10% over next year.
To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 50.97 percent from here.
Outstanding shares total 68.95M with insiders holding 5.92% of the shares and institutional holders owning 94.46% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of -27.05% and return on equity of -35.22%. The beta has a value of -0.38. Price to book ratio is 2.62.
