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Nektar Therapeutics (Nektar Therapeutics) Current Ratio

: 6.45 (As of Dec. 2023)
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The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Nektar Therapeutics's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.45.

Nektar Therapeutics has a current ratio of 6.45. It indicates the company may not be efficiently using its current assets or its short-term financing facilities. This may also indicate problems in working capital management.

The historical rank and industry rank for Nektar Therapeutics's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

NKTR' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.02   Med: 6.18   Max: 17.53
Current: 6.45

During the past 13 years, Nektar Therapeutics's highest Current Ratio was 17.53. The lowest was 4.02. And the median was 6.18.

NKTR's Current Ratio is ranked better than
69.26% of 1555 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 3.8 vs NKTR: 6.45

Nektar Therapeutics Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nektar Therapeutics's Current Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Premium members only.

Array ( [0] => - [1] => - [2] => - [3] => - [4] => - [5] => 4.02 [6] => 9.83 [7] => 9.34 [8] => 8.00 [9] => 6.45 )
Nektar Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Current Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.02 9.83 9.34 8.00 6.45

Nektar Therapeutics Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Current Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.00 8.20 8.70 7.66 6.45

Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Nektar Therapeutics's Current Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Current Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Nektar Therapeutics Current Ratio Distribution

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Nektar Therapeutics's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nektar Therapeutics's Current Ratio falls into.



Nektar Therapeutics Current Ratio Calculation

The current ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company's ability to pay back its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets.

Nektar Therapeutics's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (A: Dec. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Dec. 2023 )
=330.701/51.269
=6.45

Nektar Therapeutics's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=330.701/51.269
=6.45

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Nektar Therapeutics  (NAS:NKTR) Current Ratio Explanation

The current ratio can give a sense of the efficiency of a company's operating cycle or its ability to turn its product into cash. Companies that have trouble getting paid on their receivables or have long inventory turnover can run into liquidity problems because they are unable to alleviate their obligations. Because business operations differ in each industry, it is always more useful to compare companies within the same industry.

Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry and are generally between 1 and 3 for healthy businesses.

The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they came due at that point. While this shows the company is not in good financial health, it does not necessarily mean that it will go bankrupt - as there are many ways to access financing - but it is definitely not a good sign.

If all other things were equal, a creditor, who is expecting to be paid in the next 12 months, would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio means that the company is more likely to meet its liabilities which fall due in the next 12 months.


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Nektar Therapeutics (Nektar Therapeutics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
455 Mission Bay Boulevard South, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94158
Nektar Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company. It has wholly-owned research and development pipeline of investigational medicines in oncology, immunology, and virology as well as a portfolio of approved partnered medicines. In oncology, the company is focused on activating the immune system's natural tumor-fighting mechanisms, and it will be studying several immuno-oncology drug candidates in the clinic for a variety of cancer indications. In immunology, it is focused on addressing imbalances in the immune system to restore the body's self-tolerance mechanisms and achieve immune homeostasis. In virology, the company believes selective immuno-modulators can be useful in addressing viral infections in people. The group derives revenue from the United States and the Rest of the World.
Executives
Howard W Robin director, officer: President & CEO
Jonathan Zalevsky officer: Chief R&D Officer 455 MISSION BAY BOULEVARD SOUTH, C/O NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Mark Andrew Wilson officer: SVP & General Counsel 1613 RAY DRIVE, BURLINGAME CA 94010
Myriam Curet director 1020 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Jeffrey Robert Ajer director C/O BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC., 105 DIGITAL DRIVE, NOVATO CA 94949
Sandra A. Gardiner officer: Chief Financial Officer CUTERA, INC., 3240 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, BRISBANE CA 94005
Jillian B. Thomsen officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer C/O NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS, 201 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, SAN CARLOS CA 94070
Robert Chess director, officer: Executive Chairman
Karin Eastham director C/O BURNHAM INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEAR, 10901 N. TORREY PINES ROAD, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Gil M Labrucherie officer: SVP, COO & CFO 150 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, SAN CARLOS CA 94070
John Northcott officer: SVP & Chief Commercial Officer 455 MISSION BAY BOULEVARD SOUTH, C/O NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Diana Brainard director C/O ALLOVIR, INC., 139 MAIN STREET, SUITE 500, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
R Scott Greer director 6207 E. INDIAN BEND RD, PARADISE VALLEY AZ 85253
Lutz Lingnau director 15 INDIAN HOLLOW ROAD, MENDHAM NJ 07945
Stephen K Doberstein officer: Chief Scientific Officer 129 ELSIE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94110

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