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Akcea Therapeutics (Akcea Therapeutics) Debt-to-Equity : 0.03 (As of Jun. 2020)


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What is Akcea Therapeutics Debt-to-Equity?

Akcea Therapeutics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $0.0 Mil. Akcea Therapeutics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $13.5 Mil. Akcea Therapeutics's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $479.0 Mil. Akcea Therapeutics's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 0.03.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Akcea Therapeutics's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

AKCA' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.3   Med: 0.03   Max: 0.05
Current: 0.03

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Akcea Therapeutics was 0.05. The lowest was -1.30. And the median was 0.03.

AKCA's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 0.15 vs AKCA: 0.03

Akcea Therapeutics Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Akcea Therapeutics's Debt-to-Equity 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.

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Akcea Therapeutics Debt-to-Equity Chart

Akcea Therapeutics Annual Data
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Akcea Therapeutics Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Akcea Therapeutics's Debt-to-Equity

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Akcea Therapeutics's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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.


Akcea Therapeutics's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Akcea Therapeutics's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Akcea Therapeutics's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Akcea Therapeutics Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Akcea Therapeutics's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Akcea Therapeutics's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as

* 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.


Akcea Therapeutics  (NAS:AKCA) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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Akcea Therapeutics (Akcea Therapeutics) Business Description

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Address
22 Boston Wharf Road, 9th Floor, Boston, MA, USA, 02110
Akcea Therapeutics Inc is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing drugs to treat patients with serious cardiometabolic diseases caused by lipid disorders. It is advancing a mature pipeline of novel drugs with the potential to treat multiple diseases. The company's drugs, volanesorsen, AKCEA-APO(a)-LRx, AKCEA-ANGPTL3-LRx and AKCEA-APOCIII-LRx, are all based on antisense technology developed by Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Its most advanced drug, volanesorsen, has completed a Phase 3 clinical program for the treatment of familial chylomicronemia syndrome, or FCS, and is currently in Phase 3 clinical development for the treatment of familial partial lipodystrophy, or FPL.
Executives
Michael J. Yang director C/O ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC., 12830 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 400, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Joseph Iii Klein director C/O GENAISSANCE PHARMACEUTICALS INC, FIVE SCIENCE PARK, NEW HAVEN CT 06511
Sandford D Smith director C/O ARIAD PHARMACEUTICALS INC, 26 LANDSDOWNE STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
B Lynne Parshall director 2855 GAZELLE COURT, CARLSBAD CA 92010
Joshua F. Patterson officer: General Counsel C/O AKCEA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 22 BOSTON WHARF ROAD, 9TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02210
Damien Mcdevitt director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 2855 GAZELLE COURT, CARLSBAD CA 92010
Alex G. Howarth officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O AKCEA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 22 BOSTON WHARF ROAD, 9TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02210
Kyle Jenne officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O AKCEA THERAPEUTICS, INC. 22 BOSTON WHARF ROAD, 9TH FLOOR BOSTON MA 02210
William T. Andrews officer: Chief Medical Officer ONE MAIN STREET, SUITE 800, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Barbara Yanni director 1018 W. 8TH AVENUE, SUITE A, KING OF PRUSSIA PA 19406
Michael Dennis Price officer: Chief Financial Officer
Elaine Hochberg director C/O AKCEA THERAPAEUTICS 55 CAMBRIDGE PKWY, STE 100 CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc 10 percent owner 2855 GAZELLE COURT, CARLSBAD CA 92010
Michael F Maclean officer: Chief Financial Officer 14 CAMBRIDGE CENTER, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Paula Soteropoulos director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 49 WINONA STREET, PEABODY MA 01960

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