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Akero Therapeutics (Akero Therapeutics) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Akero Therapeutics Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Akero Therapeutics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-61.87 Mil. Akero Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.90 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Akero Therapeutics's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


AKRO's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 122.085
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Akero Therapeutics Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Akero Therapeutics's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Akero Therapeutics Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Akero Therapeutics's Interest Coverage

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Akero Therapeutics's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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.


Akero Therapeutics's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Akero Therapeutics's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Akero Therapeutics's Interest Coverage falls into.



Akero Therapeutics Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Akero Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Akero Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $-3.10 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-172.87 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $25.78 Mil.

Akero Therapeutics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Akero Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Akero Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $-0.90 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-61.87 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $25.78 Mil.

Akero Therapeutics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Akero Therapeutics  (NAS:AKRO) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Akero Therapeutics (Akero Therapeutics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
601 Gateway Boulevard, Suite 350, South San Francisco, CA, USA, 94080
Akero Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing transformative treatments for serious metabolic diseases with high unmet medical needs. Its focus is nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, a disease without any approved therapies. The company's product candidate efruxifermin is an FGF21 analog with properties that has the potential to address the core processes underlying NASH pathogenesis.
Executives
Jonathan Young officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O AKERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 170 HARBOR WAY 3RD FL, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Andrew Cheng director, officer: President & CEO 170 HARBOR WAY, 3RD FLOOR, C/O AKERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Catriona Yale officer: Chief Development Officer C/O AKERO THERAPEUTICS INC., 170 HARBOR WAY 3RD FLOOR, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
William Richard White officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O AKERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 170 HARBOR WAY 2ND FLOOR, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Timothy Rolph officer: Chief Scientific Officer C/O AKERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 170 HARBOR WAY, 3RD FLOOR, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
G. Walmsley Graham director ONE SANSOME STREET, SUITE 1650, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Tomas J. Heyman director C/O AKERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 170 HARBOR WAY 3RD FLOOR, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Jane Henderson director C/O ELEVEN BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC., 215 FIRST STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Patrick Lamy officer: See Remarks AKERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 601 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, SUITE 350, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Skorpios Trust other: Former 10% owner 195 ARCH. MAKARIOS III AVE., NEOCLEOUS HOUSE, LIMASSOL G4 3030
Montrago Trustees Ltd other: Former 10% owner 195 ARCH. MAKARIOS III AVE., NEOCLEOUS HOUSE, LIMASSOL G4 3030
Blue Horizon Enterprise Ltd other: Former 10% owner 3076, SIR FRANCIS DRAKES HIGHWAY, ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA D8 VG1110
Ezbon International Ltd other: Former 10% owner 3076, SIR FRANCIS DRAKES HIGHWAY, ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA D8 VG1110
Seth Loring Harrison director 230 PARK AVENUE, SUITE 2800, NEW YORK NY 10169
Chou Judy director C/O AKERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 601 GATEWAY BLVD, SUITE 350, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 64080

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