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AKRO (Akero Therapeutics) Financial Strength : 7 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Akero Therapeutics Financial Strength?

Akero Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.
4. Other debt related ratios.

A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Akero Therapeutics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. As of today, Akero Therapeutics's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Akero Therapeutics's Financial Strength

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Akero Therapeutics's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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 Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Akero Therapeutics's Financial Strength falls into.


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Akero Therapeutics Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

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

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:

Akero Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-1.15 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-80.88 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $29.26 Mil.

Akero Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is

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

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Akero Therapeutics's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2025 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(7.309 + 29.262) / 0
=N/A

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Akero Therapeutics has a Z-score of 0.00, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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.


Akero Therapeutics  (NAS:AKRO) Financial Strength Explanation

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Akero Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.


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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 (MASH), or NASH, a disease without any approved therapies. The company's product candidate efruxifermin is an FGF21 analog with properties that have the potential to address the core processes underlying NASH pathogenesis.
Executives
Patrick Lamy officer: See Remarks AKERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 601 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, SUITE 350, 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
Andrew Cheng director, officer: President & CEO 170 HARBOR WAY, 3RD FLOOR, C/O AKERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 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
Jonathan Young officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O AKERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 170 HARBOR WAY 3RD FL, 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
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
Montrago Trustees Ltd other: Former 10% owner 195 ARCH. MAKARIOS III AVE., NEOCLEOUS HOUSE, LIMASSOL G4 3030
Ezbon International Ltd other: Former 10% owner 3076, SIR FRANCIS DRAKES HIGHWAY, ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA D8 VG1110
Blue Horizon Enterprise Ltd other: Former 10% owner 3076, SIR FRANCIS DRAKES HIGHWAY, ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA D8 VG1110
Skorpios Trust other: Former 10% owner 195 ARCH. MAKARIOS III AVE., NEOCLEOUS HOUSE, LIMASSOL G4 3030
Seth Loring Harrison director 230 PARK AVENUE, SUITE 2800, NEW YORK NY 10169
Yuan Xu director C/O AKERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 601 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, SUITE 350, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080