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Akcea Therapeutics (Akcea Therapeutics) Profitability Rank : 0 (As of Jun. 2020)


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What is Akcea Therapeutics Profitability Rank?

Akcea Therapeutics has the Profitability Rank of 0.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Akcea Therapeutics's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was -228.32%. As of today, Akcea Therapeutics's Piotroski F-Score is 7.


Competitive Comparison of Akcea Therapeutics's Profitability Rank

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Akcea Therapeutics's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank 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 Profitability Rank Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Akcea Therapeutics's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Akcea Therapeutics's Profitability Rank falls into.



Akcea Therapeutics Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Akcea Therapeutics has the Profitability Rank of 0.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Akcea Therapeutics's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2020 ) / Revenue (Q: Jun. 2020 )
=-51.091 / 22.377
=-228.32 %

* 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.

2. Piotroski F-Score

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, indicating very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Akcea Therapeutics has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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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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