Now that Akero Therapeutics Inc’s volume has hit 1.54 million, investors get a glimpse of its size.

Akero Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: AKRO) kicked off on Friday, down -8.15% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $39.99. Over the past 52 weeks, AKRO has traded in a range of $17.86-$58.40.

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While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -14.49%. With a float of $70.68 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $72.38 million.

In an organization with 63 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 0.0%, operating margin of 0.0%, and the pretax margin is 0.0%.

Akero Therapeutics Inc (AKRO) Insider Updates

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Biotechnology Industry. The insider ownership of Akero Therapeutics Inc is 11.23%, while institutional ownership is 86.61%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 25 ’25, was worth 4,085,804. In this transaction Director of this company bought 91,309 shares at a rate of $44.75, taking the stock ownership to the 1,091,309 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 26 ’25, when Company’s Director bought 58,691 for $43.01, making the entire transaction worth $2,524,417. This insider now owns 1,150,000 shares in total.

Akero Therapeutics Inc (AKRO) Performance Highlights and Predictions

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -14.49% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -8.19% during the next five years compared to -5.28% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Akero Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: AKRO) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at Akero Therapeutics Inc’s (AKRO) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 19.38.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -3.75, a number that is poised to hit -0.97 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach -4.63 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Akero Therapeutics Inc (AKRO)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.48 million. That was better than the volume of 1.37 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 24.11%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.55.

During the past 100 days, Akero Therapeutics Inc’s (AKRO) raw stochastic average was set at 41.53%, which indicates a significant increase from 0.42% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 63.33% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 121.40% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $46.92, while its 200-day Moving Average is $32.46. However, in the short run, Akero Therapeutics Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $38.92. Second resistance stands at $41.10. The third major resistance level sits at $42.22. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $35.62, it is likely to go to the next support level at $34.50. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $32.32.

Akero Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: AKRO) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 2.92 billion has total of 79,620K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 0 K in contrast with the sum of -252,060 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 0 K and last quarter income was -70,020 K.