Akero Therapeutics Inc (AKRO) is gearing up for another turning point as it hit the volume of 1.19 million

A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Akero Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: AKRO) stock price up 2.20% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $37.67. AKRO’s price has ranged from $17.86 to $58.40 over the past 52 weeks.

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Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -14.49%. With a float of $70.71 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $72.38 million.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 63 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. 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 Activity

As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Biotechnology Industry. The insider ownership of Akero Therapeutics Inc is 11.19%, while institutional ownership is 87.32%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Apr 15 ’25, was worth 343,962. In this transaction Chief Development Officer of this company sold 9,073 shares at a rate of $37.91, taking the stock ownership to the 95,034 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Apr 10 ’25, when Company’s President and CEO sold 30,000 for $35.23, making the entire transaction worth $1,056,780. This insider now owns 624,324 shares in total.

Akero Therapeutics Inc (AKRO) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -1.0 per share during the current fiscal year.

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

Here are Akero Therapeutics Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the 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 -4.70 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Akero Therapeutics Inc (AKRO)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 1.35 million, its volume of 0.75 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 79.94%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.66.

During the past 100 days, Akero Therapeutics Inc’s (AKRO) raw stochastic average was set at 46.30%, which indicates a significant decrease from 65.94% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 82.36% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 121.84% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $43.62, while its 200-day Moving Average is $33.22. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $39.19 in the near term. At $39.87, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $40.47. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $37.91, it is likely to go to the next support level at $37.31. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $36.63.

Akero Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: AKRO) Key Stats

With a market capitalization of 3.07 billion, the company has a total of 79,620K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 0 K while annual income is -252,060 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 0 K while its latest quarter income was -70,020 K.