Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
AKBA Nasdaq Pharmaceutical Preparations Financials FY2016โFY2025
Last close ยท Oct 23, 2026
$0.57
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- Legal name
- Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K ยท Feb 26, 2026
- Accession ยท CIK
- 0001517022-26-000020
0001517022
Revenue and margins
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. had $236M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 47.5% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $67.7M in fiscal 2025, 28.7% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. returned โ to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 21.9%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $150M | $90.5M | $42.9M | $51.9M | $185M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $97.5M | $66.1M | $34.7M | $38.7M | $48.3M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ5.5x |
| Debt / equity | 1.3x | 12.6x | โ | โ | 1.5x |
| Current ratio | 1.0x | 1.4x | 1.2x | 1.4x | 1.6x |
| Quick ratio | 0.9x | 1.3x | 1.0x | 1.2x | 1.5x |
| Total assets | $529M | $356M | $242M | $221M | $377M |
| Total liabilities | $455M | $351M | $272M | $270M | $344M |
| Shareholders' equity | $74.0M | $5.2M | โ$30.6M | โ$49.2M | $32.6M |
| Net debt (โ = net cash) | โ$52.3M | โ$24.4M | โ$8.2M | โ$13.2M | โ$137M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. โPlanโ marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8โ9 is strong, 0โ2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Cash from operations is positive | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Return on assets rose | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Debt fell relative to assets | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Current ratio rose | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Share count didn't rise | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Gross margin rose | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| F-score | โ / 3 | 3 / 7 | 2 / 7 | 2 / 9 | 3 / 9 | 3 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 3 / 9 | 2 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | โ64.5% | โ5.3% | โ6.8% | โ2.5% | โ38.8% | โ5.0% | โ4.8% | โ9.5% | โ12.4% | โ24.6% |
| Altman Z'' | โ1.99 | โ0.29 | 0.30 | โ3.89 | โ7.38 | โ12.07 | โ14.74 | โ22.61 | โ25.54 | โ12.49 |
10 years of figures
Amounts in USD. Hover a ratioโs name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $1.5M | $181M | $208M | $335M | $295M | $212M | $292M | $195M | $160M | $236M |
| Gross profit | โ | โ | $200M | $190M | โ$1.8M | $61.0M | $207M | $120M | $97.0M | $197M |
| Research and development | $116M | $231M | $291M | $323M | $218M | $148M | $130M | $63.1M | $37.7M | $62.4M |
| Operating income | โ$136M | โ$76.7M | โ$178M | โ$286M | โ$378M | โ$265M | โ$80.8M | โ$46.3M | โ$50.5M | $23.5M |
| Pretax income | โ$136M | โ$73.7M | โ$172M | โ$286M | โ$385M | โ$282M | โ$94.2M | โ$51.9M | โ$69.4M | โ$3.7M |
| Income tax | โ | โ | โ$28.3M | โ$6.6M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $1.6M |
| Net income | โ$136M | โ$73.7M | โ$144M | โ$280M | โ$385M | โ$282M | โ$94.2M | โ$51.9M | โ$69.4M | โ$5.3M |
| Net income to common | โ$136M | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Diluted EPS | โ$3.60 | โ$1.69 | โ$2.47 | โ$2.36 | โ$2.78 | โ$1.70 | โ$0.52 | โ$0.28 | โ$0.33 | โ$0.02 |
| Diluted shares | 0.04B | 0.04B | 0.06B | 0.12B | 0.14B | 0.17B | 0.18B | 0.19B | 0.21B | 0.26B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $57.9M | โ$56.2M | โ$97.5M | โ$257M | โ$110M | โ$253M | โ$73.2M | โ$23.4M | โ$40.7M | $68.0M |
| Capital expenditure | $2.7M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $6.7M | $0.3M | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.3M |
| Free cash flow | $55.2M | โ$57.8M | โ$99.1M | โ$264M | โ$111M | โ$253M | โ$73.3M | โ$23.4M | โ$40.7M | $67.7M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $0.3M | $0.6M | $0.9M | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Stock-based compensation | $5.8M | $8.9M | $19.0M | $11.9M | $24.5M | $22.7M | $17.8M | $9.3M | $7.8M | $11.3M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $252M | $288M | $321M | $148M | $229M | $150M | $90.5M | $42.9M | $51.9M | $185M |
| Total debt | โ | โ | $15.0M | $75.8M | $96.4M | $97.5M | $66.1M | $34.7M | $38.7M | $48.3M |
| Current assets | $296M | $358M | $468M | $310M | $371M | $271M | $185M | $118M | $114M | $253M |
| Current liabilities | $114M | $141M | $266M | $208M | $187M | $261M | $130M | $99.9M | $80.9M | $163M |
| Inventory | โ | โ | $114M | $116M | $61.0M | $36.6M | $21.6M | $15.7M | $16.2M | $15.6M |
| Property and equipment, net | $2.6M | $3.6M | $8.0M | $10.4M | $8.6M | $6.8M | $5.2M | $3.6M | $2.2M | $1.2M |
| Goodwill | โ | โ | $55.1M | $55.1M | $55.1M | $59.0M | $59.0M | $59.0M | $59.0M | $59.0M |
| Intangible assets | โ | โ | $328M | $291M | $144M | $108M | $72.1M | $36.0M | $0.0M | โ |
| Total assets | $300M | $364M | $997M | $771M | $644M | $529M | $356M | $242M | $221M | $377M |
| Total liabilities | $232M | $242M | $361M | $376M | $397M | $455M | $351M | $272M | $270M | $344M |
| Preferred stock | โ | โ | โ | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $68.1M | $123M | $636M | $393M | $244M | $74.0M | $5.2M | โ$30.6M | โ$49.2M | $32.6M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | โ | โ | 96.3% | 56.6% | โ0.6% | 28.8% | 70.7% | 61.9% | 60.6% | 83.3% |
| Operating margin | โ8,889.9% | โ42.3% | โ85.8% | โ85.5% | โ128.2% | โ125.0% | โ27.6% | โ23.8% | โ31.5% | 9.9% |
| EBITDA margin | โ8,870.6% | โ42.0% | โ85.3% | โ84.8% | โ127.5% | โ124.1% | โ27.1% | โ23.0% | โ30.6% | 10.5% |
| Net margin | โ8,843.5% | โ40.7% | โ69.1% | โ83.5% | โ130.6% | โ133.3% | โ32.2% | โ26.7% | โ43.3% | โ2.3% |
| FCF margin | 3,599.0% | โ31.9% | โ47.7% | โ78.8% | โ37.6% | โ119.5% | โ25.1% | โ12.0% | โ25.4% | 28.7% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | โ | โ | โ42.7% | โ70.5% | โ266.4% | โ960.7% | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Return on capital employed | โ73.4% | โ34.4% | โ24.4% | โ50.8% | โ82.7% | โ98.6% | โ35.7% | โ32.6% | โ36.1% | 11.0% |
| Return on equity | โ199.3% | โ77.3% | โ37.9% | โ54.4% | โ120.8% | โ177.2% | โ237.8% | โ | โ | โ |
| Return on assets | โ45.2% | โ22.2% | โ21.1% | โ31.6% | โ54.4% | โ48.1% | โ21.3% | โ17.4% | โ30.0% | โ1.8% |
| Return on tangible equity | โ199.3% | โ60.1% | โ56.8% | โ600.0% | โ852.7% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | โ | 11,706.3% | 14.6% | 61.3% | โ12.0% | โ28.2% | 38.2% | โ33.5% | โ17.7% | 47.5% |
| FCF growth | โ | โ204.6% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Share count change | โ | 15.3% | 33.4% | 104.0% | 16.9% | 19.9% | 10.1% | 2.6% | 12.5% | 21.9% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ5.5x |
| Debt / equity | โ | โ | 0.0x | 0.2x | 0.4x | 1.3x | 12.6x | โ | โ | 1.5x |
| Current ratio | 2.6x | 2.5x | 1.8x | 1.5x | 2.0x | 1.0x | 1.4x | 1.2x | 1.4x | 1.6x |
| Quick ratio | 2.6x | 2.5x | 1.3x | 0.9x | 1.7x | 0.9x | 1.3x | 1.0x | 1.2x | 1.5x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 173.4% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 2.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 379.5% | 4.9% | 9.2% | 3.6% | 8.3% | 10.7% | 6.1% | 4.8% | 4.9% | 4.8% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | โ | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| Altman Z'' | โ2.0 | โ0.3 | 0.3 | โ3.9 | โ7.4 | โ12.1 | โ14.7 | โ22.6 | โ25.5 | โ12.5 |
| Accruals ratio | โ64.5% | โ5.3% | โ6.8% | โ2.5% | โ38.8% | โ5.0% | โ4.8% | โ9.5% | โ12.4% | โ24.6% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001517022). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only โ not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.
