Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR)

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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol NKTR
  • Rev/Share 0.4136
  • Book/Share 0.0651
  • PB 153.3797
  • Debt/Equity 7.3036
  • CurrentRatio 3.2414
  • ROIC -0.5511

 

  • MktCap 1859178960.0
  • FreeCF/Share -0.8448
  • PFCF -10.4339
  • PE -15.8382
  • Debt/Assets 0.3916
  • DivYield 0
  • ROE -2.6209

 

  • Rating C
  • Score 2
  • Recommendation Sell
  • P/E Score 1
  • DCF Score 5
  • P/B Score 1
  • D/E Score 1

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Upgrade NKTR Jefferies Hold Buy -- $2 April 11, 2025
Upgrade NKTR Oppenheimer Perform Outperform -- $6 March 14, 2025
Initiation NKTR B. Riley Securities -- Buy -- $4 Jan. 8, 2025
Initiation NKTR H.C. Wainwright -- Buy -- $6.5 Dec. 10, 2024
Resumed NKTR BTIG Research -- Buy -- $4 Sept. 30, 2024

News

Nektar Q1 Loss Wider Than Expected, Revenues Fall Y/Y, Stock Down
NKTR
Published: May 09, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

NKTR incurs a wider-than-expected loss in the first quarter of 2025. Revenues plunge year over year.

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Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
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Published: May 08, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 8, 2025 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Corinne Franklin – Investor Relations Howard Robin – President and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Zalevsky – Chief Research and Development Officer Sandra Gardiner – Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Dominic Risso-Gill – Piper Sandler Julian Harrison – BTIG Jay Olson – Oppenheimer Roger Song – Jefferies Mayank Mamtani – B. Riley Securities Arthur He – H.C.

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Will Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Report Negative Q1 Earnings? What You Should Know
NKTR
Published: May 01, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

Nektar (NKTR) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

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Why Is Nektar (NKTR) Down 38.8% Since Last Earnings Report?
NKTR
Published: April 11, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

Nektar (NKTR) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?

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Nektar Q4 Loss Wider Than Expected, Pipeline in Focus, Stock Up
NKTR
Published: March 13, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

NKTR fourth-quarter earnings and revenues lag estimates. 2025 is poised to be a catalyst year for rezpeg, with multiple data readouts expected.

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Nektar Therapeutics Announces Completion of Target Enrollment in REZOLVE-AA Phase 2b Clinical Trial of Rezpegaldesleukin in Patients with Severe-to-Very Severe Alopecia Areata
NKTR
Published: February 26, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

SAN FRANCISCO , Feb. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) today announced the company has completed target enrollment in its REZOLVE-AA Phase 2b study of rezpegaldesleukin in patients with severe-to-very-severe alopecia areata. Rezpegaldesleukin is an investigational biologic therapy that targets the interleukin-2 receptor complex in the body in order to stimulate proliferation of inhibitory immune cells known as regulatory T cells (Tregs).

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Nektar Announces Clinical Trial Agreement to Evaluate Rezpegaldesleukin in Patients with New Onset Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
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Published: February 24, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

-- TrialNet to conduct the Phase 2 randomized, placebo-controlled clinical study -- SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK , Feb. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) and TrialNet, an international clinical trial network at the forefront of diabetes research, today announced a new collaboration agreement to evaluate Nektar's rezpegaldesleukin in patients with new onset stage 3 type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D). Rezpegaldesleukin is a novel agonistic T regulatory (Treg) cell biologic that is designed to both dampen the inflammatory response and simultaneously restore immune balance by directly expanding functional Treg cells and engaging multiple immunoregulatory pathways.

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Nektar Therapeutics to Host Virtual Investor & Analyst Event with Type 1 Diabetes Experts on February 24th
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Published: February 24, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

SAN FRANCISCO , Feb. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) today announced that it will host a virtual investor and analyst event with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Experts on Monday, February 24, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. EST / 12:00 p.m.

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Nektar Therapeutics Receives Fast Track Designation for Rezpegaldesleukin for the Treatment of Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis
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Published: February 10, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

SAN FRANCISCO , Feb. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for rezpegaldesleukin for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis whose disease is not adequately controlled with topical prescription therapies or when those therapies are not advisable. Rezpegaldesleukin is an investigational biologic therapy that targets the interleukin-2 receptor complex in the body in order to stimulate proliferation of inhibitory immune cells known as regulatory T cells (Tregs).

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About Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR)

  • IPO Date 1994-05-03
  • Website https://www.nektar.com
  • Industry Biotechnology
  • CEO Mr. Howard W. Robin
  • Employees 61

Nektar Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering and developing medicines in areas of unmet medical need in the United States and internationally. The company's products include Bempegaldesleukin, a CD122-preferential interleukin-2 (IL-2) pathway agonist, which is in phase 3 clinical trial to treat metastatic melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, muscle-invasive bladder cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, and adjuvant melanoma; phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer, and urothelial cancer; phase 1/2A clinical trial to treat squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck; phase 1/2 clinical trial for the treatment of solid tumors; and phase 1B clinical trial to treat COVID-19. It is also developing NKTR-358, a cytokine Treg stimulant that is in phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus and ulcerative colitis, as well as phase 1B clinical trial to treat atopic dermatitis and psoriasis; NKTR-255, an IL-15 receptor agonist, which is in phase 1/2 clinical trial for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and multiple myeloma, and head and neck cancer and colorectal cancer; and NKTR-262, a toll-like receptor agonist that is in phase 1/2 clinical trial to treat solid tumors, as well as various other drug candidates. The company has collaboration agreements with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.; AstraZeneca AB; UCB Pharma S.A.; F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd; Bausch Health Companies Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; Amgen Inc.; UCB Pharma (Biogen); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Baxalta Incorporated; Eli Lilly and Company; Merck KGaA; and SFJ Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Nektar Therapeutics was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.