Nektar Therapeutics

NKTR Healthcare Biotechnology

Nektar Therapeutics' revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $55.2 million, down 43.9% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 9.34%, EPS grew 58.3% and free cash flow fell 65.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

35.78 1.94 −5.14%
Market cap
$1.3B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−6.3×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
−17.07
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 2.43
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 3 — 1 2 — — 2 3 — 2 — —
Insider Ownership 0.02%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 1,290.00
Revenue 54.59
Net Income (157.13)
Free Cash Flow (234.03)
Net Debt (684.34)
Current Ratio 10.42 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.00 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E (6.33) (negative: loss-making)
P/S ratio 21.67 (above 10: high)
P/B ratio 1.31
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 16.92% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth (29.95%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth (24.28%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth (3.29%) (below 0%: weak)

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Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 64.87%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 14.29%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 64.28%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2025 Powerpack
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 304 255 246 684
Receivables 1 — — —
Inventory 16 — — —
Other 10 6 21 55
331 261 266 739
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 10 12 11 25
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
51 61 54 71

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (13.32%) (18.43%) (15.66%)
Cash Flow 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 30.18% (39.16%) (37.43%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 11 10 — — —
’25 10 11 12 22 55
’24 22 23 24 29 98
’23 22 20 24 24 90
’22 25 22 24 22 92
’21 24 28 25 25 102
’20 51 49 30 23 153
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (44) (76) — — —
’25 (49) (46) (49) (65) (209)
’24 (48) (38) (44) (46) (176)
’23 (52) (52) (42) (47) (193)
’22 (88) (75) (83) (58) (304)
’21 (77) (83) (101) (152) (413)
’20 (78) (84) (53) (99) (313)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (44) (76) — — —
’25 (49) (46) (49) (65) (209)
’24 (48) (38) (45) (47) (177)
’23 (52) (52) (41) (47) (192)
’22 (93) (76) (83) (45) (296)
’21 (80) (86) (104) (157) (428)
’20 (79) (87) (55) (100) (321)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (1.82) (1.23) — — —
’25 (3.60) (2.95) (1.87) (1.78) (9.73)
’24 (2.85) (3.75) (2.70) 0.45 (8.70)
’23 (10.94) (4.05) (3.60) (3.30) (21.74)
’22 (7.35) (12.74) (4.65) (4.80) (29.53)
’21 (10.19) (10.34) (10.49) (11.84) (42.88)
’20 (11.69) (6.75) (9.15) (9.75) (37.33)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.5
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 157.80 171.15 438.30 234.60 204.45 158.85 29.85 6.15 7.20 6.45

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 299.70 928.20 1,670.40 706.65 429.00 401.25 210.90 47.85 28.95 66.92
People
People Employees 468 509 618 723 718 740 216 137 61 63
Revenue/emp, $m 0.35 0.60 1.93 0.16 0.21 0.14 0.43 0.66 1.61 0.88
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 165 308 1,193 115 153 102 92 90 98 55
Gross margin, % 81.74 90.07 97.95 81.35 87.26 75.57 76.50 62.53 68.82 100.00
EBT (153) (96) 683 (440) (444) (523) (365) (276) (119) (155)
EBT margin, % (92.27) (31.22) 57.21 (383.93) (290.32) (513.49) (396.48) (306.54) (121.10) (281.52)
Net income (154) (97) 681 (441) (444) (524) (368) (276) (119) (164)
Depreciation 15 15 11 2 14 14 13 84 4 1
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 17.77 29.58 105.49 9.82 12.84 8.34 7.38 7.11 7.18 3.27
Earnings (16.49) (9.30) 60.27 (37.78) (37.33) (42.88) (29.53) (21.74) (8.70) (9.73)
Cash flow (12.57) (7.73) 63.49 (28.16) (26.30) (33.75) (24.36) (15.20) (12.82) (12.36)
Capex (0.69) (0.93) (1.03) (2.25) (0.61) (1.23) 0.60 0.03 (0.11) (0.01)
Free cash flow (13.25) (8.66) 62.46 (30.41) (26.91) (34.98) (23.75) (15.17) (12.92) (12.37)
Book value 9.46 8.44 151.83 120.41 90.44 55.58 29.37 10.34 4.43 5.32
Shares, m 9 10 11 12 12 12 12 13 14 17
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 0.00 8.35 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
P/S 10.71 29.23 4.67 32.98 19.86 24.31 4.45 1.24 1.94 12.91
P/B 20.11 102.42 3.25 2.69 2.82 3.65 1.12 0.86 3.15 7.94
EV/Sales 10.59 29.47 3.87 25.79 16.20 22.04 4.43 3.45 4.45 17.56
EV/FCF (14.19) (100.67) 6.53 (8.33) (7.73) (5.25) (1.37) (1.62) (2.47) (4.65)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow (117) (80) 718 (329) (313) (413) (304) (193) (176) (209)
Capex (6) (10) (12) (26) (7) (15) 8 0 (1) 0
Free cash flow (123) (90) 707 (355) (321) (428) (296) (192) (177) (209)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 354 271 1,356 1,068 1,022 710 478 279 200 213
Total debt 246 245 247 253 320 291 258 — — —
Net debt (143) (51) (1,088) (1,072) (1,062) (734) (505) (304) (255) (246)
Shareholders’ equity 88 88 1,718 1,405 1,077 680 367 131 61 90
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (28.76) (17.94) 51.25 (21.35) (25.28) (39.45) (40.29) (49.80) (33.90) (56.17)
ROIC 0.00 (101.01) 68.34 (82.49) (1,725.40) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
ROE (324.73) (109.91) 75.47 (28.22) (35.80) (59.64) (70.39) (110.95) (124.10) (217.94)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Nektar Therapeutics vs peers in Biotechnology (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
OMER Omeros Corporation $1.4B 9.5× 2.1× +35.46% (above 0%: growing) n/m +118.70% (above 0%: growing) 97.20% 0.26% Compare
INBX Inhibrx Biosciences, Inc. $1.3B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +992.44% (above 0%: growing) n/m +0.12% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 0.00% Compare
ORIC Oric Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $1.3B — (loss-making) — — n/m −3.42% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% 0.00% Compare
TYRA Tyra Biosciences, Inc. $1.3B — (loss-making) — — n/m −31.34% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% 0.00% Compare
NKTR Nektar Therapeutics $1.3B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −9.34% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −65.73% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% (417.94%)
GHRS GH Research PLC $1.3B — (loss-making) — — n/m −66.62% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% 0.00% Compare
DRTS Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. $1.2B — (loss-making) — — n/m −30.42% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% 0.00% Compare
SNDX Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $1.2B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +91.76% (above 0%: growing) n/m +65.47% (above 0%: growing) 95.59% (54.95%) Compare
TSHA Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc. $1.2B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +206.77% (above 0%: growing) n/m −100.28% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 0.00% Compare
Median of peers $1.3B — — +149.26% — −16.92% 47.80% 0.00%

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Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) key facts

  • Concern: Nektar Therapeutics' revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $55.2 million, down 43.9% from fiscal 2024.
  • Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) is a Biotechnology company in the Healthcare sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, NKTR traded at $35.78, a market capitalization of $1.3 billion.
  • Return on equity was −217.9% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 3 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is −17.07 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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