NASDAQ$AKBA

Akebia Therapeutics Inc · Q4 2023 earnings

Q4 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Akebia reported Q4 2023 financial results, highlighting Auryxia net product revenues of $53.2 million and total revenues of $56.2 million.

Akebia Therapeutics reported a net income of $0.6 million for Q4 2023, compared to a net loss of $6.1 million for Q4 2022. Total revenues for the quarter were $56.2 million, slightly up from $55.8 million in the same period last year. The company is preparing for the potential launch of vadadustat, pending FDA approval.

  • Akebia awaits potential vadadustat U.S. approval with a PDUFA date of March 27, 2024.
  • The company strengthened its balance sheet with a $55.0 million term loan and $26.0 million from ATM proceeds.
  • Q4 2023 Auryxia net product revenues reached $53.2 million.
  • New pipeline programs were introduced in acute care settings, including AKB-9090 and AKB-10108.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$56.2M

Previous: $55.2M+1.8%
EPS (adj)

$0.00

Previous: -$0.04+100.0%
Capital Expenditures

$0.00

No prior period
Net Income

$600K

Previous: -$7.6M+107.9%
Operating Income

$1.37M

Previous: -$6.35M+121.6%
Gross Profit

$37.1M

Previous: $70.4M-47.2%
R&D Expense

$9.87M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Akebia · Revenue · Quarterly

$56.2M

Q4 2023+1.8%vs Q4 2022
Beat estimate in 8 of 15 quarters(53%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Akebia · $40.1M total across 2 segments · Q1 2023

  • Auryxia
    $34.8M-15.9%
  • License & other revenue
    $5.3M-73.8%

Forward guidance

Akebia expects Auryxia net product revenue growth in 2024, with a quarterly revenue cadence similar to 2023. The company believes its financial strategies will support business operations for at least two years if vadadustat is approved and will continue to carefully manage expenses while investing appropriately for a successful potential launch of vadadustat.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2023

Historical avgQ4 2023

-2.5%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.3%

Avg return

5 days after

-2.1%

Avg return

30 days after

41%

19 / 46 earnings

Positive

+34.4%

Q1 2020

Best reaction

-22.4%

Q4 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-20.3%-20.3%-36.7%
Q4 2025+9.9%+0.8%+10.7%
Q3 2025-18.4%-18.1%-20.1%
Q1 2025+6.6%+0.8%+61.4%
Q4 2024-12.4%+32.1%-14.5%
Q3 2024-3.0%-2.5%+2.5%
Q2 2024+0.0%+20.7%+21.6%
Q1 2024-13.6%-12.1%-24.3%
Q4 2023+20.6%+29.8%+3.5%
Q3 2023-16.5%-15.3%+3.7%
Q2 2023+10.4%+12.0%-5.6%
Q1 2023-3.7%+3.7%+17.4%
Q4 2022-22.4%-33.7%-47.6%
Q3 2022+1.9%+2.6%+9.0%
Q2 2022+1.0%+3.6%-2.8%
Q1 2022+11.2%+16.6%+15.6%
Q4 2021+13.4%+12.0%-66.8%
Q3 2021-12.3%-14.4%-24.6%
Q2 2021+10.5%+6.5%+22.2%
Q1 2021+2.6%+10.6%+17.9%
Q4 2020-19.2%-17.5%-26.2%
Q3 2020-7.4%+0.8%+19.8%
Q2 2020-6.4%-4.1%-75.9%
Q1 2020+34.4%+38.3%+40.6%
Q4 2019-13.8%-27.0%-13.0%
Q3 2019-9.6%-8.2%+73.5%
Q2 2019+20.5%+22.4%+11.2%
Q1 2019+1.5%-0.7%-26.8%
Q4 2018-0.9%+2.7%-15.3%
Q3 2018+10.3%-4.2%+5.0%
Q2 2018-18.1%-22.1%-20.8%
Q1 2018+0.7%+11.0%+10.5%
Q4 2017-10.6%-12.6%-28.9%
Q3 2017-12.6%-12.8%-8.5%
Q2 2017+6.8%+9.4%+26.0%
Q1 2017-2.3%+2.2%+8.2%
Q4 2016-12.6%-9.3%-11.1%
Q3 2016+10.6%+14.1%+9.9%
Q2 2016-9.6%-7.4%-3.8%
Q1 2016-8.8%
Q4 2015-2.4%
Q3 2015-16.6%
Q2 2015-16.9%
Q1 2015+3.3%
Q3 2014-3.2%
Q1 2014+3.7%
Q3 2013
Q2 2013
Q1 2013
Q4 2012

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