Quality
Return on equity
From the FY2025 filing
ValueScreener company report
NASDAQ / Healthcare / Biotechnology
Share price
35.78 USD Market dataClose of Oct 16, 2026Market capitalisation
1.03B USD Market dataClose of Oct 16, 20261 of 10
What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.
Market dataSEC filingComputed
Return on equity
From the FY2025 filing
Current ratio
From the FY2025 filing
Price to earnings
FY2025 accounts, priced at the latest close
Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.
Free cash flow yield
FY2025 accounts, priced at the latest close
Held back: the last annual report's share count does not match today's, as after a split.
Return on equity was -182.7% in FY2025, in the band labelled "Likely below the cost of equity" (below 8.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns on shareholders' money below the usual cost of equity.
Today, against the Biotechnology industry (494 companies), -182.7% sits at the 18th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -146.9% to -28.9%.
Current ratio was 4.97 in FY2025, in the band labelled "At or above Graham's requirement" (2.00 and above), on lines anchored on Graham's defensive-investor criteria, suggesting short-term assets well above short-term obligations.
Today, against the Biotechnology industry (556 companies), 4.97 sits at the 50th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 2.39 to 9.18.
These are NKTR’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.
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The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.
SEC filingCompany statement
The newest accounts on file are the FY2025 annual report: 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-104547.
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The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.
SEC filingComputed
| Figure | Value, source and document |
|---|---|
Return on invested capital, after taxWhy n/aThe filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read. | n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
| Return on equity | -182.7% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
| Return on capital employed, pre-tax | -61.8% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
| Return on assets | -58.5% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
| Gross margin | 100.0% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
| Operating margin | -253.7% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
| Net margin | -297.1% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
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What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.
SEC filingComputedCompany statement
| Figure | Value, source and document |
|---|---|
Debt to equityWhy n/aThe filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read. | n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
| Current ratio | 4.97 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
| Quick ratio | 4.97 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
Interest coverageWhy n/aNo interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed. | n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
| Altman Z-score | -17.31 ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
Net debtWhy n/aThe FY2025 balance sheet carries no net debt we could read. | n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
What Nektar Therapeutics owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2025, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547).
| Total assets | 280.4M FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Total liabilities | 190.6M FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026 |
| Shareholders' equity | 89.8M FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026 |
| Cash | 245.8M FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026 |
| Total debt | n/a FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026 |
| Net debt | n/a |
| Current ratio | 4.97 |
| Debt to equity | n/a |
Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.
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What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.
Market dataSEC filingComputed
| Figure | Value, source and document |
|---|---|
Price to earningsWhy n/mEarnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one. | n/m ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
| P/E on trailing twelve months | 8.01x ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings |
Price to bookWhy n/aHeld back: the last annual report's share count does not match today's, as after a split. | n/a ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
| Price to sales | 11.52x ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
Enterprise value to EBITWhy n/aWe do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show. | n/a ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
Enterprise value to EBITDAWhy n/mEBITDA is zero or negative, so a multiple of it is not meaningful. | n/m ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
Price to earnings over growthWhy n/mEarnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one. | n/m ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
| Diluted earnings per share | -9.73 USD FiledFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
Graham numberWhy n/mEarnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one. | n/m ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value NKTR on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.
What the market charges for Nektar Therapeutics today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.
| Share price | 35.78 USD |
|---|---|
| Market capitalisation | 1.03B USD |
| Enterprise value to EBITDA | n/m |
| Graham number | n/m |
| Diluted earnings per share, FY2025 | -9.73 USD |
Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Oct 3, 2016: low 7.33x, median 9.43x, high 13.92x, latest 8.01x. 251 trading days with a meaningful ratio, 2,273 more on a loss and left out. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.
Same industry (Biotechnology) and size band (Small, 300M to 2B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.
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Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.
SEC filingComputed
| Figure | Value, source and document |
|---|---|
Free cash flow yieldWhy n/aHeld back: the last annual report's share count does not match today's, as after a split. | n/a ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
| Free cash flow | -208.7M USD ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
| Free cash flow margin | -377.8% ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
Dividend yieldWhy n/aWe do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show. | n/a ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 · FY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
Payout ratioWhy n/aWe do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show. | n/a ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
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Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.
SEC filingMarket data
Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.
| Figure | Value | Year | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/m | FY2025 | Oct 16, 2026 | |
| n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT. | |||
FormulaShare price / earnings per share. Where the filing states no earnings per share this listing can be priced on, which is every 20-F and 40-F filer because theirs is stated per ordinary share, it is market capitalisation / net income: the same multiple, undiluted. As ofThe close on Oct 16, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2025: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itIncome statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| n/a | FY2025 | Oct 16, 2026 | |
| n/a Held back: the last annual report's share count does not match today's, as after a split. | |||
FormulaMarket capitalisation / shareholders equity As ofThe close on Oct 16, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2025: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itBalance sheetFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| n/a | FY2025 | Oct 16, 2026 | |
| n/a Operating profit is zero or negative, so there is no profit for a buyer's price to be a multiple of. | |||
Formula(Market capitalisation + total debt - cash) / operating income, or over the filing's own EBIT (income before tax + interest expense) where the filer tags no operating line, as Johnson & Johnson does not in any of its ten filed years. As ofThe close on Oct 16, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2025: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itIncome statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itBalance sheetFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| n/a | FY2025 | Oct 16, 2026 | |
| n/a Held back: the last annual report's share count does not match today's, as after a split. | |||
FormulaFree cash flow per share / share price x 100 As ofThe close on Oct 16, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2025: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itCash flow statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| n/a | FY2025 | Mar 13, 2026 | |
| n/a The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read. | |||
FormulaVendor trailing-twelve-month return on invested capital where one is published, which uses after-tax operating profit over total assets less current liabilities. Otherwise our own recompute: NOPAT / (shareholders equity + total debt - cash) x 100, where NOPAT is the filed operating profit after tax, or the filing's own EBIT after tax where the filer tags no operating line. As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2025. Form10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itIncome statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itBalance sheetFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| n/a | FY2025 | Oct 16, 2026 | |
| n/a The filed cash flow statement reports no dividend paid at all. That is not the same as a filed zero, and we will not read it as one. | |||
FormulaCommon dividends paid in the latest filed year / market capitalisation x 100. n/a where the filing cannot support it: a special or first-year payment, a total that mixes preferred dividends, or a cash-flow statement over 15 months old. As ofThe close on Oct 16, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2025: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itCash flow statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| n/a | FY2025 | Mar 13, 2026 | |
| n/a The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read. | |||
FormulaTotal debt / shareholders equity As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2025. Form10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itBalance sheetFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| 4.97 | FY2025 | Mar 13, 2026 | |
FormulaCurrent assets / current liabilities As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2025. Form10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itBalance sheetFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| 11.52x | FY2025 | Oct 16, 2026 | |
FormulaMarket capitalisation / revenue As ofThe close on Oct 16, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2025: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itIncome statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| n/m | FY2025 | Oct 16, 2026 | |
| n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT. | |||
FormulaPrice to earnings / the annual earnings growth rate, in percentage points As ofThe close on Oct 16, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2025: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itIncome statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| -17.31 | FY2025 | Oct 16, 2026 | |
Formula1.2 x working capital/assets + 1.4 x retained earnings/assets + 3.3 x EBIT/assets + 0.6 x market value of equity/total liabilities + 1.0 x revenue/assets As ofThe close on Oct 16, 2026, over the filed figures of FY2025: a price is in this figure, and it moved after the filing. Form10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itIncome statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itBalance sheetFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| -2.63 | FY2025 | Mar 13, 2026 | |
FormulaAn eight-variable index of year-on-year changes in receivables, gross margin, asset quality, revenue, depreciation, overheads, leverage and accruals As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2025. Form10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itIncome statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itBalance sheetFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itCash flow statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
| 2/9 | FY2025 | Mar 13, 2026 | |
FormulaOne point each for: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, operating cash flow above net income, falling leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, rising asset turnover. As ofThe filing date of the statements below, for FY2025. Form10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itIncome statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itBalance sheetFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tabForm10-KFiledMar 13, 2026PeriodFY2025Accession0001193125-26-104547What we read from itCash flow statementFY2025Open on SEC.gov, accession 0001193125-26-104547, leaves this page and opens in a new tab | |||
The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2025, the newest full year on file. 16 filed fiscal years on record, FY2009 to FY2025, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 16, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.
The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.
10 filed fiscal years, FY2016 to FY2025, read from the annual reports Nektar Therapeutics filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.
| Year | Revenue | Operating income | Net income | EPS, diluted | Free cash flow | Operating margin | Return on equity | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 55.2M | -140.1M | -164.1M | -9.73 | -208.7M | -253.7% | -182.7% | 10-K, Mar 13, 20260001193125-26-104547 |
| FY2024 | 98.4M | -105.2M | -119.0M | -8.68 | -177.2M | -106.9% | -195.9% | 10-K, Mar 14, 20250000950170-25-039389 |
| FY2023 | 90.1M | -263.7M | -276.1M | -21.75 | -193.5M | -292.6% | -210.8% | 10-K, Mar 5, 20240000950170-24-026249 |
| FY2022 | 92.1M | -376.2M | -368.2M | -29.55 | -309.7M | -408.6% | -100.4% | 10-K, Feb 28, 20230000906709-23-000004 |
| FY2021 | 101.9M | -446.1M | -523.8M | -42.90 | -427.6M | -437.8% | -77.1% | 10-K, Mar 1, 20220000906709-22-000005 |
| FY2020 | 152.9M | -425.1M | -444.4M | -37.35 | -320.5M | -278.0% | -41.3% | 10-K, Feb 26, 20210000906709-21-000005 |
| FY2019 | 114.6M | -440.0M | -440.7M | -37.80 | -355.0M | -383.9% | -31.4% | 10-K, Feb 28, 20200000906709-20-000004 |
| FY2018 | 1.19B | 687.9M | 681.3M | 56.70 | 704.0M | 57.6% | 39.7% | 10-K, Mar 1, 20190001564590-19-005639 |
| FY2017 | 307.7M | -59.6M | -96.7M | -9.30 | -90.1M | -19.4% | -110.1% | 10-K, Mar 1, 20180001564590-18-004105 |
| FY2016 | 165.4M | -112.9M | -153.5M | -16.50 | -123.4M | -68.2% | -174.2% | 10-K, Mar 1, 20170001564590-17-003064 |
Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.
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The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.
ComputedCompany statement
| Figure | Value, source and document |
|---|---|
| Beneish M-score | -2.63 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
| Piotroski F-score | 2/9 ComputedFY2025 10-K, filed Mar 13, 2026, 0001193125-26-104547 |
| Named tests met | 0 of 30 Computed |
| Beta | 3.41 ComputedClose of Oct 16, 2026 |
Of 30 tests value investors published: 0 met, 23 not met, 7 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.
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Whether anybody here owns this company.
Positions declared by Javier Sanz Alvarez: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.
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What to do with what you have read.
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