NKTR · Nektar Therapeutics

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Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR)

NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET Pharmaceuticals
Move probability → Options chain →
$38.27 -0.82 (-2.10%)
● At close: October 21 at 4:00:00 PM EDT
DAY'S RANGE $38.27
$38.27 $40.23
52-WEEK RANGE $38.27
$33.40 $109.00

What's happening

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Key Statistics

Market Cap$1.31B
P/E (TTM1)—
EPS2 (TTM)$-6.60
Div Yield—
Beta31.34
Volume28,971
Open39.35
Prev Close39.09
Bid / Ask33.20 / 44.32
Next Earnings 2026-11-05 (after market close)

Analyst Recommendations

Strong buy 7 Buy 8 Hold 3 Sell 0 Strong sell 0

Aggregate ratings for 2026-10-01 (18 analysts polled by Finnhub) — consensus count.

Performance Overview (Trailing returns vs S&P 500 benchmark)

YTD RETURN
NKTR -7.24%
vs S&P 500 -20.01%
1-YEAR RETURN
NKTR -37.74%
vs S&P 500 -52.30%
6-MONTH RETURN
NKTR -53.30%
3-MONTH RETURN
NKTR -42.89%

Valuation Measures & Ratios

Enterprise Value4$1.37B
Forward P/E5—
PEG Ratio6—
Price / Sales (TTM1)24.76
Price / Book72.61
EV4 / Revenue25.09
EV4 / EBITDA2.06
Profit Margin-284.39%
Operating Margin-257.80%
Return on Equity (ROE8)-37.54%
Return on Assets (ROA9)-25.45%
Avg Volume (3M)1,124,990
Quarterly history (5 periods)
Measure Jun '26Mar '26Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25
Market cap $2.30B $1.77B $1.08B $363.7M $143.4M
P/E -14.17 -10.26 -6.55 -2.00 -0.81
Price/Sales 52.41 40.07 18.77 5.25 1.80
Price/Book 2.55 3.08 12.70 -15.02 10.44
EV/Revenue 51.52 36.69 18.06 4.63 1.31
ROE -18.01% -30.01% -193.98% 751.29% -1289.15%
ROA -14.85% -22.65% -54.77% -87.65% -69.12%

Trailing-twelve-month ratios computed from SEC EDGAR quarterly figures and historical daily close prices (Alpaca). Diluted shares are derived from Net income ÷ EPS (diluted) for each quarter, not separately reported. Forward P/E/PEG unavailable (no free data source).

Glossary — what these abbreviations mean
1. TTM
Trailing twelve months — the sum of the last four reported quarters, not a calendar year or the single latest quarter.
2. EPS
Earnings per share — net income divided by diluted shares outstanding.
3. Beta
A stock's historical volatility relative to the overall market. Above 1 means it has moved more than the market; below 1, less.
4. EV (Enterprise Value)
Market cap plus total debt minus cash — roughly what it would cost to buy the whole company, debt included.
5. Forward P/E
Price divided by analysts' estimated earnings for the next 12 months, instead of trailing actual earnings.
6. PEG Ratio
P/E divided by expected earnings growth rate. A lower number can indicate a stock is cheap relative to how fast it's expected to grow.
7. Price / Book
Share price divided by book value (assets minus liabilities) per share.
8. ROE
Return on equity — net income divided by shareholders' equity, a measure of how efficiently a company turns equity into profit.
9. ROA
Return on assets — net income divided by total assets, a measure of how efficiently a company turns assets into profit.
10. MRQ
Most recent quarter — the single latest reported period, as opposed to TTM. The Financials section's "Quarterly" view below shows MRQ-style figures.
11. YoY
Year over year — percent change versus the same period one year earlier, used for growth figures like those on Compare cards and the Screener.

Short Interest

Shares Short6,968,325
Change from Prior Settlement+21.49%
% of Float—
Days to Cover (Short Ratio)3.76

Source: FINRA Rule 4560 consolidated short interest, settlement date 2026-09-30. Reported bi-monthly with a reporting lag — not real-time.

Quotes and the 1-day extended-hours chart: Yahoo Finance. Longer historical charts: Alpaca (IEX feed) — real-time but IEX-only volume (~2.5% of consolidated market volume). Fundamentals + earnings: Finnhub.

Price history

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Technical signal summary

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Peer and sector context

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Balanced evidence

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Potential strengths

  • Latest SEC filing is Form 8-K, filed 2026-10-01; review it for current changes and risks. SEC EDGAR ↗

Potential concerns

Rule-based facts only; absence from either side is not evidence, and this is not a recommendation.

Financials

Income statement

Line item Jun '26Mar '26Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25Sep '24Jun '24Mar '24
Revenue $10.1M $10.9M $11.8M $11.2M $10.5M $24.1M $23.5M $21.6M
Gross profit — — — — — — — —
Operating income -$42.3M -$39.1M -$31.7M -$36.2M -$44.5M -$34.3M -$49.8M -$35.4M
Net income -$40.6M -$44.9M -$35.5M -$41.6M -$50.9M -$37.1M -$52.4M -$36.8M
EPS (diluted) $-1.23 $-1.82 $-1.87 $-2.95 $-3.62 $-2.66 $-3.76 $-0.19
EPS (basic) $-1.23 $-1.82 $-1.87 $-2.95 $-3.62 $-2.66 $-3.76 $-0.19

Balance sheet

Line item Jun '26Mar '26Dec '25Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25Dec '24Sep '24
Total assets $1.10B $763.3M $280.4M $301.3M $207.5M $256.2M $303.9M $308.0M
Total liabilities $192.0M $187.1M $190.6M $216.3M $231.7M $242.5M $243.1M $259.1M
Stockholders' equity $903.1M $576.2M $89.8M $85.1M -$24.2M $13.7M $60.7M $48.9M
Total current assets $739.4M $589.0M $266.3M $281.4M $186.6M $229.9M $261.3M $286.5M
Total current liabilities $71.0M $57.7M $53.5M $66.3M $71.4M $70.9M $61.4M $67.6M
Cash & equivalents $39.3M $149.6M $15.1M $41.0M $43.0M $38.9M $44.3M $30.1M

Cash flow

Line item Jun '26Mar '26Dec '25Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25Dec '24Sep '24
Operating cash flow -$75.8M -$44.3M -$65.0M -$48.8M -$45.7M -$49.1M -$46.2M -$43.9M
Investing cash flow -$399.1M -$350.8M $372.0K -$94.9M $49.6M $43.7M $60.2M $46.1M
Financing cash flow $364.6M $529.5M $38.7M $141.7M $211.0K $7.0K $83.0K $13.0K
Free cash flow -$75.9M -$44.3M -$65.0M -$48.9M -$45.8M -$49.1M -$46.6M -$44.6M
Capital expenditures $94.0K $18.0K $18.0K $114.0K $37.0K $2.0K $459.0K $666.0K
Depreciation & amortization — — — — — — $4.1M —

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (10-Q/10-K), as originally tagged by the company. Quarterly cash flow is reconstructed by de-cumulating fiscal-year-to-date figures (how cash flow is tagged in 10-Qs); other quarterly lines are reported directly.

Institutional holders

SEC Form 13F filers holding NKTR as of the latest reported quarter. 13F only covers investment managers with $100M+ in assets — this is not a complete ownership picture, and does not include insiders (see Recent SEC filings below) or non-13F-eligible holders.

Institutional ownership is not available for this symbol right now.

Insider activity

Directors, officers, and 10%+ owners' reported transactions from SEC Form 4. A filing reports a transaction; it does not by itself explain why it happened.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4 filings · checked 25 most recent filings · covers 2025-11-21 to 2026-09-23

Recent transactions

  • Insiders have net sold 32,466 shares over the last 182 days, across 0 purchases and 10 sales.
  • Most recent: WHITFIELD ROY A (Reporting person) — Grant / award of 2,000 shares on 2026-09-23.

Deterministic template sentences filled in from the SEC Form 4 figures in the tables below -- not an AI-written summary, no live model call.

Insider purchases & sales, last 6 months

Purchases (open market)0 sh(0 txns)
Sales (open market)32,466 sh(10 txns)
Net Shares-32,466

Counts only open-market purchases (code P) and sales (code S) — grants, option exercises, tax withholding, and gifts are excluded since they aren't a market buy/sell decision.

Insider roster

NameTitleMost Recent TransactionDateShares
WHITFIELD ROY AReporting personGrant / award2026-09-232,000
GREER R SCOTTReporting personGrant / award2026-09-232,000
CHESS ROBERTReporting personGrant / award2026-09-232,000
Brainard DianaReporting personGrant / award2026-09-232,000
Ajer Jeffrey RobertReporting personGrant / award2026-09-232,000
Zalevsky JonathanChief R&D OfficerOpen market sale2026-08-18186
ROBIN HOWARD WPresident & CEOOpen market sale2026-08-18418
Wilson Mark AndrewChief Legal OfficerOpen market sale2025-11-25630

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPrice
2026-09-23WHITFIELD ROY AReporting personGrant / award 2,000$0.00
2026-09-23GREER R SCOTTReporting personGrant / award 2,000$0.00
2026-09-23CHESS ROBERTReporting personGrant / award 2,000$0.00
2026-09-23Brainard DianaReporting personGrant / award 2,000$0.00
2026-09-23Ajer Jeffrey RobertReporting personGrant / award 2,000$0.00
2026-08-18Zalevsky JonathanChief R&D OfficerOpen market sale 186$71.98
2026-08-18ROBIN HOWARD WPresident & CEOOpen market sale 418$71.98
2026-06-30Zalevsky JonathanChief R&D OfficerOpen market sale 5,681$70.00
2026-06-17ROBIN HOWARD WPresident & CEOOpen market sale 5,500$60.81
2026-06-17ROBIN HOWARD WPresident & CEOOpen market sale 4,500$61.65
2026-06-16ROBIN HOWARD WPresident & CEOOpen market sale 5,303$59.97
2026-06-16ROBIN HOWARD WPresident & CEOOpen market sale 4,697$60.71
2026-06-15Zalevsky JonathanChief R&D OfficerOpen market sale 5,538$60.71
2026-05-19Zalevsky JonathanChief R&D OfficerOpen market sale 199$65.51
2026-05-19ROBIN HOWARD WPresident & CEOOpen market sale 444$65.51
2026-02-18Zalevsky JonathanChief R&D OfficerOpen market sale 180$73.00
2026-02-18ROBIN HOWARD WPresident & CEOOpen market sale 423$73.00
2026-01-20Zalevsky JonathanChief R&D OfficerOpen market sale 3,867$35.67
2025-12-22Zalevsky JonathanChief R&D OfficerGrant / award 6,250$0.00
2025-12-22ROBIN HOWARD WPresident & CEOGrant / award 21,667$0.00
2025-11-25Zalevsky JonathanChief R&D OfficerOpen market sale 1,157$54.28
2025-11-25Wilson Mark AndrewChief Legal OfficerOpen market sale 630$54.28
2025-11-25ROBIN HOWARD WPresident & CEOOpen market sale 2,207$54.28
2025-11-21Zalevsky JonathanChief R&D OfficerGrant / award 2,666$0.00
2025-11-21Wilson Mark AndrewChief Legal OfficerGrant / award 1,903$0.00
2025-11-21ROBIN HOWARD WPresident & CEOGrant / award 7,110$0.00

Recent SEC filings

Official company reports and insider transaction filings. Form 4 reports a transaction; it does not by itself explain why it happened.

Source: SEC EDGAR submissions · updated 2026-10-22 02:58 UTC

FiledFormReport periodOfficial filing
2026-10-018-K2026-10-01 View on SEC.gov →
2026-09-2542026-09-23 View on SEC.gov →
2026-09-2542026-09-23 View on SEC.gov →
2026-09-2542026-09-23 View on SEC.gov →
2026-09-2542026-09-23 View on SEC.gov →
2026-09-2542026-09-23 View on SEC.gov →
2026-09-258-K2026-09-24 View on SEC.gov →
2026-09-088-K2026-09-08 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-2042026-08-18 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-2042026-08-18 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-1410-Q2026-06-30 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-138-K2026-08-13 View on SEC.gov →

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