Akebia Therapeutics vs Travere Therapeutics
AKBA and TVTX side by side, both in drugs. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AKBA and TVTX compare
Travere Therapeutics is the larger company, worth 36 times as much as Akebia Therapeutics ($4.8B against $131M).
Travere Therapeutics grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (49.4% versus −12.4% for Akebia Therapeutics).
Travere Therapeutics keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of −18.7% compared with −22.6% at Akebia Therapeutics.
Travere Therapeutics scores higher on the StockData Score (6 against 4 for Akebia Therapeutics), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AKBA | TVTX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $131M | $4.8B |
| Share price | $0.474 | $50.65 |
| Change, 1 year | −74.4% | 38.9% |
| Change, 5 years | −82.9% | 73.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.10 | 1.14 |
| Employees | 194 | 497 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 2 |
| Health score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 0.7× (better) | 7.3× |
| P/B | 6.5× (better) | 211× |
| P/FCF | 9.5× | – |
| FCF yield | 10.5% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −12.4% | 49.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −4.3% | 19.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 78.9% | 98.5% (better) |
| Operating margin | −15.7% (better) | −20.5% |
| Net margin | −22.6% | −18.7% (better) |
| FCF margin | 7.0% | – |
| Return on equity | −144% (better) | −253% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 2.47 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | −15.1× |
| Current ratio | 1.36 | 3.00 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | −6.30 | 1.68 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 39.7% | 112% |
| Held by insiders | 2.9% | 1.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$876K (better) | −$110M |
| Short interest, % of float | 10.1% | 10.3% |
Go deeper
- AKBA stock overview
- AKBA income statement
- AKBA valuation and score
- TVTX stock overview
- TVTX income statement
- TVTX valuation and score
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