# Aktis Oncology, Inc. Common stock (AKTS.US)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/AKTS

Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:26:21.024Z. Financial observations: FY2017–FY2025.

Listing currency: USD. Reporting currency: USD.

## Verdict

Not a wonderful business

Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: fail; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no.

Share price: $16.01 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

## Checklist

### understandable: fail

- 2 revenue declines in the last 10 years (informational)

- more than 2 net loss years

- negative average operating margin

- operating margin variation exceeds 0.35

- Financial history: 9 years

- Years with declining revenue: 2

- Years with a net loss: 9

- Operating margin variation: 2.18×

Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: -587.04×

- FY2018: -18.44×

- FY2019: -19.07×

- FY2020: -17.90×

- FY2021: -3.94×

- FY2023: -1.28×

- FY2024: -35.00×

- FY2025: -11.50×

### moat: fail

- Years with nonpositive invested capital use equity plus debt and leases; positive earnings with no positive capital are shown above 100%.

- ROIC median below threshold

- ROIC worst years below threshold (more than 1 bad year allowed)

- ROIC, median of available years: -80.1%

- ROIC, second-lowest year: -155.1%

- Years with nonpositive capital: 4

- Capital spending / revenue: 266.9%

- ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: -198.6%

- Typical minus recent gross margin: 9.0 pp

Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: -146.2%

- FY2018: -167.6%

- FY2019: -155.1%

- FY2020: -119.9%

- FY2021: -80.1%

- FY2022: 0.0%

- FY2023: 0.0%

- FY2024: 0.0%

- FY2025: 0.0%

### economics: fail

- owner earnings cash conversion below threshold

- incremental invested capital return below threshold

- Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No

- Owner earnings, five-year total: -$217M

- Net income, five-year total: -$213M

- Return on incremental invested capital: -230.9%

- Working capital / revenue, annual change: 366.5 pp

Chart: Owner earnings · five years; fiscal year observations.

- FY2021: -$59M

- FY2022: -$20M

- FY2023: -$29M

- FY2024: -$45M

- FY2025: -$64M

### management: fail

- ROIC first 3 years vs last 3 years: -155.1% vs 0.0%

- Per-share earnings: -0.78 to -1.21 (three-year endpoint medians)

- per-share value declined or ends nonpositive

- Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes

- Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: 5.9%

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: 5.9%

- Per-share value change: -$0.43

- Per-share value, starting three-year median: -$0.78

- Per-share value, ending three-year median: -$1.21

- Buyback history: 0 years

- Debt-funded buybacks: No

- ROIC, first three-year median: -155.1%

- ROIC, last three-year median: 0.0%

Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: -$0.45

- FY2018: -$0.78

- FY2019: -$0.98

- FY2020: -$1.04

- FY2021: -$1.12

- FY2022: -$0.51

- FY2023: -$0.82

- FY2024: -$1.26

- FY2025: -$1.21

### accounting: pass

- Sloan accruals: 0.1%

- Restructuring years, last five: 0

- Earnings backed by cash: Yes

- Accounting red flags: 0

Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: -19.7%

- FY2018: -25.7%

- FY2019: -27.6%

- FY2020: -27.4%

- FY2021: -8.7%

- FY2022: 0.1%

- FY2023: 1.1%

- FY2024: -18.0%

- FY2025: 0.1%

## Holders

- [Dan Davidowitz](https://gigainvestors.com/pcm): tracked 13F investor; follow the investor page for holding quarter and amounts.

## Price story

Down 50% since Jun 2026 · sales +336.9%

Story as of 2026-10-16T09:58:16.049Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

### Sales · FY2024–2025

sales +336.9%; source https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2035832/000119312526131748/aktis_12.31.25_10k.htm; observed 2026-03-30.

- FY2017: $17K 

- FY2018: $1.2M 

- FY2019: $1.4M 

- FY2020: $1.8M 

- FY2021: $15M 

- FY2022: $0 

- FY2023: $27M 

- FY2024: $1.5M 

- FY2025: $6.5M 

### Gross margin · FY2019

gross margin 29.8%; source https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2035832/000119312526131748/aktis_12.31.25_10k.htm; observed 2026-03-30.

- FY2018: 15.6% 

- FY2019: 29.8% 

## Owner memo

Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z.

### How it makes money

Operates in biotechnology; annual sales are USD 6.5 million.

- Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2035832/000119312526131748/aktis_12.31.25_10k.htm (filed 2026-03-30); FY2025: revenue 6497000; grossProfit 6497000; margin = grossProfit / revenue.

### Why customers stay

It lost 80.1% on its capital.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-30); FY2023: grossProfit / revenue = -11.5%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-30); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 100%.

- Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2035832/000119312526131748/aktis_12.31.25_10k.htm (filed 2026-03-30); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 100%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-30); 9-year return on capital observations [[2017,-1.4624840953067701],[2018,-1.6764887575721985],[2019,-1.550972460045662],[2020,-1.1990155857691032],[2021,-0.8006569147600797],[2022,0],[2023,0],[2024,0],[2025,0]]; median -0.8006569147600797. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Where the cash goes

Paid no dividends in 9 years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-30); Dividend observations: [[2017,0],[2018,0],[2019,0],[2020,0],[2021,0],[2022,0],[2023,0],[2024,0],[2025,0]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

### Are managers owners

Insiders own 14.1% of the company.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-15); AKTS.US SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 14.052999999999999 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-15.

### What the price says

The price is 129.4 times annual sales; cash earnings are negative.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-03-30); Closing price 16.01 USD; reporting-to-trading FX 1; FY2025 annual sales per share 0.12369988743253126; price multiple 129.4261484977682. FY2025 cash earnings/share -1.2134088850181082. Closing-price date 2026-10-15.

## Monthly share-price history (USD per share)

- 2026-01: $20.25 per share

- 2026-02: $20.13 per share

- 2026-03: $17.89 per share

- 2026-04: $18.75 per share

- 2026-05: $20.74 per share

- 2026-06: $32.23 per share

- 2026-07: $22.07 per share

- 2026-08: $25.91 per share

- 2026-09: $19.47 per share

- 2026-10: $16.01 per share

## Annual estimated value (USD per share)

Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year

Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year

Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates

Prior published observations retained from 2026-10-15T06:31:56.864Z where newer inputs omit a numeric field or fiscal period.

## Sources

[Original 10-K filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2035832/000119312526131748/aktis_12.31.25_10k.htm); period 2025-12-31, filed 2026-03-30.

Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. Underlying data remains subject to its source licenses; public reading does not grant bulk redistribution rights.
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Aktis Oncology, Inc. Common stock

AKTS · US

Not a wonderful business

4 quality tests fail. A lower price would not fix the business.

Share price
$16.01
Quality tests
Fail
Annual history
9 years
Market value
$926M

The business

How it makes money
Why customers stay
Where the cash goes
Are managers owners
What the price says

1. Is this a good business?

Evidence only; not required for Buy

9 loss years were recorded (limit 2), and average operating margin was negative (must be zero or higher), and margins varied 218.2% around their average (limit 35%).

8y median
-1817.1%
Worst year
-58704.1%
Latest · 2025
-1149.5%

Capital return excluding acquisitions: median -80.1% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year -155.1% (minimum 10%).

9y median
-80.1%
Worst year
-167.6%
Latest · 2025
0.0%

Owners received -216.6 million over five years (must be positive), and new investment earned -230.9% (minimum 12%).

5y median
-$45M
Worst year
-$64M
Latest · 2025
-$64M

Per-share value fell from -0.78 to -1.21, comparing three-year medians at each end (must rise and stay positive).

9y median
-$0.98
Worst year
-$1.26
Latest · 2025
-$1.21

Profits were backed by cash: accruals were 0.1% of assets (limit 10%).

9y median
-18.0%
Worst year
1.1%
Latest · 2025
0.1%

Profit record · fail 9 loss years in 9 (at most 2), mean operating margin -8677.2%, three-year average owner earnings per share -1.11 USD. 9 loss years in the last 10; at most 2 allowed. Mean operating margin over the last ten years is negative. Three-year average owner earnings per share is not positive.

Revenue$6.5M
$27M$020172025
FY2017 · Revenue: $17K; FY2018 · Revenue: $1.2M; FY2019 · Revenue: $1.4M; FY2020 · Revenue: $1.8M; FY2021 · Revenue: $15M; FY2022 · Revenue: $0; FY2023 · Revenue: $27M; FY2024 · Revenue: $1.5M; FY2025 · Revenue: $6.5M
Revenue
Owner earnings-$64M
$1.00-$64M20172025
FY2017 · Owner earnings: -$11M; FY2018 · Owner earnings: -$22M; FY2019 · Owner earnings: -$31M; FY2020 · Owner earnings: -$41M; FY2021 · Owner earnings: -$59M; FY2022 · Owner earnings: -$20M; FY2023 · Owner earnings: -$29M; FY2024 · Owner earnings: -$45M; FY2025 · Owner earnings: -$64M
Owner earnings
Operating margin-1149.5%
10.0%-5.9e+4%20172025
FY2017 · Operating margin: -5.9e+4%; FY2018 · Operating margin: -1844.4%; FY2019 · Operating margin: -1906.9%; FY2020 · Operating margin: -1789.8%; FY2021 · Operating margin: -394.5%; FY2023 · Operating margin: -128.3%; FY2024 · Operating margin: -3500.3%; FY2025 · Operating margin: -1149.5%
Operating margin
Net cash / debt$215M
$285M$020172025
FY2017 · Net cash / debt: $9.6M; FY2018 · Net cash / debt: $3.4M; FY2019 · Net cash / debt: $12M; FY2020 · Net cash / debt: $20M; FY2021 · Net cash / debt: $36M; FY2022 · Net cash / debt: $127M; FY2023 · Net cash / debt: $84M; FY2024 · Net cash / debt: $285M; FY2025 · Net cash / debt: $215M
Net cash / debt
Diluted shares53M
53M020172025
FY2017 · Diluted shares: 20M; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 28M; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 31M; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 39M; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 53M; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 35M; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 35M; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 35M; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 53M
Diluted shares
Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2025Original filing ↗ ·