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$ -120.69MFree Cash Flow
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$ 57.77Close
$ 7.36 - $ 60.55 52-Week Range
Ticker Information

Ticker

NKTR

Company Name

NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS

Sector

Healthcare

Industry

Biotechnology

Exchange

NASDAQ

NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS - Free Cash Flow Chart Analysis (TTM)

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NKTR - FCF Historical data
DateCapital ExpenditureFree Cash FlowNet Cash Flow - Operations
6/30/2025$ -64.22M$ -120.69M$ -184.91M
3/31/2025$ -64.07M$ -112.8M$ -176.87M
12/31/2024$ -63.92M$ -111.79M$ -175.71M
9/30/2024$ 1.25M$ -177.81M$ -176.57M
6/30/2024$ -632K$ -174.13M$ -174.76M
3/31/2024$ -656K$ -187.92M$ -188.58M
12/31/2023$ -380K$ -192.23M$ -192.61M
9/30/2023$ -13.3M$ -189.96M$ -203.26M
6/30/2023$ -11.91M$ -232.12M$ -244.03M
3/31/2023$ -11.29M$ -256.21M$ -267.5M
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Key Performance Insights, Last 5 Years

  • NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS's latest trailing twelve months (TTM) FCF stands at $ -349.05M.
  • Over the past 5 years, NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS's average FCF has been $ -272.09M.
  • The median FCF for NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS during this period was $ -276.35M
  • NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS reached its highest FCF over the past 5 years at $ -111.79M.
  • The lowest FCF recorded by NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS in the same timeframe $ -440.31M

NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS's FCF vs. competitors

We picked the following companies as peers based on multiple factors, including sector, industry, market capitalization and revenue

FCF Benchmarks
CompanyFCF
YMAB : Y-MABS THERAPEUTICS INC $ -17.92MLXRX : LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS INC $ -102.68MADCT : ADC THERAPEUTICS SA $ -127.89MKURA : KURA ONCOLOGY INC $ 122.86MSAGE : SAGE THERAPEUTICS INC $ -289.34MTBPH : THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA INC $ 244.78MTRDA : ENTRADA THERAPEUTICS INC $ -126.56MXOMA : XOMA ROYALTY CORP $ -12.32MGOSS : GOSSAMER BIO INC $ -154.38MCDXS : CODEXIS INC $ -67.69M

Definition of Free Cash Flow

[Calculation] Free Cash Flow is a metric that measures the cash that remains after a company pays its operating expenses [OpEx] and capital expenditures [CapEx]. It can be calculated as Net Cash Flow from Operations [NCFO] minus capital expenditures.
CF - Operations - CapEx
(=) FCF
FCF for NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS is calculated as follows: CF - Operations [ $ -339.88M ] - CapEx [ $ 9.18M ]
(=) FCF [ $ -349.05M ]

NKTR - Free Cash Flow, Last 5 years

$ -440.31M

Minimum

Mar 31, 2022

$ -111.79M

Maximum

Dec 31, 2024

$ -272.09M

Average

$ -276.35M

Median

FCF Benchmark Analysis

The chart above depicts the distribution of FCF for companies in the Total Stock Market. The average FCF of the companies is $ 28.75M with a standard deviation of $ 117.92M.
The following table provides additional summary stats:
FCF in the Market:
filtered constituents3.3K
min$ -356.66M
max$ 390M
average$ 28.75M
median$ 461K
std$ 117.92M