Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) stock

Market cap $1.6B

$39.91
-5.47%

Market closed. Prices as of today's close.

Quality Score
-10
Poor
In its industry
#299of 300

NKTR's Quality Score fell 1 point on Tue, Oct 6, to -10. Its range widened again.

NextEarly 2027“Phase 3 ZENITH AA study to initiate in early 2027”Trial start · 8-K, Oct 1
Cash$684M, about 11 quarters (3 years) at the last year's spendingOn Jun 30

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Holding it back

Sales down 40%, $92.1M → $55.2M in 3 years.

4 more reasons behind NKTR's -10, for Pro members

Cash$684M, about 11 quarters (3 years) at the last year's spendingOn Jun 30

What's next for NKTR, and how long its cash lasts

From Nektar Therapeutics’s SEC filings and ClinicalTrials.gov: the company’s own words, the registry’s dates, and arithmetic, not a forecast. Companies often miss their own dates.

Next step the company has named

Early 2027“Phase 3 ZENITH AA study to initiate in early 2027”Trial start · 8-K, Oct 1

What it means: when a trial begins, or reaches the stage the company named.

A trial underway
ZENITH AD-1Phase 3 · Recruiting · 510 people · main data estimated May 2028 · NCT07690371

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Cash runway Jun 30 balance sheet

About 11 quarters

$684M in cash and short-term investments, at its spending over the last year

What it means: how long the cash would last at the same pace, before any new money.

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Dilution on the horizon

  • Shelf registration (S-3ASR, filed Nov 12, 2025)
  • At-the-market share sales program (424B5, filed May 8, 2026)

A shelf lets a company sell shares later; an at-the-market program sells them into the market over time. Neither is a sale by itself.

For Pro members: 5 raises and their amounts, and the share count against a year ago.

Insiders

Chief R&D Officer Jonathan Zalevsky sold 186 shares on Aug 18. 9 more insider trades this year.

From their own Form 4 filings: buys and sales in the market, not awards or shares withheld for tax.

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FDA dates in the next 60 days

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Why NKTR is down

Nektar Therapeutics fell 22.4% on Oct 1; it filed an 8-K (items 7.01, 9.01) that day.

The SEC accepted its 8-K (items 7.01, 9.01) on Oct 1 at 7:57 AM ET, before the open.

Sources: Price history, Oct 1, 2026; 8-K filing, Oct 1, 2026

−2Long-term trend below a falling 200-day average, down over one year

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What's next

Expected to report Thu Nov 12, after the close

After its last 4 reports it closed 0.0% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.

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Nothing is firing on NKTR right now

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  • RSI 1419.8

    Below 30.

  • MACD (12, 26, 9)Below signal

    Crossed below its signal line 35 sessions ago.

  • The price is 41.5% below it.

  • The price is 38.9% below it. The 50-day is above the 200-day, since Jul 16, 2025.

  • ADX 1432.8

    25 or more, with +DI below -DI.

  • Support$34.34

    Swing low from Jan 15, 14.0% below the price.

  • Swing high from Jan 6, 13.6% above the price.

  • The bands run from $40.85 to $79.80.

  • Volume1.0x

    Against its 20-day average, for the time of day.

How NKTR ranks in Biotech

NKTR is #299 of 300 by Quality Score. The top three are shown with their scores, and more by name.

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When does NKTR report earnings, and what happens after?

Expected to report Thu Nov 12, after the close (in 37 days). Not yet confirmed by the company.

ReportedGapReaction5 sessions
Aug 13, 2026After close-2.5%-3.8%-1.8%
May 7, 2026After close+1.9%-1.8%-10.8%
Mar 12, 2026After close+3.2%+4.1%+6.4%
Nov 6, 2025After close+1.6%+1.5%-2.1%

The gap is the next open against the close before the report; the reaction is where that session closed. NKTR closed higher after 2 of its last 4. Past behavior, not a forecast.

Report dates and past reactions come from sessions that have already closed, so none of these figures move.

Who is trading NKTR

NKTR insider trades

2 insiders sold $43K across 2 filings in the last 6 months. No open-⁠market buys on record. The newest:

SellHoward W. Robin$30KPresident & CEOat $71.98 on Aug 18, filed Aug 20
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About Nektar Therapeutics

Nektar Therapeutics is a clinical-stage, research-based biopharmaceutical company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and incorporated in Delaware, focused on discovering and developing medicines in the field of immunotherapy. The Company directs its efforts toward creating immunomodulatory agents that selectively induce, amplify, attenuate, or prevent immune responses to achieve desired therapeutic outcomes. Its pipeline of clinical-stage and preclinical-stage immunomodulatory agents targets the treatment of autoimmune diseases, including rezpegaldesleukin, NKTR-0165, NKTR-0166, and NKTR-422, as well as cancer, including NKTR-255.

63 employeesSan Francisco, CAnektar.com

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BreakawayAug 20Howard W. Robin sold NKTR$30K at $71.98, filed Aug 20

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