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AKBA — Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.

US Healthcare Pharma & biotech equity mkt cap 251.2M
0.91 -1.39% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 0.84 · high 3.19

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Performance

1 day-1.39%
1 week+3.87%
1 month-25.69%
3 months-11.12%
6 months-23.17%
Year to date-41.51%
1 year-70.94%
3 years-28.05%
5 years-64.02%

Technicals

RSI 1419.6
vs 50-day avg-20.60%
vs 200-day avg-32.38%
Volatility 1y76.8%
Max drawdown 1y-73.54%
Avg volume 30d4.4M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Measured signals that fired on AKBA

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-17Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-07Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-06Butler John P.
CEO and President
Option exercise350.0K0.63220.5K
2026-06-29Ostrowski Erik
SVP, CFO, CBO & Treasurer
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan56.0K1.1162.2K
2026-06-17Smith Cynthia
Director
Grant or award35.7K0.000
2026-06-17ADAMS ADRIAN
Director
Grant or award35.7K0.000
2026-06-17ZUMWALT LEANNE M
Director
Grant or award35.7K0.000
2026-06-17Wolf Myles
Director
Grant or award35.7K0.000
2026-06-17ROGERS MICHAEL W
Director
Grant or award35.7K0.000
2026-06-17FRIESON RON
Director
Grant or award35.7K0.000
2026-03-04Butler John P.
CEO and President
Open-market purchase69.3K1.2586.6K
2026-02-02Butler John P.
CEO and President
Grant or award 10b5-1 plan175.2K1.41247.1K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.26.0M18.7M
STATE STREET CORP16.1M11.6M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC15.5M11.2M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC9.0M6.5M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC5.0M3.6M
CITIGROUP INC4.0M2.9M
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/3.8M2.8M
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd3.3M2.4M
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC3.3M2.4M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC3.1M2.2M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d53.2% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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