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Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR) announced that its Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock...

Published: Jul 24, 2026   |  Read Original Article ↗

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  • Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR) announced that its Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock options to purchase aggregate of 36,000 shares of its common stock to twenty-three newly-hired employees under Nektar's 2025 Inducement Plan.
  • The stock options have an exercise price per share equal to $64.84 equal to the closing price of Nektar common stock on July 20, 2026, with the stock options having an eight-year term and will vest over four years with 1/4th of the shares vesting on the one-year anniversary of employee's grant date and 1/48th of shares monthly thereafter over the next three years subject to each employee's continued employment with Nektar on such vesting dates.
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Growth Stock Metric Rating
NKTR Rating
47.0
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Growth Stock Scoring Breakdown

METRIC VALUE WEIGHT ANALYSIS
Sales Growth TTM ? -36.2% 25% 0.0 ptsDeclining (-36.2%) - NOT a growth stock
EPS Growth Next 5Y ? -3.6% 25% 0.0 ptsNegative (-3.6%) - Declining expectations
Target Price Upside ? 116.7% 20% 100.0 ptsMassive Upside (116.7%) - Target: $153.22 vs Current: $70.72
Gross Margin % ? 98.7% 15% 100.0 ptsExceptional (98.7%) - Strong pricing power
Drawdown from 52-Wk High ? -35.1% 15% 80.0 ptsSolid Dip (-35.1%) - Good entry zone
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About NKTR

Healthcare Biotechnology 63 employees San Francisco, CA, United States
  • Nektar Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering and developing medicines in the field of immunotherapy in the United States and internationally.
  • It develops rezpegaldesleukin, which is in Phase 2b to treat underlying immune system imbalance in people with autoimmune disorders and inflammatory diseases; NKTR-0165 to treat ulcerative colitis, vitiligo, and multiple sclerosis; NKTR-0166 to treat autoimmune disease; NKTR-422 to treat fibrotic diseases; and NKTR-255 to treat solid tumors and large b-cell lymphoma.
  • It has collaboration agreements with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.; AstraZeneca AB; UCB Pharma; F.
  • Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd; Bausch Health Companies Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; UCB Pharma (Biogen); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; and Merck KGaA.
  • The company was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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