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Lakefront Biotherapeutics NV (LKFT)

Healthcare | Biotechnology | Mechelen, Belgium | NasdaqGS
28.35 USD +0.03 (0.106%) ⇧ (May 29, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 28.35

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | May 25, 2026, 3:48 a.m. EDT

The investment case here is fundamentally broken by a massive contraction in business scale. While the balance sheet appears pristine with negligible debt and a fortress-like current ratio, the company is hemorrhaging revenue, which has plummeted by nearly 92% year-over-year. This collapse in top-line growth is the primary driver for the low ratings; without a viable path to restoring demand, the impressive cash reserves will eventually deplete, turning this into a classic value trap where the cheap price reflects a dying business rather than a bargain. The stock is trading at a low P/E simply because earnings are shrinking so fast, masking the reality that the core product or market is failing. On the short end, the lack of meaningful options flow and the weak statistical forecast suggest no immediate catalyst to reverse this trend, leaving the stock stuck in a downtrend defined by deteriorating fundamentals.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.129547
AutoTheta0.134573
AutoETS0.135006
AutoARIMA0.135008

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 46%
H-stat 6.82
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.126
Excess Kurtosis -0.57
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Debt to Equity Ratio 0.198
Revenue per Share 0.79185
Market Cap 1,868,182,016
Trailing P/E 3.29
Forward P/E -9.44
Beta 0.12
Profit Margins 46.83%
Previous Name Galapagos NV
Website https://lakefrontbio.com

As of May 25, 2026, 3:48 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with significant open interest in ATM puts expiring in June, suggesting a fear of downside volatility. Conversely, call activity is sparse and concentrated in October strikes above the current price, indicating limited near-term bullish conviction despite the low implied volatility environment.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.015299022
Address1 SchaliEnhoevedreef 20 T
All Time High 274.03
All Time Low 12.91
Ask 28.39
Ask Size 1
Average Analyst Rating 3.5 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 145,520
Average Daily Volume3 Month 165,969
Average Volume 165,969
Average Volume10Days 145,520
Beta 0.115
Bid 28.53
Bid Size 1
City Mechelen
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country Belgium
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 28.35
Current Ratio 30.478
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,778,803,200
Day High 28.69
Day Low 28.18
Debt To Equity 0.198
Display Name Lakefront Biotherapeutics
Ebitda 662,956,480
Ebitda Margins 0.63517
Enterprise To Ebitda -1.674
Enterprise To Revenue -1.063
Enterprise Value -1,109,600,000
Eps Current Year -2.295
Eps Forward -3.0022705
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 8.62
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 32 1 534 29 01
Fifty Day Average 28.784
Fifty Day Average Change -0.43400002
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.015077821
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -1.5299022
Fifty Two Week High 37.78
Fifty Two Week High Change -9.429998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.24960293
Fifty Two Week Low 26.42
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.9300003
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.07305073
Fifty Two Week Range 26.42 - 37.78
Financial Currency EUR
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,330,353,000,000
Float Shares 44,538,512
Forward Eps -3.0022705
Forward P E -9.442854
Free Cashflow 210,970,496
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.68533
Gross Profits 715,315,008
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.25354
Held Percent Institutions 0.22670999
Implied Shares Outstanding 65,897,071
Industry Biotechnology
Industry Disp Biotechnology
Industry Key biotechnology
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Lakefront Biotherapeutics NV, a biotechnology company, develops medicines focusing on oncology and immunology primarily in the United States and Europe. The company's pipeline products comprise GLPG3667, which is in a phase 2 clinical trial in dermatomyositis and systemic lupus erythematosus; GLPG5101, a CD19 CAR-T product candidate manufactured at point-of-care, currently in a phase 1/2 trial in relapsed/refractory non-hodgkin lymphoma; and GLPG5301, a BCMA CAR-T product candidate manufactured at point-of-care, currently in phase 1/2 in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. The company has collaboration agreements with Gilead Sciences, Inc. The company was formerly known as Galapagos NV and changed its name to Lakefront Biotherapeutics NV in May 2026. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Mechelen, Belgium.
Long Name Lakefront Biotherapeutics NV
Market us_market
Market Cap 1,868,182,016
Market State POST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1716658
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Name Change Date 2,026-05-29
Net Income To Common 487,931,008
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,846,497,501
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 28.25
Operating Cashflow -301,599,008
Operating Margins -9.82919
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 32 1 534 29 00
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 28.35
Post Market Time 1,780,085,405
Prev Name Galapagos NV
Previous Close 28.32
Price Eps Current Year -12.352941
Price Hint 2
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.7898716
Profit Margins 0.46828997
Quick Ratio 30.235
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.5
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.030000687
Regular Market Change Percent 0.10593463
Regular Market Day High 28.69
Regular Market Day Low 28.18
Regular Market Day Range 28.18 - 28.69
Regular Market Open 28.25
Regular Market Previous Close 28.32
Regular Market Price 28.35
Regular Market Time 1,780,084,801
Regular Market Volume 117,359
Return On Assets 0.10655
Return On Equity 0.16261
Revenue Growth -0.914
Revenue Per Share 0.79185
Sand P52 Week Change 0.2794361
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Shares Outstanding 65,897,071
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.024300002
Shares Short 1,602,902
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,774,915,200
Shares Short Prior Month 1,096,114
Short Name Lakefront Biotherapeutics
Short Percent Of Float 0.0396
Short Ratio 10.53
Source Interval 15
Symbol LKFT
Target High Price 27.777779
Target Low Price 19.062609
Target Mean Price 23.420193
Target Median Price 23.420193
Total Cash 2,982,240,000
Total Cash Per Share 45.256
Total Debt 6,435,000
Total Revenue 1,043,752,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 8.62
Trailing P E 3.2888632
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 31.78825
Two Hundred Day Average Change -3.4382496
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.108161025
Type Disp Equity
Volume 117,359
Website https://lakefrontbio.com
Zip 2,800