NKTX vs. FATE, PHAT, NK, ARQT, ANIP, AKRO, MNKD, MIRM, PRTA, and CALT
Should you be buying Nkarta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nkarta include Fate Therapeutics (FATE), Phathom Pharmaceuticals (PHAT), NantKwest (NK), Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT), ANI Pharmaceuticals (ANIP), Akero Therapeutics (AKRO), MannKind (MNKD), Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM), Prothena (PRTA), and Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (CALT). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Nkarta (NASDAQ:NKTX) and Fate Therapeutics (NASDAQ:FATE) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Nkarta has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fate Therapeutics. Nkarta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fate Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nkarta has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fate Therapeutics has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.5% of Nkarta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Fate Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Nkarta shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Fate Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Fate Therapeutics had 4 more articles in the media than Nkarta. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fate Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Nkarta. Nkarta's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Fate Therapeutics' score of 1.37 indicating that Nkarta is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nkarta has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Fate Therapeutics' net margin of -2,933.79%. Nkarta's return on equity of -34.13% beat Fate Therapeutics' return on equity.
Nkarta presently has a consensus target price of $17.83, indicating a potential upside of 167.77%. Fate Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $6.58, indicating a potential upside of 79.38%. Given Nkarta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nkarta is more favorable than Fate Therapeutics.
Fate Therapeutics received 431 more outperform votes than Nkarta when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave Nkarta an outperform vote while only 68.62% of users gave Fate Therapeutics an outperform vote.
Summary
Nkarta beats Fate Therapeutics on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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