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AKTX vs. EDIT, ADAP, SLN, SGMT, COYA, NKTX, DERM, FATE, ELUT, and KYTX

Should you be buying Akari Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Akari Therapeutics include Editas Medicine (EDIT), Adaptimmune Therapeutics (ADAP), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), Sagimet Biosciences (SGMT), Coya Therapeutics (COYA), Nkarta (NKTX), Journey Medical (DERM), Fate Therapeutics (FATE), Elutia (ELUT), and Kyverna Therapeutics (KYTX). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Akari Therapeutics vs.

Akari Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKTX) and Editas Medicine (NASDAQ:EDIT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

In the previous week, Editas Medicine had 3 more articles in the media than Akari Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Editas Medicine and 3 mentions for Akari Therapeutics. Editas Medicine's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Akari Therapeutics' score of 0.15 indicating that Editas Medicine is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Akari Therapeutics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Editas Medicine
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Editas Medicine has a consensus target price of $6.83, suggesting a potential upside of 425.64%. Given Editas Medicine's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Editas Medicine is more favorable than Akari Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Akari Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Editas Medicine
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.07

Akari Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Editas Medicine's net margin of -340.96%. Akari Therapeutics' return on equity of 0.00% beat Editas Medicine's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Akari TherapeuticsN/A N/A N/A
Editas Medicine -340.96%-80.13%-50.99%

Akari Therapeutics has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Editas Medicine has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Akari Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Editas Medicine.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Akari TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$10.01MN/AN/A
Editas Medicine$32.31M3.34-$153.22M-$2.88-0.45

Editas Medicine received 51 more outperform votes than Akari Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.23% of users gave Editas Medicine an outperform vote while only 50.19% of users gave Akari Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Akari TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
262
50.19%
Underperform Votes
260
49.81%
Editas MedicineOutperform Votes
313
53.23%
Underperform Votes
275
46.77%

5.1% of Akari Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.9% of Editas Medicine shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.9% of Akari Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Editas Medicine shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Editas Medicine beats Akari Therapeutics on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AKTX vs. The Competition

MetricAkari TherapeuticsPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$34.57M$6.91B$5.64B$8.06B
Dividend YieldN/A2.73%4.57%4.01%
P/E RatioN/A7.2023.1319.03
Price / SalesN/A226.01383.8993.17
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1634.64
Price / Book-43.336.476.944.33
Net Income-$10.01M$141.90M$3.20B$247.06M
7 Day Performance-15.03%-3.20%-2.32%-0.37%
1 Month Performance49.43%-5.64%2.84%-3.85%
1 Year Performance-29.73%-7.47%10.75%1.27%

Akari Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AKTX
Akari Therapeutics
N/A$1.30
-0.4%
N/A-27.8%$34.57MN/A0.009Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
EDIT
Editas Medicine
4.0563 of 5 stars
$1.41
-3.4%
$6.83
+384.6%
-82.5%$117.00M$32.31M-0.55230
ADAP
Adaptimmune Therapeutics
2.6562 of 5 stars
$0.46
+1.4%
$2.79
+510.4%
-86.1%$116.86M$175.04M-2.08490Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
SLN
Silence Therapeutics
2.2141 of 5 stars
$3.90
-0.3%
$40.67
+942.7%
-83.1%$116.73M$43.26M-2.48100Positive News
SGMT
Sagimet Biosciences
2.7919 of 5 stars
$3.78
+1.1%
$23.00
+508.5%
-34.4%$115.95M$2M-2.648Short Interest ↓
COYA
Coya Therapeutics
2.1954 of 5 stars
$6.85
+5.5%
$16.25
+137.2%
-28.6%$114.44M$9.55M-10.546Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
NKTX
Nkarta
2.9035 of 5 stars
$1.62
-2.4%
$15.00
+825.9%
-82.2%$114.32MN/A-0.86140Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
DERM
Journey Medical
2.5762 of 5 stars
$5.31
+1.1%
$9.67
+82.0%
+52.2%$110.93M$57.77M-5.6590Earnings Report
FATE
Fate Therapeutics
3.9505 of 5 stars
$0.97
+2.6%
$5.50
+469.2%
-88.0%$110.74M$13.63M-0.59550Positive News
ELUT
Elutia
3.9503 of 5 stars
$3.20
+0.6%
$9.00
+181.3%
-16.4%$110.60M$24.38M-1.23180Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Up
KYTX
Kyverna Therapeutics
1.4584 of 5 stars
$2.54
+1.6%
$18.40
+624.4%
-90.2%$109.66M$7.03M0.0096Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Up
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This page (NASDAQ:AKTX) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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