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NantKwest (NK) Competitors

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NK vs. PGEN, ZIOP, CLLS, BLUE, APGE, BEAM, TARS, RXRX, IMCR, and NMRA

Should you be buying NantKwest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NantKwest include Precigen (PGEN), ZIOPHARM Oncology (ZIOP), Cellectis (CLLS), bluebird bio (BLUE), Apogee Therapeutics (APGE), Beam Therapeutics (BEAM), Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (TARS), Recursion Pharmaceuticals (RXRX), Immunocore (IMCR), and Neumora Therapeutics (NMRA). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

NantKwest vs.

Precigen (NASDAQ:PGEN) and NantKwest (NASDAQ:NK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Precigen has a net margin of -3,521.68% compared to NantKwest's net margin of -76,658.58%. NantKwest's return on equity of -56.06% beat Precigen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Precigen-3,521.68% -123.06% -87.33%
NantKwest -76,658.58%-56.06%-46.93%

Precigen has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NantKwest has a beta of 2.61, indicating that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.

NantKwest has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Precigen. NantKwest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Precigen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Precigen$6.22M39.82-$95.90M-$0.55-1.54
NantKwest$40K13,326.42-$65.79M-$0.70-6.96

Precigen currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 727.81%. Given Precigen's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Precigen is more favorable than NantKwest.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Precigen
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
NantKwest
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

33.5% of Precigen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.4% of NantKwest shares are held by institutional investors. 44.9% of Precigen shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.7% of NantKwest shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Precigen received 161 more outperform votes than NantKwest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.29% of users gave Precigen an outperform vote while only 51.12% of users gave NantKwest an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PrecigenOutperform Votes
434
67.29%
Underperform Votes
211
32.71%
NantKwestOutperform Votes
273
51.12%
Underperform Votes
261
48.88%

In the previous week, Precigen had 14 more articles in the media than NantKwest. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Precigen and 0 mentions for NantKwest. NantKwest's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Precigen's score of -0.01 indicating that NantKwest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Precigen Neutral
NantKwest Neutral

Summary

Precigen beats NantKwest on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NK vs. The Competition

MetricNantKwestBiological Products, Except Diagnostic IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$533.06M$2.93B$5.07B$8.90B
Dividend YieldN/A1.91%4.99%4.07%
P/E Ratio-6.8716.1687.8613.46
Price / Sales13,326.42282.771,228.8287.66
Price / CashN/A169.3839.5136.27
Price / Book3.964.436.946.30
Net Income-$65.79M-$41.63M$119.12M$225.93M

NantKwest Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NK
NantKwest
N/A$4.88
-8.8%
N/A+20.4%$533.06M$40,000.00-6.87160Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
PGEN
Precigen
3.7724 of 5 stars
$0.88
+5.7%
$7.00
+691.9%
-30.9%$258.90M$6.22M0.00202Analyst Revision
ZIOP
ZIOPHARM Oncology
N/AN/AN/AN/A$187.12MN/A-2.01105Analyst Forecast
CLLS
Cellectis
2.4726 of 5 stars
$1.83
-4.2%
$7.00
+282.5%
-38.4%$101.71M$9.19M0.00290Analyst Forecast
BLUE
bluebird bio
2.4743 of 5 stars
$0.29
-2.7%
$3.03
+925.8%
-92.1%$57.34M$29.50M-0.16323Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
APGE
Apogee Therapeutics
2.4639 of 5 stars
$44.30
-1.6%
$78.50
+77.2%
+149.9%$1.99BN/A0.0091
BEAM
Beam Therapeutics
2.9285 of 5 stars
$23.64
-3.5%
$44.91
+90.0%
-20.4%$1.96B$377.71M-13.91461
TARS
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
1.8691 of 5 stars
$45.97
-1.3%
$54.20
+17.9%
+166.2%$1.76B$17.45M-12.2350Analyst Revision
RXRX
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
2.0056 of 5 stars
$5.74
-5.0%
$9.25
+61.1%
-12.0%$1.65B$44.58M0.00400Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
IMCR
Immunocore
3.012 of 5 stars
$32.50
+0.2%
$69.18
+112.9%
-28.7%$1.63B$249.43M-33.96497Positive News
NMRA
Neumora Therapeutics
1.5781 of 5 stars
$9.86
+0.7%
$21.67
+119.7%
-17.4%$1.59BN/A0.00108

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This page (NASDAQ:NK) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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