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NKTX vs. PHAR, CGEM, SEPN, MAZE, VALN, STOK, CMPX, XERS, MGTX, and HUMA

Should you be buying Nkarta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nkarta include Pharming Group (PHAR), Cullinan Therapeutics (CGEM), Septerna (SEPN), Maze Therapeutics (MAZE), Valneva (VALN), Stoke Therapeutics (STOK), Compass Therapeutics (CMPX), Xeris Biopharma (XERS), MeiraGTx (MGTX), and Humacyte (HUMA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Nkarta vs.

Pharming Group (NASDAQ:PHAR) and Nkarta (NASDAQ:NKTX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

In the previous week, Nkarta had 8 more articles in the media than Pharming Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Nkarta and 0 mentions for Pharming Group. Nkarta's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Pharming Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Nkarta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Pharming Group Neutral
Nkarta Positive

Nkarta received 40 more outperform votes than Pharming Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.92% of users gave Nkarta an outperform vote while only 64.52% of users gave Pharming Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Pharming GroupOutperform Votes
20
64.52%
Underperform Votes
11
35.48%
NkartaOutperform Votes
60
76.92%
Underperform Votes
18
23.08%

Pharming Group has a beta of -0.1, suggesting that its stock price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nkarta has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Pharming Group has higher revenue and earnings than Nkarta. Pharming Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nkarta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pharming Group$245.32M2.54-$10.55M-$0.26-35.17
NkartaN/AN/A-$117.50M-$1.88-1.11

0.0% of Pharming Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Nkarta shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Pharming Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Nkarta shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Nkarta has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Pharming Group's net margin of -6.09%. Pharming Group's return on equity of -7.65% beat Nkarta's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pharming Group-6.09% -7.65% -3.82%
Nkarta N/A -27.13%-21.67%

Pharming Group presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 195.24%. Nkarta has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 619.42%. Given Nkarta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nkarta is more favorable than Pharming Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pharming Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Nkarta
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.29

Summary

Nkarta beats Pharming Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NKTX vs. The Competition

MetricNkartaPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$147.14M$7.05B$5.81B$9.13B
Dividend YieldN/A2.87%4.78%3.85%
P/E Ratio-1.115.9925.9319.18
Price / SalesN/A324.61463.3381.20
Price / CashN/A67.8344.0437.47
Price / Book0.386.827.714.77
Net Income-$117.50M$138.11M$3.18B$245.80M
7 Day Performance-5.66%-0.60%-0.52%-0.80%
1 Month Performance-14.55%-0.08%1.71%-0.44%
1 Year Performance-78.12%-2.10%18.52%16.44%

Nkarta Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NKTX
Nkarta
2.6716 of 5 stars
$2.09
-3.0%
$15.00
+619.4%
-79.2%$147.14MN/A-1.11140Positive News
PHAR
Pharming Group
2.316 of 5 stars
$8.66
-1.4%
$27.00
+211.8%
-18.7%$589.14M$245.32M-33.31280
CGEM
Cullinan Therapeutics
2.3941 of 5 stars
$10.12
-0.9%
$32.50
+221.1%
-47.4%$588.41MN/A-3.5630
SEPN
Septerna
N/A$13.04
-0.4%
$43.67
+235.0%
N/A$578.98MN/A0.00N/AAnalyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
MAZE
Maze Therapeutics
N/A$12.90
-3.6%
N/AN/A$564.76MN/A0.00121
VALN
Valneva
2.2661 of 5 stars
$6.88
+6.3%
$17.50
+154.4%
+9.6%$559.07M$165.52M-52.92700Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
STOK
Stoke Therapeutics
3.763 of 5 stars
$10.30
-9.2%
$21.29
+106.6%
+62.5%$547.82M$8.78M-4.92100Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CMPX
Compass Therapeutics
3.3795 of 5 stars
$3.89
+11.2%
$11.80
+203.2%
+67.3%$535.91MN/A-10.5320Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
XERS
Xeris Biopharma
3.7967 of 5 stars
$3.56
+0.1%
$5.15
+44.9%
+25.6%$529.98M$163.91M-7.90290News Coverage
MGTX
MeiraGTx
3.943 of 5 stars
$6.68
-1.9%
$23.50
+251.8%
+15.8%$521.26M$14.02M-5.51300
HUMA
Humacyte
3.1875 of 5 stars
$4.13
-0.6%
$13.71
+232.5%
-22.5%$519.17M$1.57M-3.08150Short Interest ↓
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NKTX) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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