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Nkarta (NKTX) Competitors

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$2.21 -0.10 (-4.33%)
As of 01/14/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

NKTX vs. CGEM, PHAR, ABUS, EOLS, IMNM, AUTL, LENZ, ERAS, ORIC, and VECT

Should you be buying Nkarta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nkarta include Cullinan Therapeutics (CGEM), Pharming Group (PHAR), Arbutus Biopharma (ABUS), Evolus (EOLS), Immunome (IMNM), Autolus Therapeutics (AUTL), LENZ Therapeutics (LENZ), Erasca (ERAS), ORIC Pharmaceuticals (ORIC), and VectivBio (VECT). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Nkarta vs.

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

Cullinan Therapeutics' return on equity of -26.54% beat Nkarta's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cullinan TherapeuticsN/A -26.54% -25.32%
Nkarta N/A -27.13%-21.67%

Nkarta received 18 more outperform votes than Cullinan Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.35% of users gave Cullinan Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 76.92% of users gave Nkarta an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cullinan TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
42
82.35%
Underperform Votes
9
17.65%
NkartaOutperform Votes
60
76.92%
Underperform Votes
18
23.08%

Cullinan Therapeutics has a beta of -0.14, suggesting that its share price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nkarta has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Cullinan Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $31.67, indicating a potential upside of 216.35%. Nkarta has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 578.73%. Given Nkarta's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nkarta is more favorable than Cullinan Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cullinan Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 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

Nkarta has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cullinan Therapeutics. Cullinan Therapeutics 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
Cullinan Therapeutics$18.94M30.77-$153.16M-$2.84-3.52
NkartaN/AN/A-$117.50M-$1.88-1.18

In the previous week, Cullinan Therapeutics had 4 more articles in the media than Nkarta. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cullinan Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Nkarta. Nkarta's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Cullinan Therapeutics' score of 1.03 indicating that Nkarta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cullinan Therapeutics Positive
Nkarta Very Positive

86.3% of Cullinan Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Nkarta shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Cullinan Therapeutics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Nkarta shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Nkarta beats Cullinan Therapeutics on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NKTX vs. The Competition

MetricNkartaPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$155.96M$6.54B$5.25B$8.80B
Dividend YieldN/A2.91%5.07%4.00%
P/E Ratio-1.1810.2185.9016.96
Price / SalesN/A201.231,085.59118.01
Price / CashN/A57.6743.2137.77
Price / Book0.404.885.044.89
Net Income-$117.50M$154.38M$122.32M$228.40M
7 Day Performance-7.53%-5.11%-2.79%-1.79%
1 Month Performance-5.56%-3.16%-0.99%0.03%
1 Year Performance-75.20%-4.64%23.59%13.56%

Nkarta Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NKTX
Nkarta
2.2567 of 5 stars
$2.21
-4.3%
$15.00
+578.7%
-75.2%$155.96MN/A-1.18140Positive News
CGEM
Cullinan Therapeutics
2.5117 of 5 stars
$10.85
-3.0%
$31.67
+191.9%
-5.5%$631.77M$18.94M-3.8230Positive News
PHAR
Pharming Group
2.4722 of 5 stars
$9.14
-5.9%
$27.00
+195.4%
-23.0%$620.01M$285.75M-35.15280Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
ABUS
Arbutus Biopharma
2.5418 of 5 stars
$3.26
-0.9%
$5.50
+68.7%
+37.7%$617.74M$6.74M-7.5873News Coverage
EOLS
Evolus
3.9625 of 5 stars
$9.71
-2.9%
$23.00
+136.9%
-10.2%$614.85M$248.33M-10.67170News Coverage
IMNM
Immunome
1.5821 of 5 stars
$9.84
-7.2%
$28.83
+193.0%
-28.7%$614.18M$10.13M-1.2140Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
AUTL
Autolus Therapeutics
3.0891 of 5 stars
$2.30
-2.5%
$10.40
+352.2%
-69.3%$612.02M$10.09M-1.90330Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
LENZ
LENZ Therapeutics
1.9982 of 5 stars
$22.24
-4.2%
$35.40
+59.2%
N/A$611.62MN/A0.00110Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
ERAS
Erasca
2.7406 of 5 stars
$2.15
-9.3%
$5.70
+165.1%
-0.5%$607.86MN/A-2.59126
ORIC
ORIC Pharmaceuticals
3.6075 of 5 stars
$8.41
+5.7%
$18.29
+117.4%
+15.2%$593.47MN/A-4.6780Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
VECT
VectivBio
N/A$16.85
flat
N/AN/A$573.24M$27.34M0.0030

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This page (NASDAQ:NKTX) was last updated on 1/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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