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NKTX vs. ZVRA, DNA, ORKA, PRTC, SLDB, GLUE, ERAS, MREO, SNDL, and TRDA

Should you be buying Nkarta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nkarta include Zevra Therapeutics (ZVRA), Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA), Oruka Therapeutics (ORKA), PureTech Health (PRTC), Solid Biosciences (SLDB), Monte Rosa Therapeutics (GLUE), Erasca (ERAS), Mereo BioPharma Group (MREO), SNDL (SNDL), and Entrada Therapeutics (TRDA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Nkarta vs.

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

Nkarta has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Zevra Therapeutics' net margin of -342.63%. Nkarta's return on equity of -27.13% beat Zevra Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zevra Therapeutics-342.63% -159.54% -51.50%
Nkarta N/A -27.13%-21.67%

Nkarta received 24 more outperform votes than Zevra Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 94.74% of users gave Zevra Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 76.92% of users gave Nkarta an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Zevra TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
36
94.74%
Underperform Votes
2
5.26%
NkartaOutperform Votes
60
76.92%
Underperform Votes
18
23.08%

Zevra Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Nkarta. Zevra 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
Zevra Therapeutics$23.61M18.68-$46.05M-$2.24-3.64
NkartaN/AN/A-$117.50M-$1.88-0.76

In the previous week, Zevra Therapeutics had 7 more articles in the media than Nkarta. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Zevra Therapeutics and 1 mentions for Nkarta. Zevra Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Nkarta's score of -0.67 indicating that Zevra Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Zevra Therapeutics Neutral
Nkarta Negative

35.0% of Zevra Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Nkarta shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Zevra Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Nkarta shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Zevra Therapeutics has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nkarta has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Zevra Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $22.29, indicating a potential upside of 173.44%. Nkarta has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 948.95%. Given Nkarta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nkarta is more favorable than Zevra Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zevra Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11
Nkarta
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.29

Summary

Nkarta beats Zevra Therapeutics on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NKTX vs. The Competition

MetricNkartaPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$100.91M$6.99B$5.68B$8.32B
Dividend YieldN/A2.72%4.55%4.02%
P/E Ratio-0.767.2324.5519.25
Price / SalesN/A230.77395.7294.09
Price / CashN/A65.6738.1634.64
Price / Book0.266.617.064.46
Net Income-$117.50M$142.13M$3.19B$247.07M
7 Day Performance-6.54%2.79%1.49%3.05%
1 Month Performance-23.94%2.70%5.87%-2.85%
1 Year Performance-86.37%-4.42%14.94%4.63%

Nkarta Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NKTX
Nkarta
2.2972 of 5 stars
$1.43
-7.7%
$15.00
+949.0%
-86.4%$100.91MN/A-0.76140Upcoming Earnings
ZVRA
Zevra Therapeutics
2.7885 of 5 stars
$8.35
+0.5%
$22.14
+165.2%
+44.5%$451.87M$23.61M-4.2420
DNA
Ginkgo Bioworks
0.5417 of 5 stars
$7.79
+11.7%
$4.58
-41.2%
N/A$451.80M$227.04M-0.601,218
ORKA
Oruka Therapeutics
3.2008 of 5 stars
$11.89
+7.2%
$39.86
+235.2%
N/A$445.17MN/A-1.90N/APositive News
PRTC
PureTech Health
2.0733 of 5 stars
$17.99
+3.1%
$45.00
+150.2%
-40.7%$430.65M$3.33M0.00100News Coverage
SLDB
Solid Biosciences
3.4174 of 5 stars
$5.36
+5.3%
$15.67
+192.3%
-66.9%$415.36M$8.09M-1.76100
GLUE
Monte Rosa Therapeutics
2.3794 of 5 stars
$6.73
+7.3%
$15.25
+126.6%
-33.0%$413.47M$14.98M-3.6890Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
ERAS
Erasca
2.8866 of 5 stars
$1.46
+1.4%
$4.90
+235.6%
-28.5%$412.78MN/A-1.76120Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MREO
Mereo BioPharma Group
2.5106 of 5 stars
$2.63
+0.4%
$7.83
+197.8%
-20.9%$408.03M$1M0.0040Earnings Report
Positive News
SNDL
SNDL
2.8812 of 5 stars
$1.55
+2.6%
$3.25
+109.7%
-11.0%$407.30M$911.22M-5.002,516
TRDA
Entrada Therapeutics
2.8469 of 5 stars
$10.81
flat
$25.67
+137.4%
-23.9%$406.40M$210.78M6.80110
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This page (NASDAQ:NKTX) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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