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$2.84 -0.19 (-6.27%)
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NKTX vs. KURA, EOLS, RAPP, PRTA, TYRA, CRGX, AVXL, CRON, RLAY, and CGEM

Should you be buying Nkarta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nkarta include Kura Oncology (KURA), Evolus (EOLS), Rapport Therapeutics (RAPP), Prothena (PRTA), Tyra Biosciences (TYRA), CARGO Therapeutics (CRGX), Anavex Life Sciences (AVXL), Cronos Group (CRON), Relay Therapeutics (RLAY), and Cullinan Therapeutics (CGEM). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Nkarta vs.

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

Kura Oncology currently has a consensus price target of $29.38, suggesting a potential upside of 162.28%. Nkarta has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 395.05%. Given Nkarta's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nkarta is more favorable than Kura Oncology.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kura Oncology
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 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

Kura Oncology has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nkarta has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

80.5% of Nkarta shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Kura Oncology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Nkarta shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Kura Oncology 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
Kura OncologyN/AN/A-$152.63M-$2.36-4.75
NkartaN/AN/A-$117.50M-$1.88-1.61

Kura Oncology received 364 more outperform votes than Nkarta when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.92% of users gave Nkarta an outperform vote while only 69.51% of users gave Kura Oncology an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kura OncologyOutperform Votes
424
69.51%
Underperform Votes
186
30.49%
NkartaOutperform Votes
60
76.92%
Underperform Votes
18
23.08%

Nkarta's return on equity of -27.13% beat Kura Oncology's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kura OncologyN/A -44.09% -39.57%
Nkarta N/A -27.13%-21.67%

In the previous week, Kura Oncology had 1 more articles in the media than Nkarta. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Kura Oncology and 8 mentions for Nkarta. Nkarta's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Kura Oncology's score of 0.64 indicating that Nkarta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kura Oncology
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nkarta
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Nkarta beats Kura Oncology on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NKTX vs. The Competition

MetricNkartaPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$213.82M$7.05B$5.36B$8.94B
Dividend YieldN/A7.97%5.33%4.05%
P/E Ratio-1.6111.31117.6718.00
Price / SalesN/A242.101,424.20155.72
Price / CashN/A62.0542.8038.60
Price / Book0.5010.647.356.66
Net Income-$117.50M$152.36M$118.46M$224.93M
7 Day Performance16.09%3.48%3.40%2.50%
1 Month Performance-5.02%-1.31%2.49%10.24%
1 Year Performance11.40%31.72%36.17%30.14%

Nkarta Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NKTX
Nkarta
3.9937 of 5 stars
$2.84
-6.3%
$15.00
+428.2%
+11.4%$200.42MN/A-1.51140Positive News
KURA
Kura Oncology
4.298 of 5 stars
$11.01
-0.3%
$29.38
+166.8%
+12.4%$856.14MN/A-4.68142
EOLS
Evolus
4.2514 of 5 stars
$13.46
-1.7%
$23.00
+70.9%
+38.6%$852.29M$202.09M-15.04170Positive News
Gap Down
RAPP
Rapport Therapeutics
2.4216 of 5 stars
$23.13
+1.3%
$35.00
+51.3%
N/A$846.00MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Lockup Expiration
Gap Up
PRTA
Prothena
1.9907 of 5 stars
$15.47
-4.6%
$61.86
+299.9%
-57.0%$832.44M$91.37M-6.54173Positive News
TYRA
Tyra Biosciences
2.7187 of 5 stars
$16.05
+2.4%
$31.00
+93.1%
+36.6%$812.18MN/A-9.7420Positive News
CRGX
CARGO Therapeutics
1.8452 of 5 stars
$17.52
-3.6%
$30.33
+73.1%
+9.9%$806.41MN/A-4.15116
AVXL
Anavex Life Sciences
3.7203 of 5 stars
$9.40
-0.6%
$43.00
+357.4%
+23.1%$797.12MN/A-18.9240
CRON
Cronos Group
2.3149 of 5 stars
$2.08
flat
$3.00
+44.2%
-1.4%$795.18M$87.24M-16.00356
RLAY
Relay Therapeutics
3.7829 of 5 stars
$4.74
+0.9%
$21.22
+347.7%
-46.3%$793.40M$10.01M-1.80304Positive News
CGEM
Cullinan Therapeutics
2.205 of 5 stars
$13.53
+0.6%
$31.67
+134.0%
+52.1%$787.83M$18.94M-4.7430News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NKTX) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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