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NKGen Biotech (NKGN) Competitors

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$0.31 +0.02 (+6.83%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

NKGN vs. DYAI, GANX, ACHL, AFMD, BLRX, ATNM, OCX, RVPH, OMGA, and VRCA

Should you be buying NKGen Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NKGen Biotech include Dyadic International (DYAI), Gain Therapeutics (GANX), Achilles Therapeutics (ACHL), Affimed (AFMD), BioLineRx (BLRX), Actinium Pharmaceuticals (ATNM), OncoCyte (OCX), Reviva Pharmaceuticals (RVPH), Omega Therapeutics (OMGA), and Verrica Pharmaceuticals (VRCA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

NKGen Biotech vs.

Dyadic International (NASDAQ:DYAI) and NKGen Biotech (NYSE:NKGN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Dyadic International has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NKGen Biotech has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Dyadic International had 9 more articles in the media than NKGen Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Dyadic International and 0 mentions for NKGen Biotech. Dyadic International's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat NKGen Biotech's score of 0.00 indicating that Dyadic International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Dyadic International Positive
NKGen Biotech Neutral

Dyadic International received 161 more outperform votes than NKGen Biotech when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Dyadic InternationalOutperform Votes
161
64.40%
Underperform Votes
89
35.60%
NKGen BiotechN/AN/A

Dyadic International presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 302.68%. Given Dyadic International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Dyadic International is more favorable than NKGen Biotech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dyadic International
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
NKGen Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Dyadic International has higher revenue and earnings than NKGen Biotech. Dyadic International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NKGen Biotech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dyadic International$2.90M15.20-$6.80M-$0.23-6.48
NKGen Biotech$80K138.35-$82.94M-$5.08-0.06

NKGen Biotech has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Dyadic International's net margin of -188.09%. NKGen Biotech's return on equity of 0.00% beat Dyadic International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dyadic International-188.09% -149.16% -59.81%
NKGen Biotech N/A N/A -479.36%

28.0% of Dyadic International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.2% of NKGen Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. 28.8% of Dyadic International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 74.7% of NKGen Biotech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Dyadic International beats NKGen Biotech on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NKGN vs. The Competition

MetricNKGen BiotechBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.07M$2.93B$5.01B$19.85B
Dividend YieldN/A1.89%5.16%3.52%
P/E Ratio-0.0645.25134.3742.73
Price / Sales138.35360.241,158.6819.27
Price / CashN/A160.0933.5317.86
Price / Book-0.123.734.675.52
Net Income-$82.94M-$41.63M$119.07M$986.45M
7 Day Performance12.96%-4.73%-1.83%0.45%
1 Month Performance-30.63%-6.53%-3.62%1.05%
1 Year Performance-88.78%25.63%31.63%24.67%

NKGen Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NKGN
NKGen Biotech
N/A$0.31
+6.8%
N/A-89.1%$11.07M$80,000.00-0.06N/A
DYAI
Dyadic International
2.513 of 5 stars
$1.49
+22.1%
$6.00
+302.7%
-17.7%$44.09M$2.90M-6.487Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
GANX
Gain Therapeutics
2.4867 of 5 stars
$1.66
-3.5%
$7.33
+341.8%
-39.0%$44.03M$50,000.00-1.5120News Coverage
Gap Down
ACHL
Achilles Therapeutics
2.3832 of 5 stars
$1.07
+1.9%
$4.00
+273.8%
+32.1%$43.98MN/A-0.65250
AFMD
Affimed
3.5267 of 5 stars
$2.72
-9.3%
$16.00
+488.2%
-42.7%$43.79M$8.95M0.0076Analyst Forecast
BLRX
BioLineRx
1.9598 of 5 stars
$0.55
+1.9%
$21.00
+3,751.8%
-67.9%$43.58M$17.05M-1.2140News Coverage
ATNM
Actinium Pharmaceuticals
1.3025 of 5 stars
$1.39
-2.1%
$7.40
+432.4%
N/A$43.36M$81,000.00-1.0049Analyst Forecast
OCX
OncoCyte
1.4506 of 5 stars
$2.75
+7.8%
$4.42
+60.6%
-32.8%$42.93M$1.50M0.00120Analyst Forecast
RVPH
Reviva Pharmaceuticals
2.622 of 5 stars
$1.22
-3.2%
$15.50
+1,175.7%
-71.1%$42.14MN/A0.005
OMGA
Omega Therapeutics
1.7995 of 5 stars
$0.79
+3.9%
$9.20
+1,064.3%
-60.5%$42.08M$3.09M0.00120
VRCA
Verrica Pharmaceuticals
4.575 of 5 stars
$0.89
flat
$9.60
+981.8%
-76.1%$40.58M$5.12M0.0040News Coverage

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