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NKGen Biotech (NKGN) Competitors

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$0.16 +0.00 (+0.50%)
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NKGN vs. QTTB, RLYB, LEXX, LGVN, DARE, DRRX, TENX, ENLV, CDIO, and PASG

Should you be buying NKGen Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NKGen Biotech include Q32 Bio (QTTB), Rallybio (RLYB), Lexaria Bioscience (LEXX), Longeveron (LGVN), Daré Bioscience (DARE), DURECT (DRRX), Tenax Therapeutics (TENX), Enlivex Therapeutics (ENLV), Cardio Diagnostics (CDIO), and Passage Bio (PASG). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

NKGen Biotech vs.

NKGen Biotech (NYSE:NKGN) and Q32 Bio (NASDAQ:QTTB) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

NKGen Biotech has higher revenue and earnings than Q32 Bio. Q32 Bio 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
NKGen Biotech$80K97.76-$82.94M-$2.45-0.07
Q32 Bio-$6.65M-3.61-$112.96M-$10.37-0.19

76.2% of NKGen Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.3% of Q32 Bio shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of NKGen Biotech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of Q32 Bio 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.

Q32 Bio received 12 more outperform votes than NKGen Biotech when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NKGen BiotechN/AN/A
Q32 BioOutperform Votes
12
63.16%
Underperform Votes
7
36.84%

In the previous week, NKGen Biotech had 2 more articles in the media than Q32 Bio. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for NKGen Biotech and 1 mentions for Q32 Bio. Q32 Bio's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat NKGen Biotech's score of 0.00 indicating that Q32 Bio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
NKGen Biotech Neutral
Q32 Bio Very Positive

Q32 Bio has a consensus price target of $24.71, indicating a potential upside of 1,154.53%. Given Q32 Bio's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Q32 Bio is more favorable than NKGen Biotech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NKGen Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Q32 Bio
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

NKGen Biotech has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Q32 Bio has a beta of -0.27, suggesting that its share price is 127% less volatile than the S&P 500.

NKGen Biotech's return on equity of 0.00% beat Q32 Bio's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NKGen BiotechN/A N/A -479.36%
Q32 Bio N/A -146.18%-54.49%

Summary

NKGen Biotech beats Q32 Bio on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NKGN vs. The Competition

MetricNKGen BiotechBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.82M$3.03B$5.63B$19.63B
Dividend YieldN/A1.54%4.56%3.74%
P/E Ratio-0.0329.2924.5333.66
Price / Sales97.76437.38380.0527.64
Price / CashN/A168.6838.1617.54
Price / Book-0.063.956.954.59
Net Income-$82.94M-$71.95M$3.20B$1.02B
7 Day Performance8.75%-4.60%-2.28%-0.31%
1 Month Performance-67.49%-9.37%3.09%-2.15%
1 Year Performance-90.33%-25.70%11.26%4.80%

NKGen Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NKGN
NKGen Biotech
N/A$0.16
+0.5%
N/A-91.7%$7.23M$80,000.00-0.03N/A
QTTB
Q32 Bio
2.6209 of 5 stars
$2.19
+9.5%
$24.71
+1,028.5%
N/A$26.71M$-6,651,000.00-0.1539Positive News
RLYB
Rallybio
2.6613 of 5 stars
$0.64
+1.6%
$9.75
+1,418.2%
-56.6%$26.64M$636,000.00-0.4040
LEXX
Lexaria Bioscience
3.2167 of 5 stars
$1.47
+8.7%
$7.00
+377.2%
-52.6%$25.75M$496,923.00-2.937Positive News
LGVN
Longeveron
2.5411 of 5 stars
$1.72
+1.8%
$8.67
+403.9%
-50.1%$25.68M$2.39M-0.2720Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
DARE
Daré Bioscience
1.6264 of 5 stars
$2.88
flat
$24.00
+733.3%
-51.8%$25.06M$1.88M-4.8830Short Interest ↑
Positive News
DRRX
DURECT
2.7147 of 5 stars
$0.80
-6.9%
$5.00
+524.2%
-36.5%$24.87M$8.59M-1.3180Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
TENX
Tenax Therapeutics
1.8836 of 5 stars
$6.23
-2.8%
$18.00
+188.9%
+63.9%$24.70MN/A0.009Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
ENLV
Enlivex Therapeutics
2.9903 of 5 stars
$1.15
-5.7%
$9.50
+726.1%
-73.1%$24.62MN/A-1.1770Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
CDIO
Cardio Diagnostics
2.8978 of 5 stars
$0.46
+9.1%
$2.00
+332.2%
-68.3%$24.13M$35,688.000.001Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Up
PASG
Passage Bio
3.4963 of 5 stars
$0.39
+0.3%
$7.50
+1,838.0%
-63.8%$24.05MN/A-0.33130Positive News
Gap Down
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This page (NYSE:NKGN) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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