Nkarta (NKTX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Nkarta, Inc. (NASDAQ:NKTX) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing engineered natural killer (NK) cell therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases. The company’s approach is designed to harness the innate immune activity of NK cells while using chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) to direct them toward specific disease-associated targets.

Nkarta’s development platform includes allogeneic, or donor-derived, CAR NK cell therapies intended to be manufactured for use across multiple patients. Its pipeline has included NKX019, an anti-CD19 CAR NK therapy being investigated for diseases involving B cells, and NKX101, an NKG2D-based CAR NK therapy designed to recognize stress ligands expressed by certain cancer cells, including those associated with acute myeloid leukemia and other hematologic malignancies.

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, Nkarta conducts research and clinical development through collaborations with medical institutions and clinical-trial sites. The company’s programs remain investigational and have not been established as safe or effective for general use by regulatory authorities.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $1.66 to $1.81
• 50-Day Range: $1.74 to $3.23
• 52-Week Range: $1.66 to $3.72
• Volume: 959,153 shs
• Average Volume: 860,867 shs
• Market Capitalization: $128.20 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $11.20
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Nkarta Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Nkarta scored higher than 61% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 562nd out of 907 stocks in the healthcare sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Nkarta has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.86, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 5 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Nkarta has a consensus price target of $11.20, representing about 525.7% upside from its current price of $1.79.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Nkarta has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Nkarta are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($1.60) to ($1.46) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Nkarta is -1.14, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Nkarta is -1.14, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Nkarta has a P/B Ratio of 0.41. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.67% of the float of Nkarta has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Nkarta has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.89.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Nkarta has recently increased by 4.42%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Nkarta does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Nkarta does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.67

News Sentiment

Nkarta has a news sentiment score of 0.67. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.48 average news sentiment score of Healthcare companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Nkarta this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

6 people have searched for NKTX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 20% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Nkarta insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

9.80% of the stock of Nkarta is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

80.54% of the stock of Nkarta is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/10/2026
• Today: 10/23/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/10/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Biotechnology
• Sub-Industry: Biotechnology
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:NKTX
• CIK: 1787400
• Web: www.nkartatx.com
• Phone: 925-407-1049
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 106
• Year Founded: 2015

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Nkarta: $11.20
• High Price Target: $14.00
• Low Price Target: $9.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +525.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.86
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($1.57)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$104.08 million
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -39.64%
• Return on Assets: -30.45%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 7.98
• Quick Ratio: 7.98

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $4.40 per share
• Price / Book: 0.41

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 71,620,000
• Free Float: 64,606,000
• Market Cap: $128.20 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.93