NKTR vs. PCRX, OMER, ASMB, CPIX, LLY, JNJ, ABBV, MRK, PFE, and BMY
Should you be buying Nektar Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nektar Therapeutics include Pacira BioSciences (PCRX), Omeros (OMER), Assembly Biosciences (ASMB), Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (CPIX), Eli Lilly and Company (LLY), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AbbVie (ABBV), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Pfizer (PFE), and Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceuticals" industry.
Nektar Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors
Pacira BioSciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) and Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Pacira BioSciences currently has a consensus target price of $30.83, indicating a potential upside of 24.43%. Nektar Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $88.33, indicating a potential upside of 224.04%. Given Nektar Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nektar Therapeutics is more favorable than Pacira BioSciences.
In the previous week, Pacira BioSciences had 4 more articles in the media than Nektar Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Pacira BioSciences and 4 mentions for Nektar Therapeutics. Pacira BioSciences' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Nektar Therapeutics' score of 0.98 indicating that Pacira BioSciences is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pacira BioSciences has a net margin of -18.08% compared to Nektar Therapeutics' net margin of -163.17%. Pacira BioSciences' return on equity of 13.29% beat Nektar Therapeutics' return on equity.
99.7% of Pacira BioSciences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Nektar Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Pacira BioSciences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Nektar Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Pacira BioSciences has higher revenue and earnings than Nektar Therapeutics. Pacira BioSciences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nektar Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pacira BioSciences has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nektar Therapeutics has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pacira BioSciences beats Nektar Therapeutics on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NKTR) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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