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NKTX vs. ARVN, RAPP, ATYR, OPT, PGEN, SLDB, TERN, TRML, PRTC, and SIGA

Should you be buying Nkarta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nkarta include Arvinas (ARVN), Rapport Therapeutics (RAPP), aTyr Pharma (ATYR), Opthea (OPT), Precigen (PGEN), Solid Biosciences (SLDB), Terns Pharmaceuticals (TERN), Tourmaline Bio (TRML), PureTech Health (PRTC), and Siga Technologies (SIGA). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Nkarta vs. Its Competitors

Arvinas (NASDAQ:ARVN) and Nkarta (NASDAQ:NKTX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Nkarta has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Arvinas' net margin of -10.92%. Arvinas' return on equity of -7.74% beat Nkarta's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Arvinas-10.92% -7.74% -4.11%
Nkarta N/A -26.64%-21.62%

Arvinas has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nkarta has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Arvinas presently has a consensus target price of $20.29, suggesting a potential upside of 173.44%. Nkarta has a consensus target price of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 576.10%. Given Nkarta's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nkarta is more favorable than Arvinas.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Arvinas
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55
Nkarta
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13

Nkarta has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Arvinas. Arvinas 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
Arvinas$263.40M2.06-$198.90M-$0.66-11.24
NkartaN/AN/A-$108.79M-$1.51-1.40

In the previous week, Arvinas had 1 more articles in the media than Nkarta. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Arvinas and 3 mentions for Nkarta. Nkarta's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Arvinas' score of 0.17 indicating that Nkarta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Arvinas
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Nkarta
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

95.2% of Arvinas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Nkarta shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Arvinas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Nkarta shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Arvinas and Nkarta tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NKTX vs. The Competition

MetricNkartaMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$150.43M$3.02B$5.53B$9.37B
Dividend YieldN/A2.44%4.74%4.12%
P/E Ratio-1.406.3119.2822.29
Price / SalesN/A309.96440.8796.30
Price / CashN/A41.6335.0757.18
Price / Book0.378.488.255.54
Net Income-$108.79M-$55.06M$3.25B$259.88M
7 Day Performance-1.85%-3.99%-3.73%-4.66%
1 Month Performance21.84%9.58%4.28%4.40%
1 Year Performance-64.49%6.70%25.85%17.92%

Nkarta Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NKTX
Nkarta
2.3195 of 5 stars
$2.12
-2.3%
$14.33
+576.1%
-66.9%$150.43MN/A-1.40140News Coverage
Positive News
ARVN
Arvinas
3.4809 of 5 stars
$7.52
+2.3%
$20.29
+169.8%
-72.3%$536.49M$263.40M-11.39420News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
RAPP
Rapport Therapeutics
1.2198 of 5 stars
$14.39
-2.0%
$28.00
+94.6%
-31.0%$535.79MN/A-4.17N/A
ATYR
aTyr Pharma
2.5877 of 5 stars
$5.71
-4.7%
$20.20
+253.8%
+141.0%$533.14M$230K-7.0553Options Volume
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
OPT
Opthea
0.3817 of 5 stars
$3.41
+7.2%
$1.33
-60.9%
+53.2%$524.84M$120K0.008Gap Up
PGEN
Precigen
3.9929 of 5 stars
$1.83
+4.0%
$6.00
+227.9%
+16.8%$519.52M$3.92M-3.27190News Coverage
Positive News
Options Volume
SLDB
Solid Biosciences
2.668 of 5 stars
$6.37
-0.3%
$15.10
+137.0%
-20.9%$495.32M$8.09M-2.13100Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
TERN
Terns Pharmaceuticals
3.6877 of 5 stars
$5.64
flat
$15.63
+177.0%
-29.6%$492.58MN/A-5.1740Upcoming Earnings
TRML
Tourmaline Bio
1.5654 of 5 stars
$18.23
-1.4%
$49.33
+170.6%
+33.2%$474.67MN/A-5.6844Upcoming Earnings
PRTC
PureTech Health
1.4294 of 5 stars
$18.56
+0.3%
$45.00
+142.4%
-12.1%$472.52M$4.83M0.00100Gap Down
SIGA
Siga Technologies
1.8555 of 5 stars
$6.85
+3.6%
N/A-30.1%$472.23M$138.72M10.2240

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This page (NASDAQ:NKTX) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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