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NKTX vs. ABVX, SEPN, ORGO, SIGA, CGEM, ATYR, KMDA, ATAI, TRML, and MREO

Should you be buying Nkarta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nkarta include Abivax (ABVX), Septerna (SEPN), Organogenesis (ORGO), Siga Technologies (SIGA), Cullinan Therapeutics (CGEM), aTyr Pharma (ATYR), Kamada (KMDA), atai Life Sciences (ATAI), Tourmaline Bio (TRML), and Mereo BioPharma Group (MREO). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

Nkarta vs. Its Competitors

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

Abivax's return on equity of 0.00% beat Nkarta's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AbivaxN/A N/A N/A
Nkarta N/A -26.64%-21.62%

47.9% of Abivax shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Nkarta shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Nkarta shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AbivaxN/AN/A-$190.71MN/AN/A
NkartaN/AN/A-$108.79M-$1.51-1.16

In the previous week, Nkarta had 2 more articles in the media than Abivax. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Nkarta and 1 mentions for Abivax. Abivax's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Nkarta's score of 0.45 indicating that Abivax is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Abivax presently has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 288.96%. Nkarta has a consensus target price of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 716.71%. Given Nkarta's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nkarta is more favorable than Abivax.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Abivax
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Nkarta
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13

Abivax has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nkarta has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nkarta beats Abivax on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NKTX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$124.18M$2.92B$5.55B$9.05B
Dividend YieldN/A2.44%5.24%4.01%
P/E Ratio-1.1621.5627.6120.23
Price / SalesN/A278.31417.23118.52
Price / CashN/A42.7336.8958.10
Price / Book0.307.518.035.67
Net Income-$108.79M-$55.14M$3.18B$249.21M
7 Day Performance5.72%4.61%2.93%3.28%
1 Month Performance-4.10%4.72%3.75%5.55%
1 Year Performance-66.12%5.92%35.20%21.09%

Nkarta Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NKTX
Nkarta
2.2945 of 5 stars
$1.76
+0.9%
$14.33
+716.7%
-67.2%$124.18MN/A-1.16140
ABVX
Abivax
2.407 of 5 stars
$7.65
+3.4%
$31.00
+305.2%
-39.0%$469.56MN/A0.0061News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SEPN
Septerna
1.1247 of 5 stars
$10.57
+0.6%
$26.75
+153.1%
N/A$468.31M$1.08M0.00N/A
ORGO
Organogenesis
4.0859 of 5 stars
$3.66
-0.3%
$6.00
+63.9%
+55.9%$465.55M$482.04M-21.53950News Coverage
SIGA
Siga Technologies
0.9007 of 5 stars
$6.52
+0.9%
N/A-13.0%$461.51M$138.72M9.7340
CGEM
Cullinan Therapeutics
1.5189 of 5 stars
$7.53
-3.0%
$30.00
+298.4%
-53.5%$457.95MN/A-2.5930Positive News
ATYR
aTyr Pharma
2.6269 of 5 stars
$5.07
+0.8%
$20.20
+298.4%
N/A$447.69M$230K-6.2653High Trading Volume
KMDA
Kamada
3.9326 of 5 stars
$7.75
+0.5%
$14.67
+89.2%
+50.6%$443.36M$160.95M26.72360News Coverage
ATAI
atai Life Sciences
2.9812 of 5 stars
$2.19
-0.5%
$8.67
+295.7%
+116.8%$440.74M$310K-2.4180Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
TRML
Tourmaline Bio
2.1311 of 5 stars
$15.99
-3.3%
$49.33
+208.5%
+30.7%$424.84MN/A-4.9844
MREO
Mereo BioPharma Group
1.7987 of 5 stars
$2.71
+1.9%
$7.60
+180.4%
-19.9%$422.94M$10M-38.7140

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This page (NASDAQ:NKTX) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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