Shattuck Labs (STTK) Competitors

Shattuck Labs (NASDAQ:STTK) and CARGO Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CRGX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in STTK or CRGX?

58.7% of Shattuck Labs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of CARGO Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Shattuck Labs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of CARGO Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, STTK or CRGX?

Shattuck Labs has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CARGO Therapeutics has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STTK or CRGX?

Shattuck Labs received 25 more outperform votes than CARGO Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.64% of users gave Shattuck Labs an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave CARGO Therapeutics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shattuck Labs	Outperform Votes 39 69.64%	Underperform Votes 17 30.36%
CARGO Therapeutics	Outperform Votes 14 66.67%	Underperform Votes 7 33.33%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, STTK or CRGX?

Shattuck Labs has higher revenue and earnings than CARGO Therapeutics. CARGO Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shattuck Labs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shattuck Labs	$4.61M	11.13	-$87.30M	-$1.39	-0.77
CARGO Therapeutics	N/A	N/A	-$98.15M	-$4.62	-0.88

Do analysts prefer STTK or CRGX?

Shattuck Labs currently has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 600.93%. CARGO Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 269.46%. Given Shattuck Labs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Shattuck Labs is more favorable than CARGO Therapeutics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shattuck Labs	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
CARGO Therapeutics	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Is STTK or CRGX more profitable?

CARGO Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Shattuck Labs' net margin of -1,156.46%. CARGO Therapeutics' return on equity of -38.16% beat Shattuck Labs' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shattuck Labs	-1,156.46%	-61.92%	-54.49%
CARGO Therapeutics	N/A	-38.16%	-33.94%

Does the media favor STTK or CRGX?

In the previous week, CARGO Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Shattuck Labs. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for CARGO Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Shattuck Labs. CARGO Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Shattuck Labs' score of 0.00 indicating that CARGO Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Shattuck Labs	Neutral
CARGO Therapeutics	Very Positive

Summary

Shattuck Labs beats CARGO Therapeutics on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.