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$0.29 +0.03 (+11.46%)
As of 05/23/2025 03:55 PM Eastern

NKGN vs. OKYO, PRLD, STTK, IPSC, FBRX, RENB, DTIL, ARTV, ICCC, and BLUE

Should you be buying NKGen Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NKGen Biotech include OKYO Pharma (OKYO), Prelude Therapeutics (PRLD), Shattuck Labs (STTK), Century Therapeutics (IPSC), Forte Biosciences (FBRX), Renovaro (RENB), Precision BioSciences (DTIL), Artiva Biotherapeutics (ARTV), ImmuCell (ICCC), and bluebird bio (BLUE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

NKGen Biotech vs.

OKYO Pharma (NASDAQ:OKYO) and NKGen Biotech (NYSE:NKGN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

OKYO Pharma currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 278.38%. Given OKYO Pharma's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe OKYO Pharma is more favorable than NKGen Biotech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
OKYO Pharma
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
NKGen Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

OKYO Pharma received 11 more outperform votes than NKGen Biotech when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
OKYO PharmaOutperform Votes
11
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
NKGen BiotechN/AN/A

In the previous week, OKYO Pharma had 2 more articles in the media than NKGen Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for OKYO Pharma and 1 mentions for NKGen Biotech. NKGen Biotech's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat OKYO Pharma's score of -0.35 indicating that NKGen Biotech is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
OKYO Pharma
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
NKGen Biotech
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

3.0% of OKYO Pharma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.2% of NKGen Biotech shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.5% of OKYO Pharma shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of NKGen Biotech shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

OKYO Pharma has a beta of -0.38, meaning that its share price is 138% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NKGen Biotech has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OKYO PharmaN/A N/A N/A
NKGen Biotech N/A N/A -479.36%

OKYO Pharma has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NKGen Biotech.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
OKYO PharmaN/AN/A-$16.83MN/AN/A
NKGen Biotech$80K162.82-$82.94M-$2.45-0.12

Summary

OKYO Pharma beats NKGen Biotech on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NKGN vs. The Competition

MetricNKGen BiotechBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.03M$2.92B$5.33B$19.29B
Dividend YieldN/A1.63%5.20%3.84%
P/E Ratio-0.0631.0126.7234.41
Price / Sales162.82395.77395.5634.88
Price / CashN/A168.6838.3217.52
Price / Book-0.113.236.764.69
Net Income-$82.94M-$72.35M$3.23B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-17.15%1.84%0.41%-2.42%
1 Month Performance136.57%1.96%9.12%6.25%
1 Year Performance-84.42%-25.59%18.73%5.85%

NKGen Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NKGN
NKGen Biotech
N/A$0.29
+11.5%
N/A-84.4%$13.03M$80,000.00-0.06N/APositive News
Gap Up
OKYO
OKYO Pharma
1.6998 of 5 stars
$1.54
+4.1%
$7.00
+354.3%
+24.7%$52.14MN/A0.007Gap Up
PRLD
Prelude Therapeutics
2.7298 of 5 stars
$0.88
-4.4%
$4.00
+353.0%
-78.1%$52M$7M-0.52120
STTK
Shattuck Labs
2.5603 of 5 stars
$1.06
-3.6%
$7.50
+607.5%
-85.6%$51.92M$4.61M-0.71100
IPSC
Century Therapeutics
2.2454 of 5 stars
$0.61
+10.0%
$4.20
+588.5%
-82.1%$51.78M$114.90M-0.32170News Coverage
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
FBRX
Forte Biosciences
2.9084 of 5 stars
$7.84
-0.1%
$32.50
+314.5%
+35,275.0%$51.61MN/A-0.485News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
RENB
Renovaro
1.024 of 5 stars
$0.32
+0.4%
N/A-75.2%$50.00MN/A-0.3420News Coverage
DTIL
Precision BioSciences
3.4753 of 5 stars
$4.68
-0.6%
$47.00
+904.3%
-64.8%$49.37M$68.70M78.01200News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ARTV
Artiva Biotherapeutics
1.6952 of 5 stars
$2.02
-0.7%
$19.40
+862.8%
N/A$49.24M$251,000.000.0081
ICCC
ImmuCell
0.1344 of 5 stars
$5.38
+2.1%
N/A+43.0%$48.84M$26.49M-10.8170
BLUE
bluebird bio
2.3988 of 5 stars
$4.99
+0.1%
$44.60
+794.7%
-74.3%$48.81M$83.81M-0.13520

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