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NKGen Biotech (NKGN) Competitors

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$0.33 -0.01 (-2.22%)
As of 06/13/2025 03:32 PM Eastern

NKGN vs. OTLK, KLTO, XCUR, ADVM, ANL, CLSD, KLRS, ACHL, TELO, and PMVP

Should you be buying NKGen Biotech stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NKGen Biotech include Outlook Therapeutics (OTLK), Klotho Neurosciences (KLTO), Exicure (XCUR), Adverum Biotechnologies (ADVM), Adlai Nortye (ANL), Clearside Biomedical (CLSD), Allovir (KLRS), Achilles Therapeutics (ACHL), Telomir Pharmaceuticals (TELO), and PMV Pharmaceuticals (PMVP). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.

NKGen Biotech vs. Its Competitors

NKGen Biotech (NYSE:NKGN) and Outlook Therapeutics (NASDAQ:OTLK) 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, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Outlook Therapeutics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NKGen Biotech. Outlook Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NKGen Biotech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NKGen Biotech$80K185.41-$82.94M-$2.45-0.13
Outlook TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$75.37M-$0.91-2.00

In the previous week, Outlook Therapeutics had 5 more articles in the media than NKGen Biotech. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Outlook Therapeutics and 0 mentions for NKGen Biotech. Outlook Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat NKGen Biotech's score of 0.00 indicating that Outlook Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
NKGen Biotech Neutral
Outlook Therapeutics Neutral

NKGen Biotech has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Outlook Therapeutics has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Outlook Therapeutics received 167 more outperform votes than NKGen Biotech when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NKGen BiotechN/AN/A
Outlook TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
167
70.76%
Underperform Votes
69
29.24%

Outlook Therapeutics has a consensus target price of $9.60, suggesting a potential upside of 427.47%. Given Outlook Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Outlook Therapeutics is more favorable than NKGen Biotech.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NKGen Biotech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Outlook Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

76.2% of NKGen Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.2% of Outlook Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of NKGen Biotech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Outlook Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NKGen BiotechN/A N/A -479.36%
Outlook Therapeutics N/A N/A -225.12%

Summary

Outlook Therapeutics beats NKGen Biotech on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NKGN vs. The Competition

MetricNKGen BiotechBiological Products IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.83M$3.09B$5.57B$19.68B
Dividend YieldN/A1.56%5.27%3.81%
P/E Ratio-0.0632.6326.7834.98
Price / Sales185.41455.18404.4942.86
Price / CashN/A168.6838.2517.51
Price / Book-0.123.366.964.78
Net Income-$82.94M-$72.35M$3.23B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.94%0.36%-1.24%0.82%
1 Month Performance-8.33%16.48%8.34%1.74%
1 Year Performance-75.56%-15.35%33.30%10.57%

NKGen Biotech Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NKGN
NKGen Biotech
0.807 of 5 stars
$0.33
-2.2%
N/A-75.0%$14.83M$80K-0.06N/A
OTLK
Outlook Therapeutics
1.4054 of 5 stars
$1.84
-3.4%
$9.60
+423.2%
-76.2%$61.93MN/A-0.2520Gap Down
KLTO
Klotho Neurosciences
N/A$1.90
+4.5%
N/AN/A$61.77MN/A-5.28N/AGap Down
High Trading Volume
XCUR
Exicure
1.7966 of 5 stars
$9.75
+0.5%
N/A+2,513.4%$61.60M$500K-4.7150
ADVM
Adverum Biotechnologies
3.9429 of 5 stars
$2.94
-1.0%
$26.40
+798.0%
-69.6%$61.42M$1M-0.49190Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
ANL
Adlai Nortye
1.4758 of 5 stars
$1.66
+3.1%
$9.00
+442.2%
-50.2%$61.25M$5M0.00127
CLSD
Clearside Biomedical
2.6099 of 5 stars
$0.79
+4.2%
$4.80
+505.3%
-35.0%$61.00M$3.76M-1.7430Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
KLRS
Allovir
N/A$3.26
+6.5%
N/AN/A$60.97MN/A0.00110
ACHL
Achilles Therapeutics
N/A$1.48
flat
N/AN/A$60.83MN/A-0.90250News Coverage
TELO
Telomir Pharmaceuticals
2.2473 of 5 stars
$2.02
+2.0%
$15.00
+642.6%
-65.2%$59.97MN/A-3.471News Coverage
PMVP
PMV Pharmaceuticals
2.4085 of 5 stars
$1.15
+8.0%
$5.50
+380.3%
-37.9%$59.49MN/A-1.1550Positive News
Gap Down

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