Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR – Get Free Report) and Immatics (NASDAQ:IMTX – Get Free Report) are both small-cap healthcare companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
75.9% of Nektar Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of Immatics shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Nektar Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Nektar Therapeutics and Immatics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Nektar Therapeutics | -287.84% | -37.87% | -25.67% |
| Immatics | -495.71% | -47.41% | -39.45% |
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Nektar Therapeutics | $54.59 million | 24.11 | -$164.08 million | ($6.70) | -5.75 |
| Immatics | $54.60 million | 18.34 | -$222.26 million | ($1.86) | -3.94 |
Nektar Therapeutics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Immatics. Nektar Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Immatics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Nektar Therapeutics and Immatics, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Nektar Therapeutics | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2.69 |
| Immatics | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.75 |
Nektar Therapeutics currently has a consensus target price of $130.67, indicating a potential upside of 238.92%. Immatics has a consensus target price of $19.67, indicating a potential upside of 168.41%. Given Nektar Therapeutics’ higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Nektar Therapeutics is more favorable than Immatics.
Volatility and Risk
Nektar Therapeutics has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Immatics has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nektar Therapeutics beats Immatics on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Nektar Therapeutics
Nektar Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering and developing medicines in the field of immunotherapy in the United States and internationally. The company is developing rezpegaldesleukin, a cytokine Treg stimulant that is in phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus and ulcerative colitis, as well as phase 2b clinical trial to treat atopic dermatitis and psoriasis; and NKTR-255, an IL-15 receptor agonist, which is in phase 1 clinical trial to boost the immune system's natural ability to fight cancer. It has collaboration agreements with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.; AstraZeneca AB; UCB Pharma S.A.; F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd; Bausch Health Companies Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; Amgen Inc.; UCB Pharma (Biogen); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Merck KGaA; and SFJ Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
About Immatics
Immatics N.V., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the research and development of potential T cell redirecting immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer in the United States. The company is developing targeted immunotherapies with a focus on treating solid tumors through two distinct treatment modalities, such as TCR-engineered autologous or allogeneic adoptive cell therapies (ACT) and antibody-like TCR Bispecifics. Its products pipeline includes IMA203 that targets solid tumors, which is in Phase 1b clinical trial; IMA203CD8, a cell therapy product that is in Phase 1b clinical trial; IMA204 that targets tumor stroma, which is in preclinical stage; and IMA30x, an allogenic cellular therapy product candidate, which is in preclinical stage. The company also develops TCR Bispecifics products, including IMA401 and IMA402, which is in Phase 1a clinical trial. The company has a strategic collaboration agreement with MD Anderson Cancer Center to develop multiple T cell and TCR-based adoptive cellular therapies; Celgene Corporation to develop novel adoptive cell therapies targeting multiple cancers; and Genmab A/S to develop T cell engaging bispecific immunotherapies targeting multiple cancer indications. Immatics N.V. is headquartered in Tübingen, Germany.
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