NKGen Biotech (NYSE:NKGN – Get Free Report) and Cellectis (NASDAQ:CLLS – Get Free Report) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares NKGen Biotech and Cellectis’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| NKGen Biotech | N/A | N/A | -479.36% |
| Cellectis | -234.39% | -74.55% | -22.65% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares NKGen Biotech and Cellectis”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| NKGen Biotech | $80,000.00 | 131.50 | -$82.94 million | ($5.08) | -0.06 |
| Cellectis | $9.19 million | 11.73 | -$101.06 million | ($1.30) | -1.49 |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
76.2% of NKGen Biotech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of Cellectis shares are held by institutional investors. 74.7% of NKGen Biotech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Cellectis shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
NKGen Biotech has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cellectis has a beta of 3.1, meaning that its stock price is 210% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for NKGen Biotech and Cellectis, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| NKGen Biotech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cellectis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
Cellectis has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 260.82%. Given Cellectis’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cellectis is more favorable than NKGen Biotech.
Summary
Cellectis beats NKGen Biotech on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About NKGen Biotech
NKGen Biotech, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biotechnology company that focuses on the development and commercialization of autologous, allogeneic, and CAR-NK natural killer cell therapies. It develops SNK01, an autologous NK cell therapy; and SNK02, an allogeneic NK cell therapy, which are in Phase 1 clinical trials. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Santa Ana, California.
About Cellectis
Cellectis S.A., a clinical stage biotechnological company, develops immuno-oncology products based on gene-edited T-cells that express chimeric antigen receptors to target and eradicate cancer cells. The company is developing UCART19, an allogeneic T-cell product candidate for the treatment of CD19-expressing hematologic malignancies, such as acute lymphoblastic leukemia; ALLO-501 and ALLO-501A to treat relapsed or refractory for non-hodgkin lymphoma (NHL); and ALLO-715 for the treatment of multiple myeloma. It also develops UCART22 to treat B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia; UCARTCS1 and ALLO-605 for the treatment of multiple myeloma; ALLO-316 for renal cell carcinoma; UCART123 for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia; and UCART 20×22 for relapsed or refractory B-Cell NHL. The company has strategic alliances with Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. and Les Laboratoires Servier; research collaboration and exclusive license agreement with Iovance Biotherapeutics; and collaboration and license agreement with Cytovia, as well as a collaboration agreement with AstraZeneca to develop novel cell and gene therapy candidate products. Cellectis S.A. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Paris, France.
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