Benzinga · May 13, 2026
Needham Reiterates Buy on Nkarta, Maintains $11 Price Target
Needham analyst Gil Blum reiterates Nkarta (NASDAQ:NKTX) with a Buy and maintains $11 price target.
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NASDAQ · NKTX
Nkarta, Inc. Common Stock
Healthcare · Biotechnology
$2.30
Up+$0.03 (+1.30%)
Updated Aug 15, 2026, 12:06 AM
SID Score
3.7/10
Composite research score
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- Market cap
- 133.54M
- P/E ratio
- -1.27
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- 52-week range
- $1.96 – $3.72
- Volume
- 395.73K
- Avg. volume
- 912.63K
Price performance
NKTX price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
NKTX closed at $2.30 after 20 trading sessions, down 11.54% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $2.30
- Period change
- -11.54%
- Period low
- $2.09
- Period high
- $2.60
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | $2.41 | $2.4399 | $2.285 | $2.30 | 395.73K |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $2.33 | $2.4399 | $2.32 | $2.39 | 629.1K |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $2.34 | $2.39 | $2.245 | $2.33 | 593.93K |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $2.40 | $2.48 | $2.322 | $2.46 | 532.96K |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $2.35 | $2.435 | $2.32 | $2.41 | 531.25K |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $2.20 | $2.375 | $2.20 | $2.29 | 698.95K |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $2.28 | $2.2899 | $2.15 | $2.20 | 807.05K |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $2.15 | $2.326 | $2.145 | $2.26 | 750.84K |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $2.10 | $2.16 | $2.05 | $2.15 | 610K |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $2.16 | $2.1838 | $2.045 | $2.09 | 683.23K |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $2.14 | $2.225 | $2.13 | $2.15 | 752K |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $2.20 | $2.2801 | $2.10 | $2.13 | 692.96K |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $2.25 | $2.29 | $2.1401 | $2.22 | 592.74K |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $2.29 | $2.43 | $2.24 | $2.26 | 807.89K |
| Jul 24, 2026 | $2.32 | $2.36 | $2.23 | $2.27 | 699.21K |
| Jul 23, 2026 | $2.39 | $2.41 | $2.2701 | $2.30 | 945.18K |
| Jul 22, 2026 | $2.53 | $2.58 | $2.395 | $2.41 | 740.94K |
| Jul 21, 2026 | $2.55 | $2.64 | $2.55 | $2.58 | 473.73K |
| Jul 20, 2026 | $2.60 | $2.67 | $2.56 | $2.57 | 348.14K |
| Jul 17, 2026 | $2.54 | $2.645 | $2.53 | $2.60 | 328.08K |
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Company profile
Nkarta Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of allogeneic, off-the-shelf engineered natural killer (NK) cell therapies. The Company is engaged in leveraging the natural potent power of NK cells to identify and kill abnormal cells and recruit adaptive immune effectors to generate responses that are specific and durable. The company is combining its NK expansion platform technology with proprietary cell engineering technologies to generate an abundant supply of NK cells, engineer enhanced NK cell recognition of therapeutic targets, and improve persistence for sustained activity in the body for the treatment of cancer.
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- Consensus
- —
- Average target
- $21.60
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | Stifel | Buy | — |
| Aug 11, 2026 | HC Wainwright & Co. | Buy | — |
| May 13, 2026 | Needham | Buy | — |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Mizuho | Outperform | — |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Needham | Buy | — |
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ChartMill · May 12, 2026
Nkarta (NASDAQ:NKTX) Q1 2026 Narrower Loss Beats Estimates as Autoimmune Trial Advances
Nkarta (NKTX) Q1 loss of $0.37 beat estimates. Cash runway extended into 2029 as NKX019 autoimmune trials advance with initial data expected in 2026.
Benzinga · May 12, 2026
Nkarta Q1 EPS $(0.37), Inline
Nkarta (NASDAQ:NKTX) reported quarterly losses of $(0.37) per share which met the analyst consensus estimate. This is a 13.95 percent increase over losses of $(0.43) per share from the same period last year.
Finnhub · May 12, 2026
Nkarta Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Corporate Highlights
Enrollment ongoing at 4 billion cell dose level across all indications in Ntrust-1 and Ntrust-2 Regulatory agreement supports expansion into community-based settings with outpatient dosing to reduce...
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