Nkarta, Inc. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q1 2026.

Symbol
NKTX on Nasdaq
Location
South San Francisco, CA
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
25 Mar 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • NKTX - Nkarta, Inc. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q1 2026.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity -29%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-9.5%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 18 Mar 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-03-18) highlights Return On Equity -28.9%, Return On Assets -23.0%, and Current Ratio 12.69x.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

29.3/100

Weak Confidence medium

Return On Equity

-29%

Metric score 0.0/100

Return On Assets

-23%

Metric score 0.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
12.69x
Debt to Equity
0.26x

Strengths

Debt-to-equity

Watchpoints

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Current Ratio

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

-29%

YoY: -9.5%

Industry median: -43% (n=675)

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Return On Assets

-23%

YoY: -7%

Industry median: -47% (n=673)

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Current Ratio

12.69x

YoY: -12%

Industry median: 3.39x (n=667)

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Debt-to-equity

0.26x

YoY: +16%

Industry median: 0.26x (n=530)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

4.3%

YoY:

Industry median: -0.93% (n=641)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity -29% -9.5%
Return On Assets -23% -7%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 12.69x -12%
Debt-to-equity 0.26x +16%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
NetIncomeLoss YoY 4.3%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 71,290,490 +0.47%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY