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Nkarta

Market cap $124M 71.7M shares (10-Q, Nov 2, 2026) × $1.73 close Nov 6, 2026

Most recent annual filing: 2026-03-25

Catalyst timeline

3 trackedQuarter catalyst calendar →
  1. NKX019 Ntrust-1 readout2026NKX019 Ntrust-1 readout, 2026, major
  2. Cabaletta rese-cel filing2026Cabaletta rese-cel filing, 2026, notable
  3. NKX019 Ntrust-2 readoutNov 8–11, 2026NKX019 Ntrust-2 readout, Nov 8–11, 2026, material

Bar width shows how precise the guidance is — a pin is a stated date, a wide band a six-month window. Deeper blue means more of the thesis rides on the event; it is not a view on the stock.

Pipeline (8 active programs)

NKX019

Cell Target: CD19, IL-15

Technology platforms

CAR NK Platform

Modular NK cell engineering platform utilizing healthy donor-derived NK cells with proprietary technologies for expansion (NKSTIM cells), persistence (mbIL-15), CAR targeting/signaling, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, immune evasion, and cryopreservation. Enables off-the-shelf allogeneic CAR NK cell therapies; current focus on autoimmune diseases and prior oncology programs.

CAR NK-cell platform · CRISPR Therapeutics AG

Chimeric antigen receptor natural killer (CAR NK) cell technology platform for generating allogeneic off-the-shelf cell therapy product candidates; focus areas include autoimmune diseases and oncology (hematologic malignancies). Collaboration with CRISPR Therapeutics AG to advance candidates.

Targets: CD19

Discontinued (5)

Capital (as filed)

Cash
$48.4M cash and cash equivalents · Sep 30, 2026 (10-Q)
Short-term investments
$108M Sep 30, 2026
Long-term investments
$56.7M Sep 30, 2026
Operating cash flow
−$25.8M quarter Jun 30, 2026 → Sep 30, 2026, year-to-date difference (10-Q)
As stated in coverage
$243M cash per the update of Sep 8, 2026 — the company's own words as read there, not the filed figure

Cash, investments and operating cash flow are the company's own XBRL facts as filed with the SEC, each shown with its period end and tag. As-stated figures come from the company's own words as read in Biotech Distilled coverage, dated, and routinely count securities and planned financing that a balance sheet does not. Offering rows are the SEC cover pages as filed. Not investment advice. Figures as of Nov 7, 2026.

Biotech Distilled coverage (3)

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Verdict history (3 calls)

Every verdict Biotech Distilled has published on Nkarta, oldest first — the full history, never a selection. How calls are scored: the track record.

  1. Watch Nkarta (NKTX) — Scientific Deep Dive for NKX019 and Pipeline Products Differentiated outpatient CAR-NK thesis with credible biology and below-cash valuation, but zero autoimmune efficacy data and a stacked autologous CAR-T competitor field make this a wait-for-data situation.
  2. Watch UPDATE: Nkarta (NKTX) - Below Cash, Burning Faster, Still Waiting Thesis intact but cash eroding and manufacturing footprint shrinking; outpatient dosing now operational but no efficacy data yet, maintaining watch ahead of H2 2026 readout.
  3. Watch UPDATE: Nkarta (NKTX) - The Clock Is Set for November 8 ACR Convergence November 8 oral slots confirmed with management signaling early efficacy, but below-cash cushion has closed at $3.23 and no lupus nephritis abstract; position is now a straight data bet.

Every verdict Biotech Distilled has published on this company, in order, with the post it came from — the full history, never a selection. Position figures are the same ones shown on /track-record, computed by the same method. Editorial opinion, not investment advice.

Filings & releases (21)

SEC filings from EDGAR and press releases captured from the company's investor-relations site, newest first. Releases captured from Aug 10, 2026; filings from March 2026. Summaries come from the BD update that read the document; "BD extracted" counts point at the pipeline table above. All companies →

4 more filings (13G holder notices, S-8, proxy material, SEC correspondence …)