Comparing Nautilus Biotechnology (NAUT) & Its Rivals

Nautilus Biotechnology (NASDAQ:NAUT – Get Rating) is one of 42 public companies in the “Analytical instruments” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Nautilus Biotechnology to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Nautilus Biotechnology and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nautilus Biotechnology	0	2	2	0	2.50
Nautilus Biotechnology Competitors	318	1316	1817	57	2.46

Nautilus Biotechnology currently has a consensus target price of $8.67, suggesting a potential upside of 151.21%. As a group, “Analytical instruments” companies have a potential upside of 40.27%. Given Nautilus Biotechnology’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Nautilus Biotechnology is more favorable than its rivals.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

47.9% of Nautilus Biotechnology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of shares of all “Analytical instruments” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of shares of all “Analytical instruments” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Nautilus Biotechnology and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nautilus Biotechnology	N/A	-15.57%	-14.77%
Nautilus Biotechnology Competitors	-187.73%	3.44%	-10.22%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Nautilus Biotechnology and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nautilus Biotechnology	N/A	-$50.31 million	-6.05
Nautilus Biotechnology Competitors	$1.19 billion	$356.47 million	-7.82

Nautilus Biotechnology’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Nautilus Biotechnology. Nautilus Biotechnology is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Nautilus Biotechnology rivals beat Nautilus Biotechnology on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

Nautilus Biotechnology Company Profile (Get Rating)

Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc., a development stage life sciences company, engages in creating a platform technology for quantifying and unlocking the complexity of the proteome. It develops Nautilus Platform, a proteomics platform that includes end-to-end solution comprised of instruments, consumables, and software analysis. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.