Kooth (KOO) Competitors

Instem (LON:INS) and Kooth (LON:KOO) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, INS or KOO?

Kooth has higher revenue and earnings than Instem. Instem is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kooth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Instem	£61.63M	0.00	£3.34M	£0.14	N/A
Kooth	£66.74M	0.81	£4.00M	£0.21	719.05

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of INS or KOO?

65.9% of Instem shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of Kooth shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.0% of Instem shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.8% of Kooth shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is INS or KOO more profitable?

Kooth has a net margin of 7.89% compared to Instem's net margin of 5.50%. Kooth's return on equity of 18.59% beat Instem's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Instem	5.50%	6.35%	4.62%
Kooth	7.89%	18.59%	10.12%

Do analysts recommend INS or KOO?

Kooth has a consensus price target of GBX 395, suggesting a potential upside of 161.59%. Given Kooth's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kooth is more favorable than Instem.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Instem	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Kooth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, INS or KOO?

Instem has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kooth has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor INS or KOO?

In the previous week, Kooth's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Instem's score of 0.00 indicating that Kooth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Instem	Neutral
Kooth	Positive

Summary

Kooth beats Instem on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.