Kooth (KOO) Competitors

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

Does the media favor KOO or INS?

In the previous week, Instem had 1 more articles in the media than Kooth. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Instem and 0 mentions for Kooth. Instem's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Kooth's score of 0.00 indicating that Instem is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kooth	Neutral
Instem	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, KOO or INS?

Kooth has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Kooth	£50.72M	1.16	£4.00M	£10.64	15.03
Instem	£61.63M	0.00	£3.34M	£0.14	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, KOO or INS?

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KOO or INS?

65.0% of Kooth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.9% of Instem shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.3% of Kooth shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.0% of Instem shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KOO or INS?

Instem received 79 more outperform votes than Kooth when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 93.33% of users gave Kooth an outperform vote while only 52.25% of users gave Instem an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kooth	Outperform Votes 14 93.33%	Underperform Votes 1 6.67%
Instem	Outperform Votes 93 52.25%	Underperform Votes 85 47.75%

Is KOO or INS 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
Kooth	7.89%	18.59%	10.12%
Instem	5.50%	6.35%	4.62%

Do analysts rate KOO or INS?

Kooth presently has a consensus target price of GBX 456.67, suggesting a potential upside of 185.42%. Given Kooth's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kooth is more favorable than Instem.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kooth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Instem	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Kooth beats Instem on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.