Kooth (KOO) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer INS or KOO?

Kooth has a consensus target price of GBX 456.67, suggesting a potential upside of 223.19%. Given Kooth's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in INS or KOO?

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

Does the media refer more to INS or KOO?

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 0.00 equaled Kooth'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Instem	Neutral
Kooth	Neutral

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%

Which has better earnings and valuation, INS or KOO?

Kooth has lower revenue, but higher 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	£50.72M	1.02	£4.00M	£10.64	13.28

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

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

Which has more volatility & risk, INS or KOO?

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

Summary

Kooth beats Instem on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.