Kooth - KOO Competitors

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

Is BOOM or KOO more profitable?

Audioboom Group has a net margin of -1.01% compared to Kooth's net margin of -3.89%. Audioboom Group's return on equity of -4.77% beat Kooth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Audioboom Group	-1.01%	-4.77%	-1.56%
Kooth	-3.89%	-6.32%	-4.82%

Do analysts prefer BOOM or KOO?

Kooth has a consensus target price of GBX 380, indicating a potential upside of 65.22%. Given Kooth's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kooth is more favorable than Audioboom Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Audioboom Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Kooth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

7.0% of Audioboom Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Kooth shares are held by institutional investors. 56.8% of Audioboom Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Kooth shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BOOM or KOO?

Audioboom Group has higher revenue and earnings than Kooth. Kooth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Audioboom Group, 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
Audioboom Group	£74.88 million	0.92	£8.01 million	£0.38	1,105.26
Kooth	£17.74 million	4.29	N/A	-£0.03	-7,666.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BOOM or KOO?

Audioboom Group received 132 more outperform votes than Kooth when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Kooth an outperform vote while only 61.36% of users gave Audioboom Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Audioboom Group	Outperform Votes 135 61.36%	Underperform Votes 85 38.64%
Kooth	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media favor BOOM or KOO?

In the previous week, Audioboom Group had 5 more articles in the media than Kooth. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Audioboom Group and 1 mentions for Kooth. Audioboom Group's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Kooth's score of -0.37 indicating that Audioboom Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Audioboom Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Kooth	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, BOOM or KOO?

Audioboom Group has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kooth has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Audioboom Group beats Kooth on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.