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 companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, INS or KOO?

Kooth has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Instem. Kooth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Instem, 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	3.24	£3.34M	£0.14	5,928.57
Kooth	£54.17M	1.19	£4.28M	£0.12	1,475.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor INS or KOO?

Instem received 83 more outperform votes than Kooth when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.91% 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 10 90.91%	Underperform Votes 1 9.09%

Does the media refer more to INS or KOO?

In the previous week, 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 23.83% 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%	23.83%	10.12%

Do analysts recommend INS or KOO?

Kooth has a consensus target price of GBX 585, indicating a potential upside of 230.51%. Given Kooth's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

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

65.9% of Instem shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.0% of Kooth shares are held by institutional investors. 30.0% of Instem shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of Kooth shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, INS or KOO?

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

Summary

Kooth beats Instem on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.