Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) Competitors

Inotiv (NASDAQ:NOTV) and Intelligent Protection Management (NASDAQ:IPM) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.

Which has more risk and volatility, NOTV or IPM?

Inotiv has a beta of 3.96, suggesting that its share price is 296% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intelligent Protection Management has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NOTV or IPM more profitable?

Inotiv has a net margin of -25.40% compared to Intelligent Protection Management's net margin of -33.40%. Inotiv's return on equity of -15.41% beat Intelligent Protection Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inotiv	-25.40%	-15.41%	-3.58%
Intelligent Protection Management	-33.40%	-16.94%	-14.15%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NOTV or IPM?

Inotiv received 18 more outperform votes than Intelligent Protection Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Intelligent Protection Management an outperform vote while only 48.72% of users gave Inotiv an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Inotiv	Outperform Votes 19 48.72%	Underperform Votes 20 51.28%
Intelligent Protection Management	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do analysts recommend NOTV or IPM?

Inotiv presently has a consensus price target of $5.92, indicating a potential upside of 201.87%. Intelligent Protection Management has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 220.86%. Given Intelligent Protection Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Intelligent Protection Management is more favorable than Inotiv.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inotiv	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Intelligent Protection Management	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer NOTV or IPM?

In the previous week, Inotiv and Inotiv both had 1 articles in the media. Intelligent Protection Management's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Inotiv's score of 0.66 indicating that Intelligent Protection Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Inotiv	Positive
Intelligent Protection Management	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, NOTV or IPM?

Intelligent Protection Management has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Inotiv. Intelligent Protection Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inotiv, 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
Inotiv	$475.11M	0.14	-$108.44M	-$4.61	-0.43
Intelligent Protection Management	$1.10M	15.73	-$1.07M	-$0.34	-5.50

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NOTV or IPM?

18.2% of Inotiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Inotiv shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of Intelligent Protection Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Inotiv beats Intelligent Protection Management on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.