Kartoon Studios (TOON) Competitors

Kartoon Studios (NASDAQ:TOON) and Gaia (NASDAQ:GAIA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, TOON or GAIA?

Kartoon Studios has a beta of 3.35, indicating that its stock price is 235% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gaia has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TOON or GAIA?

Gaia received 379 more outperform votes than Kartoon Studios when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.17% of users gave Gaia an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Kartoon Studios an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kartoon Studios	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%
Gaia	Outperform Votes 379 73.17%	Underperform Votes 139 26.83%

Is TOON or GAIA more profitable?

Gaia has a net margin of -7.23% compared to Kartoon Studios' net margin of -114.48%. Gaia's return on equity of -6.90% beat Kartoon Studios' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kartoon Studios	-114.48%	-78.36%	-38.43%
Gaia	-7.23%	-6.90%	-4.59%

Does the media favor TOON or GAIA?

In the previous week, Gaia had 16 more articles in the media than Kartoon Studios. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Gaia and 2 mentions for Kartoon Studios. Kartoon Studios' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Gaia's score of -0.07 indicating that Kartoon Studios is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kartoon Studios	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Gaia	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend TOON or GAIA?

Gaia has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 84.29%. Given Gaia's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gaia is more favorable than Kartoon Studios.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kartoon Studios	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Gaia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TOON or GAIA?

8.6% of Kartoon Studios shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of Gaia shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Kartoon Studios shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.6% of Gaia shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TOON or GAIA?

Gaia has higher revenue and earnings than Kartoon Studios. Gaia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kartoon Studios, 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
Kartoon Studios	$32.59M	1.23	-$77.10M	-$0.48	-1.75
Gaia	$92.89M	1.17	-$5.80M	-$0.21	-20.67

Summary

Gaia beats Kartoon Studios on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.