Kooth (KOO) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate KOO or INS?

Kooth currently has a consensus price target of GBX 585, indicating a potential upside of 261.11%. Given Kooth's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kooth is more favorable than Instem.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kooth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Instem	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KOO or INS?

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
Kooth	Outperform Votes 10 90.91%	Underperform Votes 1 9.09%
Instem	Outperform Votes 93 52.25%	Underperform Votes 85 47.75%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, KOO or INS?

Kooth has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Kooth	£54.17M	1.09	£4.28M	£0.12	1,350.00
Instem	£61.63M	3.24	£3.34M	£0.14	5,928.57

Which has more risk and volatility, KOO or INS?

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

Is KOO or INS 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
Kooth	7.89%	23.83%	10.12%
Instem	5.50%	6.35%	4.62%

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

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

Does the media refer more to KOO or INS?

In the previous week, Kooth's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Instem'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kooth	Neutral
Instem	Neutral

Summary

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