Kooth (KOO) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

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

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

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%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, KOO or INS?

Kooth has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Instem. Instem is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kooth, 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	1.19	£4.28M	£0.12	1,466.67
Instem	£61.63M	0.00	£3.34M	£0.14	N/A

Do analysts recommend KOO or INS?

Kooth currently has a consensus price target of GBX 585, indicating a potential upside of 232.39%. Given Kooth's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly 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

Which has more volatility and risk, KOO or INS?

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

Does the media refer more to KOO or INS?

In the previous week, Kooth had 2 more articles in the media than Instem. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kooth and 0 mentions for Instem. Kooth's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Instem's score of 0.00 indicating that Kooth is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kooth	Positive
Instem	Neutral

Summary

Kooth beats Instem on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.