Kropz (KRPZ) Competitors

Kropz (LON:KRPZ) and Plant Health Care (LON:PHC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KRPZ or PHC?

24.0% of Plant Health Care shares are held by institutional investors. 94.8% of Kropz shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 72.2% of Plant Health Care shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to KRPZ or PHC?

In the previous week, Kropz's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Plant Health Care'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kropz	Neutral
Plant Health Care	Neutral

Is KRPZ or PHC more profitable?

Kropz has a net margin of 22.12% compared to Plant Health Care's net margin of -35.69%. Plant Health Care's return on equity of -40.17% beat Kropz's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kropz	22.12%	-78.95%	-7.02%
Plant Health Care	-35.69%	-40.17%	-20.92%

Which has more volatility and risk, KRPZ or PHC?

Kropz has a beta of -0.1, suggesting that its stock price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plant Health Care has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, KRPZ or PHC?

Plant Health Care has higher revenue and earnings than Kropz. Kropz is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plant Health Care, 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
Kropz	N/A	N/A	-£137.40M	-£5.96	-0.11
Plant Health Care	£11.21M	0.00	-£4M	-£0.01	N/A

Summary

Plant Health Care beats Kropz on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.