Knightscope (NASDAQ:KSCP – Get Free Report) and Crane NXT (NYSE:CXT – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Knightscope and Crane NXT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Knightscope | -256.09% | -156.57% | -92.71% |
| Crane NXT | 9.80% | 20.24% | 8.67% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Knightscope and Crane NXT, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Knightscope | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Crane NXT | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2.50 |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
14.6% of Knightscope shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Crane NXT shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Knightscope shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Crane NXT 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.
Volatility & Risk
Knightscope has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crane NXT has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Knightscope and Crane NXT”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Knightscope | $10.81 million | 3.43 | -$31.73 million | ($3.94) | -0.84 |
| Crane NXT | $1.49 billion | 1.98 | $184.10 million | $2.68 | 19.15 |
Crane NXT has higher revenue and earnings than Knightscope. Knightscope is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crane NXT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Crane NXT beats Knightscope on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Knightscope
Knightscope, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, deploys, and supports autonomous security robots (ASR) in the United States. Its products include K3 and K5 ASRs designed to roam a geo-fenced area autonomously by utilizing numerous sensors and lasers, either on a random basis or based on a particular patrolling algorithm to navigate around people, vehicles, and objects in dynamic indoor or outdoor environments; K1, an ASR for used in indoors or outdoors and at ingress/egress points for both people and vehicles; and K7, a multi-terrain ASR. The company also develops and operates the Knightscope security operations center (KSOC), a browser-based interface, which allows real-time data access service to its clients for alert of an abnormal event; and Knightscope network operations center (KNOC), a custom set of tools that enables it to manage and monitor the network of ASRs with alerts related to critical indicators and statistics, including charging, software, navigation, and temperatures, as well as to execute over-the-air software upgrades, patches, and other related items. In addition, it offers Knightscope+, a virtual monitoring and response solution that provides an alternative for client sites. The company serves airports, commercial real estate, corporate campus, homeowner associations, hotels, universities, municipalities, rail, healthcare, public parks, schools, casinos, corporations, logistics, manufacturing, law enforcement, Parking areas, municipalities, universities, and property management companies, as well as the U.S. federal government. Knightscope, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
About Crane NXT
Crane NXT, Co. operates as an industrial technology company that provides technology solutions to secure, detect, and authenticate customers’ important assets. The company operates through Crane Payment Innovations and Crane Currency segments. The Crane Payment Innovations segment offers electronic equipment and associated software, as well as advanced automation solutions, processing systems, field service solutions, remote diagnostics, and productivity software solutions. The Crane Currency segment provides advanced security solutions based on proprietary technology for securing physical products, including banknotes, consumer goods, and industrial products. Crane NXT, Co. was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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