KSCP vs. INSG, SNT, UTSI, ALPP, VISL, AMPG, MTEK, COMS, IRDM, and LITE
Should you be buying Knightscope stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knightscope include Inseego (INSG), Senstar Technologies (SNT), UTStarcom (UTSI), Alpine 4 (ALPP), Vislink Technologies (VISL), AmpliTech Group (AMPG), Maris-Tech (MTEK), COMSovereign (COMS), Iridium Communications (IRDM), and Lumentum (LITE). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Knightscope (NASDAQ:KSCP) and Inseego (NASDAQ:INSG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
14.6% of Knightscope shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.2% of Inseego shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of Knightscope shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Inseego shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Inseego had 2 more articles in the media than Knightscope. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Inseego and 1 mentions for Knightscope. Knightscope's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Inseego's score of 1.16 indicating that Knightscope is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Knightscope has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Inseego. Inseego is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knightscope, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Knightscope currently has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,303.02%. Inseego has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.87%. Given Knightscope's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Knightscope is more favorable than Inseego.
Knightscope has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inseego has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Inseego has a net margin of -23.98% compared to Knightscope's net margin of -224.34%.
Inseego received 335 more outperform votes than Knightscope when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Knightscope an outperform vote while only 61.83% of users gave Inseego an outperform vote.
Summary
Knightscope beats Inseego on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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