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Crown ElectroKinetics (CRKN) Competitors

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$0.61 +0.01 (+1.67%)
As of 03:52 PM Eastern

CRKN vs. PRSO, ASTI, SMTK, DGLY, PEGY, CETX, MAXN, DZSI, FIEE, and TMPO

Should you be buying Crown ElectroKinetics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crown ElectroKinetics include Peraso (PRSO), Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI), SmartKem (SMTK), Digital Ally Inc./NV (DGLY), Pineapple Energy (PEGY), Cemtrex (CETX), Maxeon Solar Technologies (MAXN), DZS (DZSI), Minim (FIEE), and Tempo Automation (TMPO). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

Crown ElectroKinetics vs. Its Competitors

Peraso (NASDAQ:PRSO) and Crown ElectroKinetics (NASDAQ:CRKN) are both small-cap electronic equipment companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

In the previous week, Peraso had 3 more articles in the media than Crown ElectroKinetics. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Peraso and 0 mentions for Crown ElectroKinetics. Peraso's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Crown ElectroKinetics'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Peraso Neutral
Crown ElectroKinetics Neutral

Peraso has a net margin of -48.29% compared to Crown ElectroKinetics' net margin of -184.32%. Peraso's return on equity of -165.47% beat Crown ElectroKinetics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Peraso-48.29% -165.47% -74.93%
Crown ElectroKinetics -184.32%-386.16%-190.75%

Peraso has higher revenue and earnings than Crown ElectroKinetics.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Peraso$14.57M0.29-$10.73M-$1.76-0.47
Crown ElectroKinetics$13.46M0.08-$28.98MN/AN/A

Peraso currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 262.93%. Given Peraso's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Peraso is more favorable than Crown ElectroKinetics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Peraso
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Crown ElectroKinetics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

77.6% of Peraso shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.3% of Crown ElectroKinetics shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Peraso shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Crown ElectroKinetics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Peraso has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown ElectroKinetics has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Peraso beats Crown ElectroKinetics on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CRKN vs. The Competition

MetricCrown ElectroKineticsElectronic components IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.06M$15.81M$7.78B$9.73B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A4.56%4.09%
P/E RatioN/A42.5526.1425.96
Price / Sales0.082.52102.08122.97
Price / CashN/A58.4828.3758.38
Price / Book0.000.814.096.39
Net Income-$28.98M-$64.27M$796.69M$265.56M
7 Day Performance3.83%-0.30%0.60%1.98%
1 Month Performance-45.54%-14.47%1.19%1.33%
1 Year Performance-99.81%-23.24%27.76%21.15%

Crown ElectroKinetics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRKN
Crown ElectroKinetics
1.0479 of 5 stars
$0.61
+1.7%
N/A-99.8%$1.06M$13.46M0.0020Gap Up
PRSO
Peraso
2.4124 of 5 stars
$0.84
-1.9%
$3.00
+257.1%
-40.0%$4.30M$14.57M-0.2580
ASTI
Ascent Solar Technologies
0.0515 of 5 stars
$2.10
+0.5%
N/A-50.4%$4.02M$40K0.0050News Coverage
Positive News
SMTK
SmartKem
0.628 of 5 stars
$0.82
-1.2%
N/A-88.0%$3.68M$80K-0.2429News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
DGLY
Digital Ally Inc./NV
0.6049 of 5 stars
$1.80
+1.1%
N/A-99.9%$2.97M$19.65M0.00150High Trading Volume
PEGY
Pineapple Energy
N/A$1.50
-0.7%
N/A-96.4%$2.72M$60.93M0.0040
CETX
Cemtrex
1.1307 of 5 stars
$1.26
flat
N/A-77.3%$2.25M$66.86M0.00340Short Interest ↑
MAXN
Maxeon Solar Technologies
1.0957 of 5 stars
$3.63
-3.2%
$4.00
+10.2%
-99.8%$2.06M$509.05M-0.021,591
DZSI
DZS
N/AN/AN/AN/A$811K$389.46M0.00840
FIEE
Minim
N/A$2.83
+2.2%
N/A-11.2%$226K$125.00-0.5380
TMPO
Tempo Automation
N/AN/AN/A+733.3%$65K$10.93M0.003Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:CRKN) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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