Crown ElectroKinetics (CRKN) Competitors

Crown ElectroKinetics (NASDAQ:CRKN) and Knightscope (NASDAQ:KSCP) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.

Do analysts prefer CRKN or KSCP?

Knightscope has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 274.15%. Given Knightscope's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Knightscope is more favorable than Crown ElectroKinetics.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crown ElectroKinetics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Knightscope	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CRKN or KSCP?

Knightscope has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Crown ElectroKinetics.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crown ElectroKinetics	$13.46M	0.50	-$28.98M	N/A	N/A
Knightscope	$11.01M	1.40	-$22.12M	-$13.58	-0.32

Is CRKN or KSCP more profitable?

Crown ElectroKinetics has a net margin of -184.32% compared to Knightscope's net margin of -284.42%. Knightscope's return on equity of 0.00% beat Crown ElectroKinetics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crown ElectroKinetics	-184.32%	-386.16%	-190.75%
Knightscope	-284.42%	N/A	-129.83%

Which has more risk & volatility, CRKN or KSCP?

Crown ElectroKinetics has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knightscope has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRKN or KSCP?

Crown ElectroKinetics received 3 more outperform votes than Knightscope when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Knightscope an outperform vote while only 46.67% of users gave Crown ElectroKinetics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crown ElectroKinetics	Outperform Votes 7 46.67%	Underperform Votes 8 53.33%
Knightscope	Outperform Votes 4 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CRKN or KSCP?

5.3% of Crown ElectroKinetics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.6% of Knightscope shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Crown ElectroKinetics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Knightscope shares are held by company 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.

Does the media prefer CRKN or KSCP?

In the previous week, Crown ElectroKinetics had 1 more articles in the media than Knightscope. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Crown ElectroKinetics and 4 mentions for Knightscope. Knightscope's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Crown ElectroKinetics' score of 0.52 indicating that Knightscope is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crown ElectroKinetics	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Knightscope	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Knightscope beats Crown ElectroKinetics on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.