Data Knights Acquisition (DKDCA) Competitors

Data Knights Acquisition (NASDAQ:DKDCA) and Inotiv (NASDAQ:NOTV) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Does the media refer more to DKDCA or NOTV?

In the previous week, Inotiv had 4 more articles in the media than Data Knights Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Inotiv and 0 mentions for Data Knights Acquisition. Inotiv's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Data Knights Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Inotiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Data Knights Acquisition	Neutral
Inotiv	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DKDCA or NOTV?

Inotiv received 19 more outperform votes than Data Knights Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Data Knights Acquisition	N/A	N/A
Inotiv	Outperform Votes 19 48.72%	Underperform Votes 20 51.28%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DKDCA or NOTV?

Data Knights Acquisition has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Inotiv. Data Knights Acquisition is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inotiv, 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
Data Knights Acquisition	N/A	N/A	$340K	-$0.19	-7.37
Inotiv	$490.74M	0.22	-$108.44M	-$4.19	-0.97

Do analysts prefer DKDCA or NOTV?

Inotiv has a consensus target price of $5.92, suggesting a potential upside of 45.02%. Given Inotiv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Inotiv is more favorable than Data Knights Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Data Knights Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Inotiv	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DKDCA or NOTV?

35.3% of Data Knights Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.2% of Inotiv shares are held by institutional investors. 45.7% of Data Knights Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Inotiv shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, DKDCA or NOTV?

Data Knights Acquisition has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inotiv has a beta of 3.62, indicating that its stock price is 262% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DKDCA or NOTV more profitable?

Data Knights Acquisition has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Inotiv's net margin of -22.10%. Data Knights Acquisition's return on equity of 0.00% beat Inotiv's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Data Knights Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-5.55%
Inotiv	-22.10%	-15.86%	-4.03%

Summary

Inotiv beats Data Knights Acquisition on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.