Knightscope (KSCP) Competitors

Knightscope (NASDAQ:KSCP) and Everspin Technologies (NASDAQ:MRAM) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, KSCP or MRAM?

Knightscope has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everspin Technologies has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, KSCP or MRAM?

Everspin Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Knightscope. Knightscope is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Everspin Technologies, 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
Knightscope	$11.01M	3.33	-$22.12M	-$13.58	-0.77
Everspin Technologies	$63.76M	2.11	$9.05M	$0.06	102.00

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

14.6% of Knightscope shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Everspin Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of Knightscope shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Everspin Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to KSCP or MRAM?

In the previous week, Knightscope had 9 more articles in the media than Everspin Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Knightscope and 2 mentions for Everspin Technologies. Everspin Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Knightscope's score of 0.56 indicating that Everspin Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Knightscope	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Everspin Technologies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer KSCP or MRAM?

Knightscope currently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.24%. Everspin Technologies has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.06%. Given Knightscope's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Knightscope is more favorable than Everspin Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Knightscope	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Everspin Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is KSCP or MRAM more profitable?

Everspin Technologies has a net margin of 2.85% compared to Knightscope's net margin of -284.42%. Everspin Technologies' return on equity of 2.74% beat Knightscope's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Knightscope	-284.42%	N/A	-129.83%
Everspin Technologies	2.85%	2.74%	2.27%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KSCP or MRAM?

Everspin Technologies received 279 more outperform votes than Knightscope when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Knightscope an outperform vote while only 67.79% of users gave Everspin Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Knightscope	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Everspin Technologies	Outperform Votes 282 67.79%	Underperform Votes 134 32.21%

Summary

Everspin Technologies beats Knightscope on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.