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GFAI vs. KSCP, OBAI, SUGP, GFAIW, and BCO

Should you buy Guardforce AI stock or one of its competitors? Guardforce AI's main competitors and comparable companies include Knightscope (KSCP), TG-17 (OBAI), SU Group (SUGP), Guardforce AI (GFAIW), and Brink's (BCO). Companies are selected based on similarities in market, industry, and size. These companies are all part of the "security & alarm services" industry.

How does Guardforce AI compare to Knightscope?

Knightscope (NASDAQ:KSCP) and Guardforce AI (NASDAQ:GFAI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Knightscope presently has a consensus price target of $12.67, suggesting a potential upside of 733.33%. Given Knightscope's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Knightscope is more favorable than Guardforce AI.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Knightscope
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Guardforce AI
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

14.6% of Knightscope shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Guardforce AI shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Knightscope shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 76.7% of Guardforce AI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Guardforce AI has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Knightscope's net margin of -217.29%. Guardforce AI's return on equity of 0.00% beat Knightscope's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Knightscope-217.29% -152.20% -90.99%
Guardforce AI N/A N/A N/A

Knightscope has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Guardforce AI has a beta of 2.58, meaning that its stock price is 158% more volatile than the broader market.

Guardforce AI has higher revenue and earnings than Knightscope.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Knightscope$11.34M2.66-$33.81M-$3.54N/A
Guardforce AI$35.23M0.31-$6.66MN/AN/A

In the previous week, Knightscope had 5 more articles in the media than Guardforce AI. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Knightscope and 1 mentions for Guardforce AI. Guardforce AI's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Knightscope's score of -0.16 indicating that Guardforce AI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Knightscope Neutral
Guardforce AI Very Positive

Summary

Guardforce AI beats Knightscope on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Guardforce AI compare to TG-17?

Guardforce AI (NASDAQ:GFAI) and TG-17 (NASDAQ:OBAI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

TG-17 has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 414.40%. Given TG-17's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TG-17 is more favorable than Guardforce AI.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Guardforce AI
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
TG-17
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

2.0% of Guardforce AI shares are held by institutional investors. 76.7% of Guardforce AI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, TG-17 had 3 more articles in the media than Guardforce AI. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for TG-17 and 1 mentions for Guardforce AI. Guardforce AI's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat TG-17's score of 0.56 indicating that Guardforce AI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Guardforce AI Very Positive
TG-17 Positive

Guardforce AI has higher revenue and earnings than TG-17.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Guardforce AI$35.23M0.31-$6.66MN/AN/A
TG-17$9.97M1.17-$10.55M-$0.41N/A

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Guardforce AIN/A N/A N/A
TG-17 N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Guardforce AI and TG-17 tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Guardforce AI compare to SU Group?

Guardforce AI (NASDAQ:GFAI) and SU Group (NASDAQ:SUGP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Guardforce AI
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
SU Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

2.0% of Guardforce AI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of SU Group shares are held by institutional investors. 76.7% of Guardforce AI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Guardforce AIN/A N/A N/A
SU Group N/A N/A N/A

Guardforce AI has a beta of 2.58, meaning that its share price is 158% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, SU Group has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the broader market.

SU Group has higher revenue and earnings than Guardforce AI.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Guardforce AI$35.23M0.31-$6.66MN/AN/A
SU Group$192.39M0.01-$2.38MN/AN/A

In the previous week, SU Group had 2 more articles in the media than Guardforce AI. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for SU Group and 1 mentions for Guardforce AI. Guardforce AI's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat SU Group's score of 0.96 indicating that Guardforce AI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Guardforce AI Very Positive
SU Group Positive

Summary

Guardforce AI and SU Group tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Guardforce AI compare to Guardforce AI?

Guardforce AI (NASDAQ:GFAIW) and Guardforce AI (NASDAQ:GFAI) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Guardforce AIN/A N/A N/A
Guardforce AI N/A N/A N/A

Guardforce AI has higher revenue and earnings than Guardforce AI.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Guardforce AI$35.23MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Guardforce AI$35.23M0.31-$6.66MN/AN/A

2.0% of Guardforce AI shares are held by institutional investors. 76.7% of Guardforce AI 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.

In the previous week, Guardforce AI and Guardforce AI both had 1 articles in the media. Guardforce AI's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Guardforce AI's score of 1.87 indicating that Guardforce AI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Guardforce AI Very Positive
Guardforce AI Very Positive

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Guardforce AI
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Guardforce AI
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Summary

Guardforce AI beats Guardforce AI on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Guardforce AI compare to Brink's?

Brink's (NYSE:BCO) and Guardforce AI (NASDAQ:GFAI) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Brink's has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Guardforce AI has a beta of 2.58, indicating that its stock price is 158% more volatile than the broader market.

Brink's currently has a consensus target price of $154.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.62%. Given Brink's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brink's is more favorable than Guardforce AI.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brink's
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Guardforce AI
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

In the previous week, Brink's had 2 more articles in the media than Guardforce AI. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Brink's and 1 mentions for Guardforce AI. Guardforce AI's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Brink's' score of 1.00 indicating that Guardforce AI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Brink's Positive
Guardforce AI Very Positive

Brink's has higher revenue and earnings than Guardforce AI.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brink's$5.26B0.90$199.70M$4.3226.48
Guardforce AI$35.23M0.31-$6.66MN/AN/A

95.0% of Brink's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Guardforce AI shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Brink's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 76.7% of Guardforce AI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Brink's has a net margin of 3.30% compared to Guardforce AI's net margin of 0.00%. Brink's' return on equity of 87.18% beat Guardforce AI's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brink's3.30% 87.18% 4.95%
Guardforce AI N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Brink's beats Guardforce AI on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GFAI vs. The Competition

MetricGuardforce AICommercial Services & Supplies IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.96M$4.22B$10.96B$13.06B
Dividend YieldN/A5.10%97.10%10.45%
P/E RatioN/A31.8327.8725.31
Price / Sales0.311,182.65333.3874.79
Price / Cash3.5922.4924.9550.90
Price / Book0.254.154.786.24
Net Income-$6.66M$146.38M$609.43M$347.71M
7 Day Performance-0.37%0.74%0.76%1.07%
1 Month Performance-7.64%1.82%2.98%0.81%
1 Year Performance-69.51%17.25%14.45%20.95%

Guardforce AI Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFAI
Guardforce AI
1.0784 of 5 stars
$0.35
+0.5%
N/A-70.3%$10.96M$35.23MN/A1,604
KSCP
Knightscope
2.6077 of 5 stars
$1.63
+3.8%
$14.33
+779.3%
-73.6%$32.37M$11.34MN/A40
OBAI
TG-17
2.269 of 5 stars
$0.50
-4.3%
$2.00
+300.0%
N/A$14.99M$10.07MN/A10,675
SUGP
SU Group
1.1721 of 5 stars
$0.38
-19.7%
N/A-93.5%$1.71M$24.72MN/AN/A
GFAIW
Guardforce AI
N/A$0.03
flat
N/A-93.4%$0.00$35.23MN/A1,780

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This page (NASDAQ:GFAI) was last updated on 8/15/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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