Nauticus Robotics (KITT) Competitors

Perma-Pipe International (NASDAQ:PPIH) and Nauticus Robotics (NASDAQ:KITT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PPIH or KITT?

Perma-Pipe International received 87 more outperform votes than Nauticus Robotics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.96% of users gave Perma-Pipe International an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Nauticus Robotics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Perma-Pipe International	Outperform Votes 89 64.96%	Underperform Votes 48 35.04%
Nauticus Robotics	Outperform Votes 2 33.33%	Underperform Votes 4 66.67%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PPIH or KITT?

28.4% of Perma-Pipe International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.5% of Nauticus Robotics shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Perma-Pipe International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of Nauticus Robotics shares are owned 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.

Is PPIH or KITT more profitable?

Perma-Pipe International has a net margin of 10.33% compared to Nauticus Robotics' net margin of -2,327.46%. Perma-Pipe International's return on equity of 23.41% beat Nauticus Robotics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perma-Pipe International	10.33%	23.41%	10.05%
Nauticus Robotics	-2,327.46%	N/A	-132.88%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PPIH or KITT?

Perma-Pipe International has higher revenue and earnings than Nauticus Robotics. Nauticus Robotics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perma-Pipe International, 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
Perma-Pipe International	$153.58M	0.59	$10.47M	$1.97	5.79
Nauticus Robotics	$1.81M	19.94	-$50.69M	-$32.54	-0.03

Which has more volatility & risk, PPIH or KITT?

Perma-Pipe International has a beta of 0.11, meaning that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nauticus Robotics has a beta of -0.06, meaning that its share price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PPIH or KITT?

In the previous week, Nauticus Robotics had 1 more articles in the media than Perma-Pipe International. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Nauticus Robotics and 2 mentions for Perma-Pipe International. Nauticus Robotics' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Perma-Pipe International's score of 0.93 indicating that Nauticus Robotics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Perma-Pipe International	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nauticus Robotics	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Perma-Pipe International beats Nauticus Robotics on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.