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Knightscope (KSCP) Competitors

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$5.90 -0.21 (-3.44%)
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KSCP vs. REKR, SPWR, MRAM, MX, LPTH, ICG, INSG, ESP, SOL, and SNT

Should you be buying Knightscope stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Knightscope include Rekor Systems (REKR), Complete Solaria (SPWR), Everspin Technologies (MRAM), Magnachip Semiconductor (MX), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), Intchains Group (ICG), Inseego (INSG), ESPEY MFG & ELECTRONICS (ESP), Emeren Group (SOL), and Senstar Technologies (SNT). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

Knightscope vs. Its Competitors

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

Knightscope has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rekor Systems. Rekor Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Knightscope, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Knightscope$11.47M3.56-$22.12M-$8.14-0.73
Rekor Systems$45.45M3.57-$45.69M-$0.58-2.37

Rekor Systems has a net margin of -119.54% compared to Knightscope's net margin of -284.42%. Knightscope's return on equity of 0.00% beat Rekor Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Knightscope-284.42% N/A -129.83%
Rekor Systems -119.54%-119.85%-52.59%

Rekor Systems received 50 more outperform votes than Knightscope when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.00% of users gave Knightscope an outperform vote while only 60.20% of users gave Rekor Systems an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KnightscopeOutperform Votes
9
90.00%
Underperform Votes
1
10.00%
Rekor SystemsOutperform Votes
59
60.20%
Underperform Votes
39
39.80%

Knightscope presently has a consensus price target of $15.67, suggesting a potential upside of 165.09%. Given Knightscope's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Knightscope is more favorable than Rekor Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Knightscope
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Rekor Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

14.6% of Knightscope shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Rekor Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of Knightscope shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Rekor Systems shares are held by 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.

In the previous week, Knightscope had 1 more articles in the media than Rekor Systems. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Knightscope and 4 mentions for Rekor Systems. Rekor Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Knightscope's score of 0.47 indicating that Rekor Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Knightscope
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Rekor Systems
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Knightscope has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rekor Systems has a beta of 2.26, meaning that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rekor Systems beats Knightscope on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KSCP vs. The Competition

MetricKnightscopeCommunications equipment IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$40.79M$924.35M$14.29B$8.62B
Dividend YieldN/A2.15%2.60%4.18%
P/E Ratio-0.4416.3034.1120.02
Price / Sales3.5674.30300.82154.33
Price / CashN/A16.7730.9334.64
Price / Book-0.333.135.454.70
Net Income-$22.12M-$18.34M$195.24M$247.97M
7 Day Performance-1.83%-0.81%2.38%2.64%
1 Month Performance8.84%5.40%3.47%6.39%
1 Year PerformanceN/A29.14%24.31%13.95%

Knightscope Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KSCP
Knightscope
2.5599 of 5 stars
$5.90
-3.4%
$15.67
+165.5%
N/A$40.72M$11.47M-0.4340
REKR
Rekor Systems
1.2195 of 5 stars
$1.45
+2.5%
N/A-12.2%$171.21M$45.45M-2.23250Positive News
SPWR
Complete Solaria
4.4183 of 5 stars
$1.93
-2.0%
$6.00
+210.9%
+19.2%$154.93M$181.44M0.00151Gap Down
MRAM
Everspin Technologies
2.5477 of 5 stars
$6.17
+4.0%
$8.00
+29.7%
-1.9%$138.62M$49.11M102.8390Positive News
MX
Magnachip Semiconductor
2.0512 of 5 stars
$3.83
+3.4%
$6.00
+56.9%
-19.6%$137.95M$233.02M-3.30900
LPTH
LightPath Technologies
3.2479 of 5 stars
$3.06
+2.3%
$4.88
+59.3%
+141.2%$136.02M$33.63M-12.75330
ICG
Intchains Group
3.3838 of 5 stars
$2.07
-1.0%
$9.25
+346.9%
-70.4%$124.22M$389.89M18.82133Short Interest ↑
INSG
Inseego
2.9551 of 5 stars
$7.67
+0.1%
$13.00
+69.5%
-6.4%$115.11M$185.41M-12.37410Positive News
ESP
ESPEY MFG & ELECTRONICS
N/A$40.04
+6.2%
N/AN/A$113.35M$45.97M14.94150Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
SOL
Emeren Group
3.5186 of 5 stars
$1.85
+6.6%
$5.00
+171.0%
+7.5%$94.69M$85.62M-14.19160Positive News
SNT
Senstar Technologies
1.5827 of 5 stars
$3.85
+1.9%
N/A+171.8%$89.81M$36.69M55.01160Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:KSCP) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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