Knightscope (NASDAQ:KSCP – Get Rating) and Maris-Tech (NASDAQ:MTEK – Get Rating) 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 valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
1.6% of Knightscope shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.8% of Maris-Tech shares are held by institutional investors. 36.5% of Knightscope shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.3% of Maris-Tech 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.
Risk & Volatility
Knightscope has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maris-Tech has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Knightscope | $5.63 million | 3.39 | -$25.64 million | ($1.83) | -0.28 |
| Maris-Tech | $2.50 million | 2.68 | -$3.69 million | N/A | N/A |
Maris-Tech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Knightscope.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Knightscope and Maris-Tech, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Knightscope | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Maris-Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Profitability
This table compares Knightscope and Maris-Tech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Knightscope | -455.39% | N/A | -120.88% |
| Maris-Tech | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
Maris-Tech beats Knightscope on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Knightscope
Knightscope, Inc. designs, develops, builds, deploys, and supports physical security technologies in the United States. The company's solutions combine the physical presence of autonomous security robots (ASR) with real-time on-site data collection and analysis, and a human-machine interface to reduce crime. Its products include K3 and K5 ASRs designed to roam a geo-fenced area autonomously by utilizing numerous sensors and lasers, either on a random basis or based on a particular patrolling algorithm to navigate around people, vehicles, and objects in dynamic indoor or outdoor environments; K1, an ASR for used in indoors or outdoors and at ingress/egress points for both people and vehicles; and K7, a multi-terrain ASR. The company also develops and operates the Knightscope security operations center (KSOC), a browser-based interface, which allows real-time data access service to its clients for alert of an abnormal event; and Knightscope network operations center (KNOC), a custom set of tools that enables it to manage and monitor the network of ASRs with alerts related to critical indicators and statistics, including charging, software, navigation, and temperatures, as well as to execute over-the-air software upgrades, patches, and other related items. In addition, it offers Knightscope+ remote monitoring, an optional service for clients that operate without a fully staffed 24/7 security operations center. The company serves law enforcement agencies, hospitals, and security teams. Knightscope, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
About Maris-Tech
Maris-Tech Ltd. designs and manufactures digital video and audio hardware and software solutions for the military and IoT markets worldwide. The company offers intelligent video surveillance solutions, communication technology products, modular video encoding/decoding platform, ultra-low latency streaming solutions, dual channel low power encoder systems, multi channel encoding streaming and recording platform, miniature recording and streaming platforms, and video encoding and decoding platform. Its products are used in drone, robotic, defense, homeland security, HLS, intelligence gathering, autonomous vehicle, and space markets and applications. Maris-Tech Ltd. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Rehovot, Israel.
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