VU1 (OTCMKTS:VUOC – Get Free Report) and Knightscope (NASDAQ:KSCP – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
Profitability
This table compares VU1 and Knightscope’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
VU1 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Knightscope | -284.42% | N/A | -131.30% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for VU1 and Knightscope, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
VU1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Knightscope | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
14.6% of Knightscope shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of Knightscope shares are owned 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.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares VU1 and Knightscope”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
VU1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Knightscope | $12.80 million | 3.13 | -$22.12 million | ($13.58) | -1.09 |
VU1 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Knightscope.
Summary
Knightscope beats VU1 on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
About VU1
Vu1 Corp. designs, develops and sells mercury-free lighting products using its proprietary Electron Stimulated Luminescence (ESL) technology. It’s ESL lights use a form of cathode-ray tube technology in which accelerated electrons stimulate phosphor to create light, making the surface of lights glow in a highly energy-efficient manner and with a warm natural light. The company was founded on August 30, 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
About Knightscope
Knightscope, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, deploys, and supports autonomous security robots (ASR) in the United States. 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+, a virtual monitoring and response solution that provides an alternative for client sites. The company serves airports, commercial real estate, corporate campus, homeowner associations, hotels, universities, municipalities, rail, healthcare, public parks, schools, casinos, corporations, logistics, manufacturing, law enforcement, Parking areas, municipalities, universities, and property management companies, as well as the U.S. federal government. Knightscope, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
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