Critical Comparison: VU1 (OTCMKTS:VUOC) versus Knightscope (NASDAQ:KSCP)

VU1 (OTCMKTS:VUOCGet Free Report) and Knightscope (NASDAQ:KSCPGet 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

Knightscope has a consensus target price of $200.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,257.31%. Given Knightscope’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Knightscope is more favorable than VU1.

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

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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

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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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