Knightscope’s (KSCP) “Buy” Rating Reiterated at HC Wainwright

HC Wainwright reissued their buy rating on shares of Knightscope (NASDAQ:KSCP) in a research note published on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $12.00 price target on the stock. HC Wainwright also issued estimates for Knightscope’s Q3 2025 earnings at ($0.79) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.72) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($3.68) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($2.41) EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Knightscope from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 9th. Ascendiant Capital Markets lowered their price objective on shares of Knightscope from $30.00 to $26.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, June 6th. Finally, Lake Street Capital set a $8.00 price objective on shares of Knightscope and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $15.33.

Knightscope Price Performance

KSCP opened at $5.48 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $6.27 and a 200 day moving average of $5.47. Knightscope has a 52-week low of $2.45 and a 52-week high of $28.57. The company has a quick ratio of 1.65, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. The stock has a market cap of $53.98 million, a P/E ratio of -0.84 and a beta of 1.74.

Knightscope (NASDAQ:KSCP) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 12th. The company reported ($0.90) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.09) by $0.19. Knightscope had a negative return on equity of 213.31% and a negative net margin of 282.34%.The company had revenue of $2.75 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.86 million. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Knightscope will post -12.15 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Knightscope

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Total Investment Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Knightscope during the 2nd quarter worth $25,000. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Knightscope by 32.5% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 53,372 shares of the company’s stock worth $264,000 after purchasing an additional 13,081 shares during the last quarter. Virtu Financial LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Knightscope during the 1st quarter worth $40,000. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Knightscope during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $77,000. 14.61% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Knightscope Company Profile

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.