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BIO-key International Inc. (BKYI) vs Knightscope, Inc. (KSCP)

BIO-key International Inc. and Knightscope, Inc. are both Security & Protection Services companies. Knightscope, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $9.8M against $4.8M — 2.0× the size. Knightscope, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 88.0% against −3.07%. BIO-key International Inc. has the higher net margin (−90.1% vs −217.3%) and the lower return on invested capital (−121.9% vs −107.0%). Across the 18 metrics below, BIO-key International Inc. leads on 11 and Knightscope, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric BKYI KSCP Security & Protection Services median
P/E n/m n/m 22.53
P/S 0.37 0.36 1.17
P/B 0.57 0.25 2.09
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 19.49
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 11.17
EV/Sales 0.32 0.18 1.97
Earnings yield (281.76%) (816.67%) 3.26%
Free cash flow yield (248.87%) (563.58%) 1.46%

Profitability

Metric BKYI KSCP Security & Protection Services median
Gross margin 81.32% (9.95%) 38.10%
Operating margin (86.43%) (213.51%) 9.80%
Net margin (90.10%) (217.29%) 2.88%
Free cash flow margin (62.06%) (204.88%) 0.00%
Return on equity (107.91%) (201.29%) 8.74%
Return on assets (67.07%) (105.70%) 1.21%
Return on invested capital (121.93%) (107.00%) 1.98%

Growth

Metric BKYI KSCP Security & Protection Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (3.07%) 88.02% 7.23%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 48.73% 63.54% 35.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 15.92% 27.72% 7.09%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BKYI KSCP Security & Protection Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.15 0.20
Current ratio 1.26 1.16 1.92
Net debt to EBITDA 0.44 0.52 1.55

Dividend

Metric BKYI KSCP Security & Protection Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.65%
Payout ratio — — 0.28

Size

Metric BKYI KSCP Security & Protection Services median
Market cap 4.82m 9.80m 408.73m

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