Knightscope, Inc. (KSCP) vs Senstar Technologies Ltd. (SNT)

Knightscope, Inc. and Senstar Technologies Ltd. are both Security & Protection Services companies. Senstar Technologies Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $32.7M against $13.5M — 2.4× the size. Knightscope, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Senstar Technologies Ltd. trades at 104×. Knightscope, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 88.0% against −3.25%. Senstar Technologies Ltd. has the higher net margin (1.34% vs −217.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.35% vs −107.0%). Across the 19 metrics below, Senstar Technologies Ltd. leads on 13 and Knightscope, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric KSCP SNT Security & Protection Services median
P/E n/m 104.41 22.21
P/S 0.47 0.90 1.12
P/B 0.33 0.79 2.11
Price to free cash flow n/m 2.92 20.05
EV/EBITDA n/m 35.10 11.50
EV/Sales 0.29 0.70 2.08
Earnings yield (635.19%) 0.96% 2.19%
Free cash flow yield (438.34%) 34.29% 2.44%

Profitability

Metric KSCP SNT Security & Protection Services median
Gross margin (9.95%) 63.42% 41.45%
Operating margin (213.51%) 1.98% 8.06%
Net margin (217.29%) 1.34% 3.11%
Free cash flow margin (204.88%) 0.00% 1.45%
Return on equity (201.29%) 1.17% 5.40%
Return on assets (105.70%) 0.93% 1.07%
Return on invested capital (107.00%) 1.35% 2.40%

Growth

Metric KSCP SNT Security & Protection Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 88.02% (3.25%) 6.22%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 63.54% 27.27% 29.52%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 27.72% 1.75% 7.35%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 54.96% 0.00%

Health

Metric KSCP SNT Security & Protection Services median
Debt to equity 0.15 0.00 0.20
Current ratio 1.16 3.58 1.93
Net debt to EBITDA 0.52 (6.10) 1.55

Dividend

Metric KSCP SNT Security & Protection Services median
Dividend yield — — 1.72%
Payout ratio — — 0.28

Size

Metric KSCP SNT Security & Protection Services median
Market cap 13.46m 32.66m 394.99m

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