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 $30.3M against $9.8M — 3.1× the size. Knightscope, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Senstar Technologies Ltd. trades at 95.6×. 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 95.59 22.53
P/S 0.36 0.82 1.17
P/B 0.25 0.72 2.09
Price to free cash flow n/m 2.67 19.49
EV/EBITDA n/m 31.26 11.17
EV/Sales 0.18 0.62 1.97
Earnings yield (816.67%) 1.05% 3.26%
Free cash flow yield (563.58%) 37.46% 1.46%

Profitability

Metric KSCP SNT Security & Protection Services median
Gross margin (9.95%) 63.42% 38.10%
Operating margin (213.51%) 1.98% 9.80%
Net margin (217.29%) 1.34% 2.88%
Free cash flow margin (204.88%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity (201.29%) 1.17% 8.74%
Return on assets (105.70%) 0.93% 1.21%
Return on invested capital (107.00%) 1.35% 1.98%

Growth

Metric KSCP SNT Security & Protection Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 88.02% (3.25%) 7.23%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 63.54% 27.27% 35.69%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 27.72% 1.75% 7.09%
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 1.92
Net debt to EBITDA 0.52 (6.10) 1.55

Dividend

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

Size

Metric KSCP SNT Security & Protection Services median
Market cap 9.80m 30.33m 408.73m

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