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 $37.3M against $21.2M — 1.8× the size. Knightscope, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Senstar Technologies Ltd. trades at 33.1×. Knightscope, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 88.0% against −1.85%. Senstar Technologies Ltd. has the higher net margin (3.79% vs −217.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.78% 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 33.13 21.88
P/S 0.79 1.04 1.21
P/B 0.55 0.89 2.21
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 20.62
EV/EBITDA n/m 19.46 12.37
EV/Sales 0.61 0.73 1.86
Earnings yield (376.92%) 3.02% 3.67%
Free cash flow yield (260.11%) (8.92%) 1.13%

Profitability

Metric KSCP SNT Security & Protection Services median
Gross margin (9.95%) 63.91% 41.45%
Operating margin (213.51%) 3.77% 8.06%
Net margin (217.29%) 3.79% 3.72%
Free cash flow margin (204.88%) 0.00% 1.45%
Return on equity (201.29%) 3.37% 9.87%
Return on assets (105.70%) 2.56% 2.54%
Return on invested capital (107.00%) 2.78% 3.11%

Growth

Metric KSCP SNT Security & Protection Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 88.02% (1.85%) 5.96%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 63.54% 27.27% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 27.18% 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 3.14 1.93
Net debt to EBITDA 0.52 (6.10) 1.55

Dividend

Metric KSCP SNT Security & Protection Services median
Dividend yield — 36.70% 1.53%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric KSCP SNT Security & Protection Services median
Market cap 21.15m 37.33m 395.79m

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