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Knightscope, Inc. (KSCP)

Industrials | Security & Protection Services | Sunnyvale, United States | NasdaqCM
1.63 USD -0.10 (-5.780%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

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Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:02 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Knightscope is currently nonexistent due to a catastrophic multi-year decline and deteriorating fundamentals. Over the last three years, the stock has erased 95% of its value, driven by three consecutive years of negative annual returns, signaling a deep structural deterioration rather than a temporary setback. While the company recently reported revenue growth of over 100%, this is entirely offset by gross margins of -25% and operating losses, indicating that the top-line expansion is failing to generate profitability or cash flow. The balance sheet is fragile, with free cash flow of -$19.7 million and negative returns on both assets and equity. Although the current price trades below book value, this discount reflects the market's verdict on the business model's inability to sustain operations without capital infusion. There is no dividend to provide income, and the recent price action shows weakness, closing near session lows. The statistical forecast model offers no reliable guidance given its very low confidence score. Investors should avoid this security until there is clear evidence of a turnaround in profitability and a stabilization of the share price trajectory.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.157758
MSTL0.222922
AutoETS0.232221
AutoARIMA0.232493

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 29%
H-stat 71.69
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.064
Excess Kurtosis -1.59
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Debt to Equity Ratio 23.207
Revenue per Share 1.365
Market Cap 28,120,212
Forward P/E -0.75
Beta 1.30
Profit Margins -257.99%
Website https://knightscope.com

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.78375
Address1 305 North Mathilda Avenue
All Time High 1,375.0
All Time Low 1.655
Ask 2.06
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 618,230
Average Daily Volume3 Month 548,960
Average Volume 548,960
Average Volume10Days 618,230
Beta 1.296
Bid 1.26
Bid Size 2
Book Value 2.088
City Sunnyvale
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 1.63
Current Ratio 1.506
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 1.78
Day Low 1.591
Debt To Equity 23.207
Display Name Knightscope
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,747,249,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,747,249,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,756,326,900
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,755,203,700
Ebitda -33,678,000
Ebitda Margins -2.33324
Enterprise To Ebitda -0.731
Enterprise To Revenue 1.705
Enterprise Value 24,610,210
Eps Current Year -2.585
Eps Forward -2.17
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -3.24
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 2.4639
Fifty Day Average Change -0.8339001
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.3384472
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -78.375
Fifty Two Week High 10.14
Fifty Two Week High Change -8.51
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.8392505
Fifty Two Week Low 1.591
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.039000034
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.024512907
Fifty Two Week Range 1.591 - 10.14
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,643,293,800,000
Float Shares 15,189,572
Forward Eps -2.17
Forward P E -0.75115204
Free Cashflow -19,772,500
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 90
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins -0.25232
Gross Profits -3,642,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.10321999
Held Percent Institutions 0.092209995
Implied Shares Outstanding 17,251,663
Industry Security & Protection Services
Industry Disp Security & Protection Services
Industry Key security-protection-services
Ipo Expected Date 2,022-01-27
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,726,444,800
Last Split Factor 1:50
Long Business Summary Knightscope, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, deploys, and supports autonomous security robots (ASR) in the United States. The company provides K5 Outdoor ASR for external environments comprising parking lots, logistics facilities, and corporate campuses; K1 Hemisphere, a stationary unit for indoor and outdoor use; and Knightscope Security Operations Center (KSOC), a browser-based user interface that enables clients to monitor and manage their ASRs in real-time. It also offers emergency communication solutions, including K1 Blue Light Towers that are solar-powered emergency communication stations, which provides immediate access to emergency response personnel or law enforcement in parking lots, public parks, and college campuses; K1 Blue Light E-Phone, a compact emergency phone system that delivers one-touch connectivity and features a high-visibility blue strobe light, which is suitable for locations, such as parking lots, building interiors, college campuses, electric vehicle charging stations, transit stations, and office spaces; K1 Call Box, a small emergency call box system that provides a simple housing and interface for one-touch connection to emergency services for indoor and outdoor use in areas comprising bridges, highways, parks, metro stations, military installations, and remote parking lots; and Knightscope Emergency Management System (KEMS), a cloud-based application that monitors the health and status of deployed emergency communication devices. Knightscope, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Long Name Knightscope, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 28,120,212
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_257548773
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common -37,238,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 29,845,376
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 1.72
Operating Cashflow -35,574,000
Operating Margins -1.55053
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 650 924 1025
Previous Close 1.73
Price Eps Current Year -0.63056093
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.78065133
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.9481926
Profit Margins -2.57988
Quick Ratio 1.195
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.1
Regular Market Change Percent -5.78035
Regular Market Day High 1.78
Regular Market Day Low 1.591
Regular Market Day Range 1.591 - 1.78
Regular Market Open 1.72
Regular Market Previous Close 1.73
Regular Market Price 1.63
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 496,388
Return On Assets -0.50875
Return On Equity -1.4277
Revenue Growth 1.062
Revenue Per Share 1.365
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Shares Outstanding 16,916,595
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.1425
Shares Short 2,458,893
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 2,558,084
Short Name Knightscope, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1454
Short Ratio 4.14
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol KSCP
Target High Price 23.0
Target Low Price 8.0
Target Mean Price 14.33333
Target Median Price 12.0
Total Cash 11,401,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.661
Total Debt 7,891,000
Total Revenue 14,434,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -3.24
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 3.956625
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.3266249
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.5880327
Type Disp Equity
Volume 496,388
Website https://knightscope.com
Zip 94,085