Knightscope Inc (NASDAQ: KSCP) is -64.50% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $2.45 and a high of $28.57 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The KSCP stock was last observed hovering at around $4.25 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.23%.
Currently trading at $4.48, the stock is 32.47% and -20.08% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.23 million and changing 5.41% at the moment leaves the stock -58.71% off its SMA200. KSCP registered -82.29% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -35.07%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $5.6058 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $10.850575.
The stock witnessed a -4.48% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -64.95%, and is 54.48% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 21.60% over the week and 12.94% over the month.
Knightscope Inc (KSCP) has around 71 employees, a market worth around $30.92M and $10.80M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -293.70%. Distance from 52-week low is 82.86% and -84.32% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-160.82%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 47.80% this year
28.0 institutions hold shares in Knightscope Inc (KSCP), with institutional investors hold 8.62% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 6.90M, and float is at 6.51M with Short Float at 11.68%. Institutions hold 8.53% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 2.6 million shares valued at $0.8 million. The investor’s holdings represent 2.7013 of the KSCP Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC with 0.94 million shares valued at $0.29 million to account for 0.9799 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are AVANTAX PLANNING PARTNERS, INC. which holds 0.22 million shares representing 0.2274 and valued at over $67243.0, while TRAYNOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. holds 0.2075 of the shares totaling 0.2 million with a market value of $61380.0.
Knightscope Inc (KSCP) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Santana Li William, the company’s Chairman, CEO & President. SEC filings show that Santana Li William bought 83,333 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 05 ’24 at a price of $0.32 per share for a total of $26350.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 83333.0 shares.
