KSCP (Knightscope) Debt-to-Equity : 0.79 (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Knightscope Debt-to-Equity?

Knightscope's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $3.33 Mil. Knightscope's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $3.93 Mil. Knightscope's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $9.26 Mil. Knightscope's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.78.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Knightscope's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

KSCP' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -9.84 Med: 0.22 Max: 0.79
Current: 0.79

During the past 5 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Knightscope was 0.79. The lowest was -9.84. And the median was 0.22.

KSCP's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
68.82% of 914 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 0.38 vs KSCP: 0.79

Knightscope Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Knightscope's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Knightscope Debt-to-Equity Chart

Knightscope Annual Data

Trend

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

-1.73

-6.13

-0.32

-1.38

0.36

Knightscope Quarterly Data
	Dec19	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial														0.20	0.36	0.70	0.45	0.79

Competitive Comparison of Knightscope's Debt-to-Equity

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Knightscope's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Knightscope's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Knightscope's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Knightscope's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Knightscope Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Knightscope's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(0.733	+	1.953)	/	7.569
	=	0.35

Knightscope's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(3.33	+	3.932)	/	9.255
	=	0.78

Knightscope (NAS:KSCP) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Knightscope Business Description

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Address

1070 Terra Bella Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA, 94043

Website

https://www.knightscope.com

Knightscope Inc is an advanced security technology company based in Silicon Valley. It designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and supports Autonomous Security Robots (ASRs), autonomous charging stations, the proprietary Knightscope Security Operations Center software user interface, Emergency Communication Devices platform with real-time on-site data collection and analysis and a proprietary interface for both indoor and outdoor usage. In addition, it developed and operates the Knightscope Security Operations Center (KSOC) which allows real-time data access, a service accessible to all its clients.

Executives

Li William Santana	director, officer: Chairman and CEO	C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Aaron J Lehnhardt	officer: Chief Design Officer	C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Suzanne Muchin	director	C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Mallorie Sara Burak	officer: CFO	C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Kristi Ross	director	C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Peter M Weinberg	officer: General Counsel	C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Patricia L Watkins	director	C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Stacy Dean Stephens	officer: Chief Client Officer	C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Mercedes Soria	officer: Chief Intelligence Officer	C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Linda K Solomon	director	C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Patricia Howell	director	C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Hernandez Fentanez Jackeline V	director	C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043