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KSCP (Knightscope) Earnings Power Value (EPV) : $-0.68 (As of Sep24)


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What is Knightscope Earnings Power Value (EPV)?

As of Sep24, Knightscope's earnings power value is $-0.68. *

* GuruFocus does not store EPV value into our database if Average Maintenance CAPEX is 0.

Margin of Safety is N/A.

The basic concept of EPV is that one should value a stock based on the current free cash flow of a company and not on future projections which may, or may not, come true. It is arguably a better way to analyze stocks than Discounted Cash Flow analysis that relies on highly speculative growth assumptions many years into the future. Assumption: Current profitability is sustainable.


Knightscope Earnings Power Value (EPV) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Knightscope's Earnings Power Value (EPV) can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Knightscope Earnings Power Value (EPV) Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Knightscope's Earnings Power Value (EPV)

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Knightscope's Earnings Power Value (EPV), along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Power Value (EPV) 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 Earnings Power Value (EPV) Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Knightscope's Earnings Power Value (EPV) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Knightscope's Earnings Power Value (EPV) falls into.



Knightscope Earnings Power Value (EPV) Calculation

Earnings Power Value also known as just Earnings Power is a valuation technique popularised by Bruce Greenwald, an authority on value investing at Columbia University. It is arguably a better way to analyze stocks than Discounted Cash Flow analysis that relies on highly speculative growth assumptions many years into the future.

The basic concept of EPV is that one should value a stock based on the current free cash flow of a company and not on future projections which may, or may not, come true. This valuation tool excludes the potential growth that a company may have so that needs to be looked at separately. Since future growth is excluded from the analysis, only the maintenance capital expenditures are subtracted from after-tax EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) and growth capex is ignored.


Knightscope  (NAS:KSCP) Earnings Power Value (EPV) Explanation

Assumption: Current profitability is sustainable.

Earnings power value (EPV) uses a very basic equation which assumes no growth, although it does rely on an assumption about the cost of capital as well as the fact that current earnings are sustainable. It also involves several adjustments to clean up the underlying Earnings figures.


Be Aware

Though using today's earnings in calculating Earnings Power Value, GuruFocus is normalizing these earnings to the business cycle. This eliminates the effects on profitability of valuing the firm at different points in the business cycle. This means that we are considering the average earnings over 5 years.


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Knightscope Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1070 Terra Bella Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA, 94043
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