Byrna Technologies (NASDAQ:BYRN – Get Free Report) and Nauticus Robotics (NASDAQ:KITT – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Byrna Technologies and Nauticus Robotics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Byrna Technologies | 14.43% | 18.13% | 14.13% |
| Nauticus Robotics | -2,264.92% | N/A | -72.74% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Byrna Technologies and Nauticus Robotics, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Byrna Technologies | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3.43 |
| Nauticus Robotics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Byrna Technologies and Nauticus Robotics”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Byrna Technologies | $85.76 million | 4.63 | $12.79 million | $0.67 | 26.10 |
| Nauticus Robotics | $1.81 million | 3.94 | -$134.91 million | ($201.79) | -0.01 |
Byrna Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Nauticus Robotics. Nauticus Robotics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Byrna Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Byrna Technologies has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nauticus Robotics has a beta of -0.2, suggesting that its share price is 120% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
25.5% of Byrna Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.5% of Nauticus Robotics shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Byrna Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Nauticus Robotics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Byrna Technologies beats Nauticus Robotics on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Byrna Technologies
Byrna Technologies Inc., a non-lethal defense technology company, provides non-lethal alternative solutions for law enforcement and private security. The company offers handheld personal security devices and shoulder-fired launchers without the need for background check or firearm license; and projectiles including chemical irritant, kinetic, and inert rounds. It offers self-defense aerosol products under the Byran Bad Guy Repellent brand; and accessories and related safety products, which includes carbon dioxide canisters, sighting systems, and holster under the Byran Banshee and Byran Shield brand, as well as Byrna-branded apparel. In addition, the company provides the products to the consumer market through Byrna e-commerce store and Amazon storefront, and network of local, regional and national outdoor and sporting goods stores, either directly or through distributors; and professional security market through Train the Trainer program and de-escalation methods. It operates in the United States, South Africa, Europe, South America, Asia, and Canada. The company was formerly known as Security Devices International, Inc. and changed its name to Byrna Technologies Inc. in March 2020. Byrna Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.
About Nauticus Robotics
Nauticus Robotics, Inc. develops ocean robots, cloud software, and services to the ocean industry. The company offers Aquanaut, an autonomous underwater vehicle with sensor suite, which provides capability to observe and inspect subsea assets or other subsea features; Olympic Arm, an all-electric manipulator designed for a variety of intervention tasks on work class remotely operated vehicles; and ToolKITT, a software platform, which consists of interrelated products for ocean sensing, manipulation, autonomous behaviors, survey, search and recovery, and manual intervention. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Webster, Texas.
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