Nauticus Robotics (NASDAQ:KITT – Get Free Report) and Innovative Solutions and Support (NASDAQ:ISSC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Nauticus Robotics and Innovative Solutions and Support”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Nauticus Robotics | $5.28 million | 0.79 | -$40.83 million | ($54.89) | -0.01 |
| Innovative Solutions and Support | $93.15 million | 3.57 | $15.63 million | $1.05 | 17.69 |
Volatility and Risk
Nauticus Robotics has a beta of -0.2, meaning that its stock price is 120% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innovative Solutions and Support has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
20.5% of Nauticus Robotics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Innovative Solutions and Support shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Nauticus Robotics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Innovative Solutions and Support shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Nauticus Robotics and Innovative Solutions and Support’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Nauticus Robotics | -1,758.70% | -1,067.00% | -81.40% |
| Innovative Solutions and Support | 20.50% | 30.53% | 17.28% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Nauticus Robotics and Innovative Solutions and Support, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Nauticus Robotics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Innovative Solutions and Support | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.00 |
Innovative Solutions and Support has a consensus price target of $16.25, indicating a potential downside of 12.49%. Given Innovative Solutions and Support’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Innovative Solutions and Support is more favorable than Nauticus Robotics.
Summary
Innovative Solutions and Support beats Nauticus Robotics on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Innovative Solutions and Support
Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc., a systems integrator, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and services flight guidance, autothrottles, and cockpit display systems in the United States and internationally. It offers flat panel display systems that replicate the display of analog or digital displays on one screen and replace existing displays in legacy aircraft, as well as used for security monitoring on-board aircraft and as tactical workstations on military aircraft; and flight deck management system, a navigation and performance computer that upgrade for commercial air transport aircraft. The company also provides integrated standby units, which incorporate the measurement and display of attitude, altitude, airspeed, and navigation data into a single backup navigation instrument for military, commercial air transport, and corporate/general aviation applications. In addition, it offers digital air data computers that calculate various air data parameters, such as altitude, airspeed, vertical speed, angle of attack, and other information; integrated air data computers and display units, which calculate and convey air data information; altitude displays that convey aircraft altitude measurements; airspeed displays that convey various airspeed measurements; and altitude alerters. Further, the company offers the engine and fuel displays that convey information related to fuel and oil levels, and engine activity, including oil and hydraulic pressure and temperature; integrated global navigation systems; ThrustSense, a full regime autothrottle; and utility management systems. It serves commercial air transport carriers and corporate/general aviation companies, the Department of Defense and its commercial contractors, aircraft operators, aircraft modification centers, government agencies, and foreign militaries, as well as original equipment manufacturers. Innovative Solutions and Support, Inc. was incorporated in 1988 and is based in Exton, Pennsylvania.
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