Comparing Kraken Robotics (KRKNF) and Its Competitors

Kraken Robotics (OTCMKTS:KRKNF) is one of 377 public companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Kraken Robotics to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Kraken Robotics and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kraken Robotics	$73.15 million	$2.05 million	-434.00
Kraken Robotics Competitors	$3.99 billion	$184.17 million	26.12

Kraken Robotics’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Kraken Robotics. Kraken Robotics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Kraken Robotics and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kraken Robotics	1	2	2	1	2.50
Kraken Robotics Competitors	1959	7366	10079	607	2.47

As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 12.70%. Given Kraken Robotics’ competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kraken Robotics has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by institutional investors. 16.3% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Kraken Robotics and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kraken Robotics	-0.68%	-0.35%	-0.19%
Kraken Robotics Competitors	-241.57%	-151.77%	-7.19%

Summary

Kraken Robotics competitors beat Kraken Robotics on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About Kraken Robotics

Kraken Robotics Inc., a marine technology company, engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of sonar and optical sensors, batteries, and underwater robotic equipment for unmanned underwater vehicles used in military and commercial applications in Canada, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Products, and Services. The company offers AquaPix miniature interferometric synthetic aperture sonar (MINSAS), a configurable MINSAS; and SeaPower, a pressure tolerant deep sea batteries. It also provides Kraken Active Towed Fish (KATFISH), a towed underwater vehicle for high speed and high resolution seabed mapping; LARS, an autonomous launch and recovery system that enable an unmanned vehicle and its payloads to be brought aboard to a host ship; Acoustic Core that provides a 3D image of stratigraphy layers and anomalies across the entire foundation footprint; and Sub-Bottom Imager used to view image beneath the seabed. In addition, the company designs and manufactures pressure tolerant batteries, battery management systems, and electronics; and robotics as a service. The company was formerly known as Kraken Sonar Inc. and changed its name to Kraken Robotics Inc. in September 2017. Kraken Robotics Inc. is headquartered in Mount Pearl, Canada.