Nauticus Robotics (NASDAQ:KITT – Get Free Report) and Tennant (NYSE:TNC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Nauticus Robotics and Tennant’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% |
| Tennant | 1.50% | 13.32% | 6.07% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Nauticus Robotics and Tennant”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Nauticus Robotics | $4.08 million | 0.35 | -$40.83 million | ($329.27) | -0.00 |
| Tennant | $1.20 billion | 0.93 | $43.80 million | $1.02 | 64.18 |
Tennant has higher revenue and earnings than Nauticus Robotics. Nauticus Robotics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tennant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Nauticus Robotics has a beta of -0.08, indicating that its share price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tennant has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Nauticus Robotics and Tennant, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Nauticus Robotics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Tennant | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Tennant has a consensus price target of $91.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.00%. Given Tennant’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tennant is more favorable than Nauticus Robotics.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
20.5% of Nauticus Robotics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Tennant shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.3% of Nauticus Robotics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Tennant shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Tennant beats Nauticus Robotics on 13 of the 14 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 Tennant
Tennant Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets floor cleaning equipment in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers a suite of products, including floor maintenance and cleaning equipment, detergent-free and other sustainable cleaning technologies, aftermarket parts and consumables, equipment maintenance and repair services, and asset management solutions. It provides business solutions, such as financing, rental, and leasing programs, as well as machine-to-machine asset management solutions. The company offers its products under the Tennant, Nobles, Alfa Uma Empresa Tennant, IPC, Gaomei, and Rongen brands, as well as private-label brands. Its products are used in retail establishments and distribution centers; factories and warehouses; and public venues, such as arenas and stadiums, office buildings, schools and universities, hospitals and clinics, and other environments. The company markets its products to contract cleaners and businesses through direct sales and service organizations, as well as through a network of authorized distributors. Tennant Company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
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