Nauticus Robotics (NASDAQ:KITT – Get Free Report) and Highway (NASDAQ:HIHO – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Nauticus Robotics and Highway’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% |
| Highway | -28.08% | -25.93% | -15.72% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Nauticus Robotics and Highway”s gross 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 | 0.27 | -$40.83 million | ($329.27) | -0.00 |
| Highway | $4.80 million | 0.80 | -$1.52 million | ($0.32) | -2.59 |
Highway has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nauticus Robotics. Highway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nauticus Robotics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
20.5% of Nauticus Robotics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of Highway shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.3% of Nauticus Robotics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.1% of Highway shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
Nauticus Robotics has a beta of -0.14, meaning that its stock price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Highway has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Nauticus Robotics and Highway, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Nauticus Robotics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Highway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Summary
Highway beats Nauticus Robotics on 8 of the 11 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 Highway
Highway Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and supplies metal, plastic, electric, and electronic components, subassemblies, and finished products for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and contract manufacturers. It operates through two segments, Metal Stamping and Mechanical OEM; and Electric OEM. The company also trades in plastic injection products; and manufactures and assembles automation equipment. Its products are used in the manufacture of products, such as photocopiers, laser printers, print cartridges, electrical connectors, electrical circuits, vacuum cleaners, LED power supplies, stepping motors, pumps for dishwashers, and other washing machine components. In addition, the company assists customers in the design and development of the tooling used in the metal and plastic manufacturing process, as well as provides an array of other manufacturing and engineering services, including metal stamping, screen printing, plastic injection molding, pad printing, and electronic assembly of printed circuit boards. It operates in Hong Kong and China, Europe, North America, and other Asian countries. Highway Holdings Limited was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Sheung Shui, Hong Kong.
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