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Knightscope, Inc.

Knightscope, Inc. is classed by the SEC under Communications Equipment, NEC (industry code 3669), based in Sunnyvale, CA. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, it reported revenue of $11 million and a loss of $34 million (its filed statements).

Product business Communications Equipment, NEC Sunnyvale, CA filings since 2014 7 of 9 filed, 2 estimated

Sector peers: AMPGSNTUTSIREKR

4.5/10headline grade
vs its business-model standard

Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a product business: prior from its industry code (SEC 3669, Communications Equipment, NEC); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

The grade, in three tenses

Headline 4.5 out of ten, 7 of 9 metrics filed and 2 estimated: past 6.3 out of ten, present 3.0 out of ten, future 4.9 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.

The nine metrics

  • Surviving crises (past): 4.6 out of ten. 5 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-05-16. 46th percentile among 12 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Track record (past): 5.9 out of ten. +27.7% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 0 of 6. 59th percentile among 12 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Shareholder treatment (past): 9.6 out of ten. CrossAssetData estimate 9.6/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part). 96th percentile among 12 sector filers. A CrossAssetData estimate, not a filed reading: one part, confidence 35 of 100; a filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
  • Financial health (present): 2.8 out of ten. ROE -122%: lost 122¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 33%: owes 33¢ per asset dollar. 28th percentile among 12 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Industry position (present): 3.8 out of ten. bottom 38% of 12 in its family; net margin -298.3%. 38th percentile among 12 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Leadership (present): 2.2 out of ten. CrossAssetData estimate 2.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part). 22nd percentile among 9 sector filers. A CrossAssetData estimate, not a filed reading: one part, confidence 35 of 100; a filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
  • Room to expand (future): 4.4 out of ten. bottom 44% of 12 in its family for room to expand. 44th percentile among 12 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Growth drivers (future): 6.0 out of ten. top 40% of 12 in its family for growth drivers. 60th percentile among 12 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
  • Expectations vs reality (future): 4.0 out of ten. bottom 40% of 12 in its family for expectations against reality. 40th percentile among 12 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).

The filing record

Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-03-27 for the period ended 2025-12-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-08-12 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-08-12 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 8-K, 2026-09-22. Filings on record since 2014. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.

Where the revenue comes from

Product and service lines in fiscal 2025: Service 70%, Product 30%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2026-03-27).

Who runs it

Santana, Li William (Chairman, CEO & President); Dwivedi, Apoorv (EVP, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary); Soria, Mercedes (EVP and Chief Intelligence Officer / CISO); Lehnhardt, Aaron J (EVP and Chief Design Officer). 4 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.

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