Knightscope, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, deploys, and supports autonomous security robots (ASR) in the United States. Its products include K3 and K5 ASRs designed to roam a geo-fenced area autonomously by utilizing numerous sensors and lasers, either on a random basis or based on a particular patrolling algorithm to navigate around people, vehicles, and objects in dynamic indoor or outdoor environments; K1, an ASR for used in indoors or outdoors and at ingress/egress points for both people and vehicles; and K7, a multi-terrain ASR. The company also develops and operates the Knightscope security operations center (KSOC), a browser-based interface, which allows real-time data access service to its clients for alert of an abnormal event; and Knightscope network operations center (KNOC), a custom set of tools that enables it to manage and monitor the network of ASRs with alerts related to critical indicators and statistics, including charging, software, navigation, and temperatures, as well as to execute over-the-air software upgrades, patches, and other related items. In addition, it offers Knightscope+, a virtual monitoring and response solution that provides an alternative for client sites. The company serves airports, commercial real estate, corporate campus, homeowner associations, hotels, universities, municipalities, rail, healthcare, public parks, schools, casinos, corporations, logistics, manufacturing, law enforcement, Parking areas, municipalities, universities, and property management companies, as well as the U.S. federal government. Knightscope, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

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UiPath (PATH) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.26 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.19 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.22 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 36.84%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this enterprise automation software developer would post earnings of $0.07 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.11, delivering a surprise of 57.14%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates four times.
UiPath, which belongs to the Zacks Technology Services industry, posted revenues of $423.65 million for the quarter ended January 2025, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.26%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $405.25 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates three times over the last four quarters.
The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
UiPath shares have lost about 7.6% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's decline of -5.3%.
What's Next for UiPath?
While UiPath has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for UiPath: mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $0.10 on $369.43 million in revenues for the coming quarter and $0.48 on $1.59 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Technology Services is currently in the top 30% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
Another stock from the same industry, Knightscope, Inc. (KSCP), has yet to report results for the quarter ended December 2024.
This company is expected to post quarterly loss of $1.94 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +44.6%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days.
Knightscope, Inc.'s revenues are expected to be $2.63 million, down 12.6% from the year-ago quarter.
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UiPath (PATH) Surpasses Q4 Earnings Estimates

Tech stocks fell late Friday afternoon with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) decreasing 0.3% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) down 1.3%.
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index shed 0.6%.
In corporate news, Knightscope (KSCP) reported Friday an expansion contract with a casino in Detroit for six autonomous security robots, bringing the total number of robots under contract for the client to 14. Its shares fell 0.4%.
Global Mofy Metaverse (GMM) shares slumped 50% after the company said it was selling 1.4 million shares to two institutional investors for $10 million in gross proceeds.
Alibaba (BABA) is facing a fine of 1 billion yuan ($140.7 million) after losing an antimonopoly case to JD.com (JD), several media outlets reported. Alibaba shares were slightly higher and JD.com was up 1.1%.
Alphabet (GOOG) subsidiary Google has reached a preliminary settlement over a $5 billion lawsuit alleging its analytics, cookies and apps secretly tracked the internet use of millions of people, Reuters reported Thursday. Alphabet shares were down 0.2%.
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Technology Sector Update for 12/29/2023: KSCP, GMM, BABA, GOOG

Tech stocks fell late Wednesday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) down 1% and the Philadelphia Semiconductor index dropping 2.1%.
In corporate news, Treasure Global (TGL) shares jumped almost 46% after the company said it launched an artificial intelligence robot designed to conduct extended-hour live commerce sessions on TikTok.
Microsoft (MSFT) is preparing to have Amazon.com (AMZN) sign on as a customer for its 365 cloud productivity tools in a deal that could surpass $1 billion, Insider reported Tuesday. Microsoft shares were down 0.6%.
Spirit AeroSystems (SPR) shares jumped more than 23% after the company announced a deal with Boeing (BA) to support production stability.
Knightscope (KSCP), a provider of autonomous security robots and emergency communication systems, said Wednesday it sold 10 machines under two new contracts. Its shares were steady.
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Technology Sector Update for 10/18/2023: TGL, MSFT, AMZN, SPR, KSCP

Tech stocks were lower Wednesday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) down 0.7% and the Philadelphia Semiconductor index falling 1.6%.
In company news, Microsoft (MSFT) is preparing to have Amazon.com (AMZN) sign on as a customer for its 365 cloud productivity tools in a deal that could surpass $1 billion, Insider reported Tuesday. Microsoft shares were marginally down.
Spirit AeroSystems (SPR) shares jumped past 22% after the company announced a deal with Boeing (BA) to support production stability.
Knightscope (KSCP), a provider of autonomous security robots and emergency communication systems, said Wednesday it sold 10 machines under two new contracts. Its shares rose 1.7%.
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