LKQ vs. RIVN, MGA, NIO, ALV, BWA, GNTX, OSK, XPEV, LEA, and LCID
Should you be buying LKQ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LKQ include Rivian Automotive (RIVN), Magna International (MGA), NIO (NIO), Autoliv (ALV), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Oshkosh (OSK), XPeng (XPEV), Lear (LEA), and Lucid Group (LCID). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN) and LKQ (NASDAQ:LKQ) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
LKQ has a net margin of 5.79% compared to LKQ's net margin of -111.09%. Rivian Automotive's return on equity of 15.94% beat LKQ's return on equity.
In the previous week, Rivian Automotive had 21 more articles in the media than LKQ. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Rivian Automotive and 15 mentions for LKQ. Rivian Automotive's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat LKQ's score of 0.21 indicating that LKQ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LKQ has higher revenue and earnings than Rivian Automotive. Rivian Automotive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LKQ, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
66.3% of Rivian Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of LKQ shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Rivian Automotive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of LKQ shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
LKQ received 400 more outperform votes than Rivian Automotive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.97% of users gave LKQ an outperform vote while only 36.46% of users gave Rivian Automotive an outperform vote.
Rivian Automotive has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LKQ has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rivian Automotive currently has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 80.95%. LKQ has a consensus target price of $61.60, indicating a potential upside of 37.90%. Given LKQ's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Rivian Automotive is more favorable than LKQ.
Summary
LKQ beats Rivian Automotive on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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