LEV vs. LOT, NIU, VFS, WKHS, FSRN, SHYF, NKLA, AEVA, CPS, and CVGI
Should you be buying Lion Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lion Electric include Lotus Technology (LOT), Niu Technologies (NIU), VinFast Auto (VFS), Workhorse Group (WKHS), Fisker (FSRN), The Shyft Group (SHYF), Nikola (NKLA), Aeva Technologies (AEVA), Cooper-Standard (CPS), and Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Lotus Technology (NASDAQ:LOT) and Lion Electric (NYSE:LEV) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
Lotus Technology has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lotus Technology's net margin of -43.21%. Lion Electric's return on equity of -0.62% beat Lotus Technology's return on equity.
Lotus Technology presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential downside of 16.67%. Lion Electric has a consensus target price of $1.74, indicating a potential upside of 80.99%. Given Lotus Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lion Electric is more favorable than Lotus Technology.
Lion Electric has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lotus Technology. Lotus Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lion Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lion Electric received 38 more outperform votes than Lotus Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.91% of users gave Lion Electric an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Lotus Technology an outperform vote.
63.4% of Lotus Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Lion Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lotus Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Lion Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lotus Technology has a beta of -0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lion Electric has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lion Electric had 10 more articles in the media than Lotus Technology. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Lion Electric and 7 mentions for Lotus Technology. Lion Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Lotus Technology's score of -0.20 indicating that Lotus Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Lion Electric beats Lotus Technology on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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