MVST vs. GWH, HYZN, BKSY, CELU, LOTZ, SES, FREY, SLDP, BYRN, and NVX
Should you be buying Microvast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Microvast include ESS Tech (GWH), Hyzon Motors (HYZN), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), Celularity (CELU), CarLotz (LOTZ), SES AI (SES), FREYR Battery (FREY), Solid Power (SLDP), Byrna Technologies (BYRN), and NOVONIX (NVX).
Microvast (NASDAQ:MVST) and ESS Tech (NYSE:GWH) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and dividends.
ESS Tech received 2 more outperform votes than Microvast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 41.67% of users gave Microvast an outperform vote while only 35.29% of users gave ESS Tech an outperform vote.
Microvast has a net margin of -29.79% compared to ESS Tech's net margin of -746.89%. Microvast's return on equity of -18.01% beat ESS Tech's return on equity.
20.7% of Microvast shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of ESS Tech shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.3% of Microvast shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of ESS Tech shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ESS Tech has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Microvast. ESS Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Microvast, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Microvast has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESS Tech has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Microvast currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1,103.53%. ESS Tech has a consensus price target of $2.11, suggesting a potential upside of 183.07%. Given Microvast's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Microvast is more favorable than ESS Tech.
In the previous week, ESS Tech had 3 more articles in the media than Microvast. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ESS Tech and 1 mentions for Microvast. Microvast's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat ESS Tech's score of 0.58 indicating that Microvast is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Microvast beats ESS Tech on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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