DRVN vs. EVGO, KAR, FOXF, PHIN, DAN, GTX, THRM, BLBD, LVWR, and CARG
Should you be buying Driven Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Driven Brands include EVgo (EVGO), OPENLANE (KAR), Fox Factory (FOXF), PHINIA (PHIN), Dana (DAN), Garrett Motion (GTX), Gentherm (THRM), Blue Bird (BLBD), LiveWire Group (LVWR), and CarGurus (CARG). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) and EVgo (NYSE:EVGO) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
EVgo has a net margin of -20.54% compared to Driven Brands' net margin of -33.30%. Driven Brands' return on equity of 12.08% beat EVgo's return on equity.
Driven Brands has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EVgo has a beta of 2.53, meaning that its stock price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EVgo has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Driven Brands. EVgo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Driven Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Driven Brands received 21 more outperform votes than EVgo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.00% of users gave Driven Brands an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave EVgo an outperform vote.
Driven Brands presently has a consensus target price of $17.61, indicating a potential upside of 57.38%. EVgo has a consensus target price of $4.67, indicating a potential upside of 104.68%. Given EVgo's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EVgo is more favorable than Driven Brands.
In the previous week, EVgo had 15 more articles in the media than Driven Brands. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for EVgo and 2 mentions for Driven Brands. Driven Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat EVgo's score of 0.53 indicating that Driven Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
77.1% of Driven Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of EVgo shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Driven Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 67.0% of EVgo 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.
Summary
Driven Brands beats EVgo on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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