EVGO vs. DRVN, MLR, HSAI, SMP, NKLA, CHPT, PLOW, LAZR, HLLY, and AXL
Should you be buying EVgo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EVgo include Driven Brands (DRVN), Miller Industries (MLR), Hesai Group (HSAI), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Nikola (NKLA), ChargePoint (CHPT), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), Holley (HLLY), and American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
EVgo (NYSE:EVGO) and Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
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.
EVgo has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
EVgo has a beta of 2.53, indicating that its stock price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Driven Brands has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
17.4% of EVgo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Driven Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 67.0% of EVgo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Driven Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
EVgo currently has a consensus price target of $4.67, suggesting a potential upside of 104.68%. Driven Brands has a consensus price target of $17.61, suggesting a potential upside of 57.38%. Given EVgo's higher possible upside, research 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 16 mentions for EVgo and 1 mentions for Driven Brands. Driven Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat EVgo's score of 0.54 indicating that Driven Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Driven Brands beats EVgo on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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