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.
Lion Electric (NYSE:LEV) and Lotus Technology (NASDAQ:LOT) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Lotus Technology has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lion Electric's net margin of -43.21%. Lotus Technology's return on equity of -0.62% beat Lion Electric's return on equity.
In the previous week, Lion Electric had 12 more articles in the media than Lotus Technology. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Lion Electric and 8 mentions for Lotus Technology. Lotus Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Lion Electric's score of -0.20 indicating that Lotus Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lion Electric presently has a consensus target price of $1.74, suggesting a potential upside of 68.69%. Lotus Technology has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.97%. Given Lion Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lion Electric is more favorable than Lotus Technology.
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.
Lion Electric has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
52.7% of Lion Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.4% of Lotus Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of Lion Electric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lotus Technology shares are held 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.
Lion Electric has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lotus Technology has a beta of -0.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lion Electric beats Lotus Technology on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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