CAAS vs. CHPT, HYLN, SHYF, HLLY, CPS, NWTN, AEVA, LAZR, INVZ, and STRT
Should you be buying China Automotive Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of China Automotive Systems include ChargePoint (CHPT), Hyliion (HYLN), The Shyft Group (SHYF), Holley (HLLY), Cooper-Standard (CPS), NWTN (NWTN), Aeva Technologies (AEVA), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), Innoviz Technologies (INVZ), and Strattec Security (STRT). These companies are all part of the "automobiles and trucks" industry.
China Automotive Systems vs.
ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT) and China Automotive Systems (NASDAQ:CAAS) 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 community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
China Automotive Systems has a net margin of 5.12% compared to ChargePoint's net margin of -72.62%. China Automotive Systems' return on equity of 8.22% beat ChargePoint's return on equity.
ChargePoint presently has a consensus target price of $2.46, suggesting a potential upside of 126.27%. Given ChargePoint's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ChargePoint is more favorable than China Automotive Systems.
In the previous week, ChargePoint had 4 more articles in the media than China Automotive Systems. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ChargePoint and 1 mentions for China Automotive Systems. China Automotive Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat ChargePoint's score of 0.23 indicating that China Automotive Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
China Automotive Systems received 246 more outperform votes than ChargePoint when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.50% of users gave China Automotive Systems an outperform vote while only 43.80% of users gave ChargePoint an outperform vote.
ChargePoint has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Automotive Systems has a beta of 2.35, suggesting that its share price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500.
China Automotive Systems has higher revenue and earnings than ChargePoint. ChargePoint is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than China Automotive Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
37.8% of ChargePoint shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.2% of China Automotive Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of ChargePoint shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 64.7% of China Automotive Systems 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.
Summary
China Automotive Systems beats ChargePoint on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CAAS) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff