Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV (HCAC) Competitors

Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV (NASDAQ:HCAC) and China Automotive Systems (NASDAQ:CAAS) are both small-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HCAC or CAAS?

China Automotive Systems received 305 more outperform votes than Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV an outperform vote while only 71.50% of users gave China Automotive Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
China Automotive Systems	Outperform Votes 306 71.50%	Underperform Votes 122 28.50%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HCAC or CAAS?

66.8% of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.2% of China Automotive Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.3% of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HCAC or CAAS more profitable?

China Automotive Systems has a net margin of 6.02% compared to Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV's net margin of 0.00%. China Automotive Systems' return on equity of 9.50% beat Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV	N/A	-29.50%	-0.48%
China Automotive Systems	6.02%	9.50%	4.72%

Which has more risk and volatility, HCAC or CAAS?

Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Automotive Systems has a beta of 2.45, suggesting that its share price is 145% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend HCAC or CAAS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
China Automotive Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to HCAC or CAAS?

In the previous week, China Automotive Systems had 1 more articles in the media than Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for China Automotive Systems and 0 mentions for Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV. China Automotive Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV's score of 0.00 indicating that China Automotive Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV	Neutral
China Automotive Systems	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HCAC or CAAS?

China Automotive Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV	N/A	N/A	$1.16M	N/A	N/A
China Automotive Systems	$576.35M	0.24	$37.66M	$1.18	3.93

Summary

China Automotive Systems beats Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.