Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV (HCAC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HCAC or GOEV?

Canoo received 22 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 53.49% of users gave Canoo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Canoo	Outperform Votes 23 53.49%	Underperform Votes 20 46.51%

Which has more volatility & risk, HCAC or GOEV?

Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canoo has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HCAC or GOEV more profitable?

Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV's return on equity of -29.50% beat Canoo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV	N/A	-29.50%	-0.48%
Canoo	N/A	-68.39%	-26.16%

Do analysts rate HCAC or GOEV?

Canoo has a consensus target price of $22.71, suggesting a potential upside of 26,428.43%. Given Canoo's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canoo is more favorable than Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV.

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)	0.00
Canoo	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has better earnings & valuation, HCAC or GOEV?

Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Canoo.

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
Canoo	$1.86M	4.44	-$302.02M	-$3.53	-0.02

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HCAC or GOEV?

66.8% of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of Canoo shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Canoo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer HCAC or GOEV?

In the previous week, Canoo had 12 more articles in the media than Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Canoo and 0 mentions for Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV. Canoo's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV's score of 0.00 indicating that Canoo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV	Neutral
Canoo	Neutral

Summary

Canoo beats Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. IV on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.