Lucid Group (LCID) Competitors

Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) and Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, LCID or LI?

Lucid Group has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Li Auto has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer LCID or LI?

Lucid Group presently has a consensus price target of $3.24, suggesting a potential downside of 2.11%. Li Auto has a consensus price target of $32.77, suggesting a potential upside of 24.26%. Given Li Auto's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Li Auto is more favorable than Lucid Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lucid Group	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10
Li Auto	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LCID or LI?

75.2% of Lucid Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of Li Auto shares are owned by institutional investors. 61.3% of Lucid Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.5% of Li Auto shares are owned by company 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.

Does the media prefer LCID or LI?

In the previous week, Lucid Group had 18 more articles in the media than Li Auto. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Lucid Group and 9 mentions for Li Auto. Li Auto's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Lucid Group's score of 0.41 indicating that Li Auto is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lucid Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Li Auto	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LCID or LI?

Li Auto has higher revenue and earnings than Lucid Group. Lucid Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Li Auto, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lucid Group	$595.27M	16.75	-$2.83B	-$1.34	-2.47
Li Auto	$17.44B	1.60	$1.65B	$1.35	19.53

Is LCID or LI more profitable?

Li Auto has a net margin of 7.20% compared to Lucid Group's net margin of -406.63%. Li Auto's return on equity of 13.03% beat Lucid Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lucid Group	-406.63%	-74.67%	-33.45%
Li Auto	7.20%	13.03%	5.55%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LCID or LI?

Li Auto received 42 more outperform votes than Lucid Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.26% of users gave Li Auto an outperform vote while only 25.51% of users gave Lucid Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lucid Group	Outperform Votes 25 25.51%	Underperform Votes 73 74.49%
Li Auto	Outperform Votes 67 58.26%	Underperform Votes 48 41.74%

Summary

Li Auto beats Lucid Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.