AEye (LIDR) Competitors

AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR) and GreenPower Motor (NASDAQ:GP) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the media prefer LIDR or GP?

In the previous week, GreenPower Motor had 5 more articles in the media than AEye. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for GreenPower Motor and 1 mentions for AEye. AEye's average media sentiment score of 2.01 beat GreenPower Motor's score of 0.22 indicating that AEye is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AEye	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
GreenPower Motor	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend LIDR or GP?

GreenPower Motor has a consensus target price of $2.33, suggesting a potential upside of 196.18%. Given GreenPower Motor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GreenPower Motor is more favorable than AEye.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AEye	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
GreenPower Motor	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LIDR or GP?

GreenPower Motor received 18 more outperform votes than AEye when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.98% of users gave GreenPower Motor an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave AEye an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AEye	Outperform Votes 7 38.89%	Underperform Votes 11 61.11%
GreenPower Motor	Outperform Votes 25 60.98%	Underperform Votes 16 39.02%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LIDR or GP?

GreenPower Motor has higher revenue and earnings than AEye. GreenPower Motor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AEye, 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
AEye	$1.46M	4.18	-$87.13M	-$8.22	-0.11
GreenPower Motor	$39.27M	0.59	-$18.34M	-$0.85	-0.92

Is LIDR or GP more profitable?

GreenPower Motor has a net margin of -98.93% compared to AEye's net margin of -24,308.44%. AEye's return on equity of -158.98% beat GreenPower Motor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AEye	-24,308.44%	-158.98%	-80.99%
GreenPower Motor	-98.93%	-208.05%	-48.19%

Which has more volatility & risk, LIDR or GP?

AEye has a beta of 2.95, meaning that its share price is 195% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GreenPower Motor has a beta of 3.19, meaning that its share price is 219% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LIDR or GP?

21.6% of AEye shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of GreenPower Motor shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of AEye shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.1% of GreenPower Motor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

GreenPower Motor beats AEye on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.