XPEL vs. AXL, WNC, CTOS, LAZR, CHPT, NKLA, SMP, EVGO, MLR, and HSAI
Should you be buying XPEL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XPEL include American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Wabash National (WNC), Custom Truck One Source (CTOS), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), ChargePoint (CHPT), Nikola (NKLA), Standard Motor Products (SMP), EVgo (EVGO), Miller Industries (MLR), and Hesai Group (HSAI). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE:AXL) and XPEL (NASDAQ:XPEL) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
American Axle & Manufacturing received 406 more outperform votes than XPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.42% of users gave American Axle & Manufacturing an outperform vote while only 54.43% of users gave XPEL an outperform vote.
In the previous week, American Axle & Manufacturing had 4 more articles in the media than XPEL. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for American Axle & Manufacturing and 1 mentions for XPEL. XPEL's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat American Axle & Manufacturing's score of 0.00 indicating that American Axle & Manufacturing is being referred to more favorably in the media.
XPEL has a net margin of 11.99% compared to XPEL's net margin of -0.13%. American Axle & Manufacturing's return on equity of 29.11% beat XPEL's return on equity.
91.4% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of XPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.6% of XPEL shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
XPEL has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Axle & Manufacturing. American Axle & Manufacturing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than XPEL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Axle & Manufacturing has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPEL has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Axle & Manufacturing currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.63%. XPEL has a consensus target price of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.41%. Given American Axle & Manufacturing's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe XPEL is more favorable than American Axle & Manufacturing.
Summary
XPEL beats American Axle & Manufacturing on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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