ChargePoint (CHPT) Competitors

Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) and ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, BLBD or CHPT?

Blue Bird has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ChargePoint has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BLBD or CHPT?

Blue Bird currently has a consensus target price of $58.21, suggesting a potential upside of 66.11%. ChargePoint has a consensus target price of $2.41, suggesting a potential upside of 216.45%. Given ChargePoint's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ChargePoint is more favorable than Blue Bird.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Bird	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
ChargePoint	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BLBD or CHPT?

93.6% of Blue Bird shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of ChargePoint shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Blue Bird shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of ChargePoint shares are owned 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 BLBD or CHPT?

In the previous week, Blue Bird had 2 more articles in the media than ChargePoint. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Blue Bird and 5 mentions for ChargePoint. Blue Bird's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat ChargePoint's score of -0.75 indicating that Blue Bird is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Bird	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ChargePoint	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BLBD or CHPT?

Blue Bird has higher revenue and earnings than ChargePoint. ChargePoint is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blue Bird, 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
Blue Bird	$1.35B	0.84	$105.55M	$3.23	10.85
ChargePoint	$431.03M	0.78	-$457.61M	-$0.74	-1.03

Is BLBD or CHPT more profitable?

Blue Bird has a net margin of 8.05% compared to ChargePoint's net margin of -72.62%. Blue Bird's return on equity of 75.22% beat ChargePoint's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Bird	8.05%	75.22%	22.07%
ChargePoint	-72.62%	-106.28%	-26.22%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BLBD or CHPT?

Blue Bird received 270 more outperform votes than ChargePoint when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.91% of users gave Blue Bird an outperform vote while only 43.48% of users gave ChargePoint an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Bird	Outperform Votes 330 61.91%	Underperform Votes 203 38.09%
ChargePoint	Outperform Votes 60 43.48%	Underperform Votes 78 56.52%

Summary

Blue Bird beats ChargePoint on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.