EVgo (EVGO) Competitors

EVgo (NYSE:EVGO) and Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EVGO or DRVN?

EVgo has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Driven Brands. EVgo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Driven Brands, 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
EVgo	$239.31M	5.52	-$42.43M	-$0.42	-10.38
Driven Brands	$2.33B	1.13	-$744.96M	$0.04	401.50

Does the media prefer EVGO or DRVN?

In the previous week, EVgo had 27 more articles in the media than Driven Brands. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for EVgo and 1 mentions for Driven Brands. Driven Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat EVgo's score of 0.20 indicating that Driven Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EVgo	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Driven Brands	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer EVGO or DRVN?

EVgo presently has a consensus price target of $6.61, suggesting a potential upside of 51.63%. Driven Brands has a consensus price target of $17.86, suggesting a potential upside of 11.23%. Given EVgo's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe EVgo is more favorable than Driven Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EVgo	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Driven Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more volatility & risk, EVGO or DRVN?

EVgo has a beta of 2.24, suggesting that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Driven Brands has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EVGO or DRVN?

Driven Brands received 10 more outperform votes than EVgo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.30% of users gave Driven Brands an outperform vote while only 50.62% of users gave EVgo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EVgo	Outperform Votes 41 50.62%	Underperform Votes 40 49.38%
Driven Brands	Outperform Votes 51 59.30%	Underperform Votes 35 40.70%

Is EVGO or DRVN more profitable?

Driven Brands has a net margin of 0.27% compared to EVgo's net margin of -18.60%. Driven Brands' return on equity of 14.86% beat EVgo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EVgo	-18.60%	N/A	-5.62%
Driven Brands	0.27%	14.86%	2.36%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EVGO or DRVN?

17.4% of EVgo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Driven Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 67.0% of EVgo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Driven Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Driven Brands beats EVgo on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.