EVgo (EVGO) Competitors

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

Is DRVN or EVGO 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
Driven Brands	0.27%	14.86%	2.36%
EVgo	-18.60%	N/A	-5.62%

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

77.1% of Driven Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of EVgo shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Driven Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 67.0% of EVgo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor DRVN or EVGO?

In the previous week, EVgo had 17 more articles in the media than Driven Brands. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for EVgo and 5 mentions for Driven Brands. Driven Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat EVgo's score of 0.33 indicating that Driven Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Driven Brands	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EVgo	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DRVN or EVGO?

Driven Brands received 11 more outperform votes than EVgo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.30% of users gave Driven Brands an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave EVgo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Driven Brands	Outperform Votes 51 59.30%	Underperform Votes 35 40.70%
EVgo	Outperform Votes 40 50.00%	Underperform Votes 40 50.00%

Do analysts rate DRVN or EVGO?

Driven Brands currently has a consensus target price of $17.86, suggesting a potential upside of 13.71%. EVgo has a consensus target price of $6.61, suggesting a potential upside of 10.55%. Given Driven Brands' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Driven Brands is more favorable than EVgo.

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DRVN or EVGO?

EVgo has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Driven Brands	$2.30B	1.12	-$744.96M	$0.04	392.75
EVgo	$160.95M	11.24	-$42.43M	-$0.42	-14.24

Which has more risk and volatility, DRVN or EVGO?

Driven Brands has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EVgo has a beta of 2.38, indicating that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Driven Brands beats EVgo on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.