NIO (NIO) Competitors

Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI) and NIO (NYSE:NIO) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Do analysts recommend LI or NIO?

Li Auto presently has a consensus target price of $33.94, indicating a potential upside of 49.00%. NIO has a consensus target price of $5.91, indicating a potential upside of 27.12%. Given Li Auto's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Li Auto is more favorable than NIO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Li Auto	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
NIO	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, LI or NIO?

Li Auto has higher revenue and earnings than NIO. NIO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Li Auto, 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
Li Auto	$17.44B	1.39	$1.65B	$1.35	16.87
NIO	$7.83B	1.02	-$2.94B	-$1.52	-3.06

Does the media favor LI or NIO?

In the previous week, NIO had 32 more articles in the media than Li Auto. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for NIO and 4 mentions for Li Auto. NIO's average media sentiment score of -0.07 beat Li Auto's score of -0.21 indicating that NIO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Li Auto	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NIO	5 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	9 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is LI or NIO more profitable?

Li Auto has a net margin of 7.20% compared to NIO's net margin of -32.47%. Li Auto's return on equity of 13.03% beat NIO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Li Auto	7.20%	13.03%	5.55%
NIO	-32.47%	-104.61%	-19.41%

Which has more risk & volatility, LI or NIO?

Li Auto has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NIO has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LI or NIO?

9.9% of Li Auto shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.6% of NIO shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.5% of Li Auto shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of NIO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LI or NIO?

NIO received 497 more outperform votes than Li Auto when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.66% of users gave NIO an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave Li Auto an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Li Auto	Outperform Votes 66 57.89%	Underperform Votes 48 42.11%
NIO	Outperform Votes 563 68.66%	Underperform Votes 257 31.34%

Summary

Li Auto beats NIO on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.