NIO vs. LI, RIVN, XPEV, OSK, LCID, FSS, PSNY, REVG, NWTN, and NKLA
Should you be buying NIO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NIO include Li Auto (LI), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), XPeng (XPEV), Oshkosh (OSK), Lucid Group (LCID), Federal Signal (FSS), Polestar Automotive Holding UK (PSNY), REV Group (REVG), NWTN (NWTN), and Nikola (NKLA). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicles & car bodies" industry.
NIO (NYSE:NIO) and Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
NIO has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Li Auto has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NIO had 12 more articles in the media than Li Auto. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for NIO and 20 mentions for Li Auto. Li Auto's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat NIO's score of 0.21 indicating that Li Auto is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Li Auto has a net margin of 8.73% compared to NIO's net margin of -38.09%. Li Auto's return on equity of 16.65% beat NIO's return on equity.
48.6% of NIO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of Li Auto shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of NIO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.5% of Li Auto shares are owned by 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.
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.
NIO presently has a consensus target price of $8.43, suggesting a potential upside of 54.02%. Li Auto has a consensus target price of $40.50, suggesting a potential upside of 101.09%. Given Li Auto's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Li Auto is more favorable than NIO.
NIO received 493 more outperform votes than Li Auto when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.80% of users gave NIO an outperform vote while only 60.75% of users gave Li Auto an outperform vote.
Summary
Li Auto beats NIO on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NIO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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