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Lightning eMotors (ZEV) Competitors

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ZEV vs. PEV, CREV, CENN, XOS, ECDA, GP, LIDR, FLYE, UCAR, and AIEV

Should you be buying Lightning eMotors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lightning eMotors include Phoenix Motor (PEV), Carbon Revolution Public (CREV), Cenntro (CENN), XOS (XOS), ECD Automotive Design (ECDA), GreenPower Motor (GP), AEye (LIDR), Fly-E Group (FLYE), U Power (UCAR), and Thunder Power (AIEV). These companies are all part of the "automobiles and trucks" industry.

Lightning eMotors vs.

Lightning eMotors (NYSE:ZEV) and Phoenix Motor (NASDAQ:PEV) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Lightning eMotors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Phoenix Motor. Phoenix Motor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lightning eMotors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lightning eMotors$24.69M0.00$15.17M-$11.19N/A
Phoenix Motor$26.12M0.90-$20.65M-$0.33-1.56

25.2% of Lightning eMotors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Phoenix Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Lightning eMotors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.2% of Phoenix Motor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Phoenix Motor had 10 more articles in the media than Lightning eMotors. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Phoenix Motor and 0 mentions for Lightning eMotors. Phoenix Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Lightning eMotors' score of 0.00 indicating that Phoenix Motor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lightning eMotors Neutral
Phoenix Motor Neutral

Lightning eMotors has a beta of 2.69, meaning that its stock price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phoenix Motor has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Phoenix Motor has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lightning eMotors' net margin of -221.51%. Phoenix Motor's return on equity of 28.43% beat Lightning eMotors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lightning eMotors-221.51% -221.78% -69.89%
Phoenix Motor N/A 28.43%5.97%

Lightning eMotors received 18 more outperform votes than Phoenix Motor when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lightning eMotorsOutperform Votes
18
51.43%
Underperform Votes
17
48.57%
Phoenix MotorN/AN/A

Summary

Phoenix Motor beats Lightning eMotors on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ZEV vs. The Competition

MetricLightning eMotorsMotor vehicles & car bodies IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.53M$39.32B$17.80B$19.75B
Dividend YieldN/A2.76%2.93%3.75%
P/E Ratio-0.1510.4118.9534.05
Price / SalesN/A14.2110.7828.57
Price / CashN/A11.9610.9417.54
Price / BookN/A2.751.824.63
Net Income$15.17M$3.05B$1.43B$1.02B

Lightning eMotors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZEV
Lightning eMotors
N/AN/AN/AN/A$10.53M$24.69M-0.15200
PEV
Phoenix Motor
1.1026 of 5 stars
$0.77
+15.1%
N/A-39.4%$35.58M$26.12M-2.3560Gap Up
CREV
Carbon Revolution Public
3.3638 of 5 stars
$2.92
+4.7%
$39.00
+1,235.6%
-81.7%$33.85M$27.18M0.00N/A
CENN
Cenntro
0.9471 of 5 stars
$0.95
-1.4%
N/A-34.2%$29.33M$37.05M0.00210
XOS
XOS
2.2173 of 5 stars
$3.53
-2.5%
$10.25
+190.4%
-66.1%$28.34M$62.86M-0.53330Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
ECDA
ECD Automotive Design
2.2304 of 5 stars
$0.68
-13.9%
N/A-29.8%$27.77M$25.73M0.00N/AEarnings Report
Gap Down
GP
GreenPower Motor
1.915 of 5 stars
$0.59
+3.0%
$2.33
+296.1%
-71.8%$17.31M$20.66M-0.7170
LIDR
AEye
0.465 of 5 stars
$0.67
+4.7%
N/A-63.1%$12.52M$202,000.00-0.14100News Coverage
FLYE
Fly-E Group
N/A$0.49
+2.3%
N/AN/A$12.10M$28.55M0.0057Gap Down
UCAR
U Power
0.2934 of 5 stars
$2.61
-2.6%
N/A-51.6%$9.51M$31.06M0.00105News Coverage
Positive News
AIEV
Thunder Power
N/A$0.18
+1.2%
N/AN/A$9.04MN/A0.00N/AGap Down
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This page (NYSE:ZEV) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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