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Lightning eMotors (ZEV) Competitors

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ZEV vs. CENN, ECDA, WKHS, WKSP, XOS, GP, UCAR, EVTV, AIEV, and FLYE

Should you be buying Lightning eMotors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lightning eMotors include Cenntro (CENN), ECD Automotive Design (ECDA), Workhorse Group (WKHS), Worksport (WKSP), XOS (XOS), GreenPower Motor (GP), U Power (UCAR), Envirotech Vehicles (EVTV), Thunder Power (AIEV), and Fly-E Group (FLYE). These companies are all part of the "automobiles and trucks" industry.

Lightning eMotors vs.

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

Cenntro has a net margin of -109.17% compared to Lightning eMotors' net margin of -221.51%. Cenntro's return on equity of -37.17% beat Lightning eMotors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cenntro-109.17% -37.17% -23.58%
Lightning eMotors -221.51%-221.78%-69.89%

In the previous week, Cenntro had 1 more articles in the media than Lightning eMotors. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Cenntro and 0 mentions for Lightning eMotors. Cenntro's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Lightning eMotors' score of 0.00 indicating that Cenntro is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cenntro Neutral
Lightning eMotors Neutral

Cenntro has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightning eMotors has a beta of 2.69, suggesting that its share price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lightning eMotors received 16 more outperform votes than Cenntro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Cenntro an outperform vote while only 51.43% of users gave Lightning eMotors an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CenntroOutperform Votes
2
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Lightning eMotorsOutperform Votes
18
51.43%
Underperform Votes
17
48.57%

Lightning eMotors has higher revenue and earnings than Cenntro.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cenntro$22.08M1.68-$54.20MN/AN/A
Lightning eMotors$24.69M0.00$15.17M-$11.19N/A

25.2% of Lightning eMotors shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of Cenntro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Lightning eMotors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cenntro beats Lightning eMotors on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ZEV vs. The Competition

MetricLightning eMotorsMotor vehicles & car bodies IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.53M$50.78B$20.01B$19.88B
Dividend YieldN/A2.91%2.98%3.65%
P/E Ratio-0.157.099.0036.01
Price / SalesN/A10.1010.1316.96
Price / CashN/A11.6912.0720.10
Price / BookN/A2.881.995.78
Net Income$15.17M$3.19B$1.52B$997.97M

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
CENN
Cenntro
0.7442 of 5 stars
$1.26
+7.5%
N/A+11.1%$38.81M$37.05M0.00210Positive News
Gap Down
ECDA
ECD Automotive Design
2.9156 of 5 stars
$0.99
+1.5%
$9.00
+809.1%
-8.7%$34.30M$25.73M0.00N/AGap Down
WKHS
Workhorse Group
1.4234 of 5 stars
$0.74
+1.6%
$5.63
+660.2%
-87.5%$30.32M$9.10M-0.09330Gap Up
WKSP
Worksport
3.1251 of 5 stars
$0.88
+6.0%
$2.00
+127.3%
-35.2%$28.99M$6.40M-1.3310
XOS
XOS
2.4558 of 5 stars
$3.30
-4.3%
$10.25
+210.6%
-58.5%$26.50M$62.86M-0.49330News Coverage
Gap Up
GP
GreenPower Motor
2.8317 of 5 stars
$0.97
+6.6%
$2.33
+139.7%
-71.4%$25.70M$21.60M-1.1470Negative News
UCAR
U Power
0.6209 of 5 stars
$7.01
+1.6%
N/A-26.4%$19.56M$31.06M0.00105Gap Down
EVTV
Envirotech Vehicles
0.6362 of 5 stars
$1.14
-0.9%
N/A-9.7%$19.12M$1.73M-1.8110
AIEV
Thunder Power
N/A$0.33
-2.8%
N/AN/A$17.22MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
FLYE
Fly-E Group
N/A$0.59
-2.4%
N/AN/A$14.51M$30.30M0.0057Gap Down

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