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Lightning eMotors (ZEV) Competitors

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ZEV vs. WKHS, ECDA, CENN, WKSP, GP, EVTV, UCAR, AIEV, SVMH, and PEV

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

Lightning eMotors vs.

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

Workhorse Group has a consensus target price of $5.63, indicating a potential upside of 600.15%. Given Workhorse Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Workhorse Group is more favorable than Lightning eMotors.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lightning eMotors
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Workhorse Group
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

In the previous week, Workhorse Group had 2 more articles in the media than Lightning eMotors. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Workhorse Group and 0 mentions for Lightning eMotors. Workhorse Group's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Lightning eMotors' score of 0.00 indicating that Workhorse Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lightning eMotors Neutral
Workhorse Group Neutral

Lightning eMotors has higher revenue and earnings than Workhorse Group. Workhorse Group 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
Workhorse Group$9.10M3.62-$123.92M-$7.98-0.10

Workhorse Group received 422 more outperform votes than Lightning eMotors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.33% of users gave Workhorse Group an outperform vote while only 51.43% of users gave Lightning eMotors an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lightning eMotorsOutperform Votes
18
51.43%
Underperform Votes
17
48.57%
Workhorse GroupOutperform Votes
440
77.33%
Underperform Votes
129
22.67%

Lightning eMotors has a beta of 2.69, meaning that its share price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workhorse Group has a beta of 2.63, meaning that its share price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lightning eMotors has a net margin of -221.51% compared to Workhorse Group's net margin of -1,383.63%. Workhorse Group's return on equity of -192.21% beat Lightning eMotors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lightning eMotors-221.51% -221.78% -69.89%
Workhorse Group -1,383.63%-192.21%-106.61%

25.2% of Lightning eMotors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of Workhorse Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Lightning eMotors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Workhorse Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Workhorse Group beats Lightning eMotors on 9 of the 16 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$45.47B$19.33B$19.19B
Dividend YieldN/A3.36%3.10%3.62%
P/E Ratio-0.159.1711.3241.30
Price / SalesN/A25.0411.3317.51
Price / CashN/A11.9712.3421.28
Price / BookN/A2.611.895.32
Net Income$15.17M$3.18B$1.52B$989.88M

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
WKHS
Workhorse Group
1.8123 of 5 stars
$0.89
-11.0%
$5.63
+528.8%
-89.3%$36.66M$13.10M-0.11330Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
ECDA
ECD Automotive Design
2.8639 of 5 stars
$1.02
+1.0%
$9.00
+782.4%
-44.3%$35.34M$15.12M0.00N/AGap Down
CENN
Cenntro
0.1822 of 5 stars
$1.08
-3.6%
N/A-28.4%$33.34M$37.05M0.00210
WKSP
Worksport
1.0682 of 5 stars
$1.00
-5.7%
N/A-38.6%$32.94M$6.40M-1.4310Gap Down
High Trading Volume
GP
GreenPower Motor
2.2566 of 5 stars
$0.81
+2.5%
$2.33
+187.9%
-75.2%$23.82M$21.60M-0.9370News Coverage
EVTV
Envirotech Vehicles
0.1435 of 5 stars
$1.35
-1.5%
N/A+10.7%$22.64M$1.73M-2.1410Gap Up
UCAR
U Power
N/A$7.08
-4.8%
N/A-66.2%$19.75M$2.78M0.00105News Coverage
AIEV
Thunder Power
N/A$0.25
-7.3%
N/AN/A$12.89MN/A0.00N/A
SVMH
SRIVARU
N/A$0.03
flat
N/A-92.5%$12.09M$42,538.000.00N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume
PEV
Phoenix Motor
0.1508 of 5 stars
$0.31
flat
N/A-74.6%$11.60M$3.12M-0.9960

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This page (NYSE:ZEV) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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