LI vs. RIVN, NIO, OSK, XPEV, LCID, F, FSS, GM, PCAR, and STLA
Should you be buying Li Auto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Li Auto include Rivian Automotive (RIVN), NIO (NIO), Oshkosh (OSK), XPeng (XPEV), Lucid Group (LCID), Ford Motor (F), Federal Signal (FSS), General Motors (GM), PACCAR (PCAR), and Stellantis (STLA). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicles & car bodies" industry.
Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI) and Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
9.9% of Li Auto shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Rivian Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.5% of Li Auto shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Rivian Automotive shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Li Auto has higher revenue and earnings than Rivian Automotive. Rivian Automotive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Li Auto, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Li Auto has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rivian Automotive has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rivian Automotive received 4 more outperform votes than Li Auto when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.19% of users gave Li Auto an outperform vote while only 36.46% of users gave Rivian Automotive an outperform vote.
Li Auto has a net margin of 9.44% compared to Rivian Automotive's net margin of -111.09%. Li Auto's return on equity of 18.37% beat Rivian Automotive's return on equity.
Li Auto presently has a consensus price target of $45.36, indicating a potential upside of 82.23%. Rivian Automotive has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 80.95%. Given Li Auto's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Li Auto is more favorable than Rivian Automotive.
In the previous week, Rivian Automotive had 1 more articles in the media than Li Auto. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Rivian Automotive and 34 mentions for Li Auto. Li Auto's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Rivian Automotive's score of 0.24 indicating that Li Auto is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Li Auto beats Rivian Automotive on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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