MVST vs. GWH, HYZN, BKSY, CELU, LOTZ, SES, FREY, SLDP, BYRN, and NVX
Should you be buying Microvast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Microvast include ESS Tech (GWH), Hyzon Motors (HYZN), BlackSky Technology (BKSY), Celularity (CELU), CarLotz (LOTZ), SES AI (SES), FREYR Battery (FREY), Solid Power (SLDP), Byrna Technologies (BYRN), and NOVONIX (NVX).
ESS Tech (NYSE:GWH) and Microvast (NASDAQ:MVST) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
ESS Tech received 2 more outperform votes than Microvast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 41.67% of users gave Microvast an outperform vote while only 35.29% of users gave ESS Tech an outperform vote.
46.8% of ESS Tech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.7% of Microvast shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of ESS Tech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.3% of Microvast shares are held by 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.
ESS Tech presently has a consensus target price of $2.11, suggesting a potential upside of 199.80%. Microvast has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1,125.82%. Given ESS Tech's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Microvast is more favorable than ESS Tech.
ESS Tech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Microvast. ESS Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Microvast, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ESS Tech has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Microvast has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Microvast has a net margin of -29.79% compared to Microvast's net margin of -746.89%. ESS Tech's return on equity of -18.01% beat Microvast's return on equity.
In the previous week, Microvast's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat ESS Tech's score of 0.00 indicating that ESS Tech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Microvast beats ESS Tech on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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