LEV vs. NKLA, NWTN, SHYF, GGR, LOT, KNDI, NIU, WKHS, FSRN, and CENN
Should you be buying Lion Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lion Electric include Nikola (NKLA), NWTN (NWTN), The Shyft Group (SHYF), Gogoro (GGR), Lotus Technology (LOT), Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI), Niu Technologies (NIU), Workhorse Group (WKHS), Fisker (FSRN), and Cenntro (CENN). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicles & car bodies" industry.
Nikola (NASDAQ:NKLA) and Lion Electric (NYSE:LEV) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Nikola had 2 more articles in the media than Lion Electric. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Nikola and 5 mentions for Lion Electric. Nikola's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Lion Electric's score of -0.33 indicating that Lion Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nikola has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Nikola's net margin of -43.21%. Nikola's return on equity of -18.99% beat Lion Electric's return on equity.
37.4% of Nikola shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Lion Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Nikola shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Lion Electric shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Nikola currently has a consensus price target of $1.33, suggesting a potential upside of 168.87%. Lion Electric has a consensus price target of $1.74, suggesting a potential upside of 57.95%. Given Lion Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nikola is more favorable than Lion Electric.
Lion Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Nikola. Lion Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nikola, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nikola received 24 more outperform votes than Lion Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.45% of users gave Nikola an outperform vote while only 46.91% of users gave Lion Electric an outperform vote.
Nikola has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lion Electric has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lion Electric beats Nikola on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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