NIO vs. XPEV, RIVN, OSK, LCID, LI, BWA, GNTX, LEA, ALSN, and LKQ
Should you be buying NIO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NIO include XPeng (XPEV), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), Oshkosh (OSK), Lucid Group (LCID), Li Auto (LI), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), and LKQ (LKQ). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
NIO (NYSE:NIO) and XPeng (NYSE:XPEV) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
NIO received 488 more outperform votes than XPeng when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.80% of users gave NIO an outperform vote while only 56.91% of users gave XPeng an outperform vote.
48.6% of NIO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.1% of XPeng shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of NIO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.6% of XPeng shares are owned 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.
NIO has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPeng has a beta of 2.84, indicating that its stock price is 184% more volatile than the S&P 500.
XPeng has a net margin of -28.16% compared to NIO's net margin of -38.09%. XPeng's return on equity of -28.16% beat NIO's return on equity.
In the previous week, NIO and NIO both had 39 articles in the media. XPeng's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat NIO's score of 0.30 indicating that XPeng is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NIO currently has a consensus price target of $8.43, suggesting a potential upside of 70.89%. XPeng has a consensus price target of $16.89, suggesting a potential upside of 104.00%. Given XPeng's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe XPeng is more favorable than NIO.
XPeng has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NIO. XPeng is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NIO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
XPeng beats NIO on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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