WNC vs. XPEL, AXL, CTOS, CHPT, NKLA, LAZR, MLR, SMP, LVWR, and EVGO
Should you be buying Wabash National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wabash National include XPEL (XPEL), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Custom Truck One Source (CTOS), ChargePoint (CHPT), Nikola (NKLA), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), Miller Industries (MLR), Standard Motor Products (SMP), LiveWire Group (LVWR), and EVgo (EVGO). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Wabash National (NYSE:WNC) and XPEL (NASDAQ:XPEL) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Wabash National currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.90%. XPEL has a consensus price target of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.15%. Given XPEL's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe XPEL is more favorable than Wabash National.
97.1% of Wabash National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of XPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Wabash National shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of XPEL 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.
Wabash National has higher revenue and earnings than XPEL. Wabash National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than XPEL, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Wabash National had 10 more articles in the media than XPEL. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Wabash National and 2 mentions for XPEL. XPEL's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Wabash National's score of 0.88 indicating that XPEL is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wabash National has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPEL has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
XPEL has a net margin of 11.99% compared to Wabash National's net margin of 8.15%. Wabash National's return on equity of 37.84% beat XPEL's return on equity.
Wabash National received 316 more outperform votes than XPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.44% of users gave Wabash National an outperform vote while only 54.43% of users gave XPEL an outperform vote.
Summary
Wabash National and XPEL tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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