LEV vs. LOT, NIU, FSRN, WKHS, FFIE, CENN, SHYF, NKLA, CPS, and HYLN
Should you be buying Lion Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lion Electric include Lotus Technology (LOT), Niu Technologies (NIU), Fisker (FSRN), Workhorse Group (WKHS), Faraday Future Intelligent Electric (FFIE), Cenntro (CENN), The Shyft Group (SHYF), Nikola (NKLA), Cooper-Standard (CPS), and Hyliion (HYLN). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Lotus Technology (NASDAQ:LOT) and Lion Electric (NYSE:LEV) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
Lion Electric received 38 more outperform votes than Lotus Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.91% of users gave Lion Electric an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Lotus Technology an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lotus Technology had 5 more articles in the media than Lion Electric. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lotus Technology and 2 mentions for Lion Electric. Lion Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Lotus Technology's score of 0.15 indicating that Lotus Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lotus Technology has a beta of -0.09, meaning that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lion Electric has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lotus Technology presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential downside of 35.78%. Lion Electric has a consensus price target of $1.74, indicating a potential upside of 70.34%. Given Lotus Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lion Electric is more favorable than Lotus Technology.
Lotus Technology has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lotus Technology's net margin of -43.21%. Lion Electric's return on equity of -0.62% beat Lotus Technology's return on equity.
63.4% of Lotus Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Lion Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lotus Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Lion Electric shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lion Electric has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lotus Technology. Lotus Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lion Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lion Electric beats Lotus Technology on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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