PLOW vs. HSAI, EVGO, SMP, MLR, LAZR, NKLA, CHPT, HLLY, SHYF, and AXL
Should you be buying Douglas Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Douglas Dynamics include Hesai Group (HSAI), EVgo (EVGO), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Miller Industries (MLR), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), Nikola (NKLA), ChargePoint (CHPT), Holley (HLLY), The Shyft Group (SHYF), and American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI) and Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
Douglas Dynamics received 277 more outperform votes than Hesai Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Hesai Group an outperform vote while only 55.21% of users gave Douglas Dynamics an outperform vote.
Douglas Dynamics has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.16%. Given Hesai Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Douglas Dynamics is more favorable than Hesai Group.
Douglas Dynamics has a net margin of 4.90% compared to Douglas Dynamics' net margin of -25.68%. Hesai Group's return on equity of 12.95% beat Douglas Dynamics' return on equity.
48.5% of Hesai Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of Douglas Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Douglas Dynamics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Douglas Dynamics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hesai Group. Hesai Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Douglas Dynamics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hesai Group has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Dynamics has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hesai Group had 2 more articles in the media than Douglas Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Hesai Group and 4 mentions for Douglas Dynamics. Hesai Group's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Douglas Dynamics' score of 0.35 indicating that Douglas Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Douglas Dynamics beats Hesai Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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