KNDI vs. LCUT, TSQ, APEI, FLXS, AAN, RCKY, HOFT, CLAR, ESCA, and EVC
Should you be buying Kandi Technologies Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kandi Technologies Group include Lifetime Brands (LCUT), Townsquare Media (TSQ), American Public Education (APEI), Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), Aaron's (AAN), Rocky Brands (RCKY), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Clarus (CLAR), Escalade (ESCA), and Entravision Communications (EVC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Kandi Technologies Group (NASDAQ:KNDI) and Lifetime Brands (NASDAQ:LCUT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Lifetime Brands had 1 more articles in the media than Kandi Technologies Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Lifetime Brands and 1 mentions for Kandi Technologies Group. Kandi Technologies Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Lifetime Brands' score of 0.24 indicating that Kandi Technologies Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kandi Technologies Group has a net margin of 0.01% compared to Lifetime Brands' net margin of -1.23%. Lifetime Brands' return on equity of 4.84% beat Kandi Technologies Group's return on equity.
Kandi Technologies Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lifetime Brands. Lifetime Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kandi Technologies Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kandi Technologies Group has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifetime Brands has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lifetime Brands has a consensus target price of $11.25, suggesting a potential upside of 24.17%. Given Lifetime Brands' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lifetime Brands is more favorable than Kandi Technologies Group.
3.7% of Kandi Technologies Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of Lifetime Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Kandi Technologies Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.3% of Lifetime Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lifetime Brands received 91 more outperform votes than Kandi Technologies Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.43% of users gave Lifetime Brands an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave Kandi Technologies Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Lifetime Brands beats Kandi Technologies Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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