KXIN vs. VRM, VLCN, AYRO, ZAPP, ECDA, NXU, LIDR, SVMH, NVVE, and FUV
Should you be buying Kaixin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kaixin include Vroom (VRM), Volcon (VLCN), Ayro (AYRO), Zapp Electric Vehicles Group (ZAPP), ECD Automotive Design (ECDA), NXU (NXU), AEye (LIDR), SRIVARU (SVMH), Nuvve (NVVE), and Arcimoto (FUV). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Kaixin (NASDAQ:KXIN) and Vroom (NASDAQ:VRM) 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 profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and dividends.
2.0% of Kaixin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.8% of Vroom shares are held by institutional investors. 20.8% of Kaixin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Vroom shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kaixin has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Vroom's net margin of -40.92%. Kaixin's return on equity of 0.00% beat Vroom's return on equity.
Kaixin has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vroom has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vroom received 14 more outperform votes than Kaixin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.39% of users gave Kaixin an outperform vote while only 56.25% of users gave Vroom an outperform vote.
Kaixin has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vroom.
In the previous week, Vroom had 3 more articles in the media than Kaixin. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Vroom and 1 mentions for Kaixin. Kaixin's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Vroom's score of 0.62 indicating that Kaixin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Kaixin beats Vroom on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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