LIDR vs. EVTV, CPTN, XOS, PEV, ZCAR, FFIE, VRM, LOBO, VLCN, and KXIN
Should you be buying AEye stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AEye include Envirotech Vehicles (EVTV), Cepton (CPTN), XOS (XOS), Phoenix Motor (PEV), Zoomcar (ZCAR), Faraday Future Intelligent Electric (FFIE), Vroom (VRM), Lobo EV Technologies (LOBO), Volcon (VLCN), and Kaixin (KXIN). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Envirotech Vehicles (NASDAQ:EVTV) and AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
AEye received 7 more outperform votes than Envirotech Vehicles when rated by MarketBeat users.
Envirotech Vehicles has higher revenue and earnings than AEye. Envirotech Vehicles is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AEye, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Envirotech Vehicles has a net margin of -443.04% compared to Envirotech Vehicles' net margin of -5,951.23%. AEye's return on equity of -49.31% beat Envirotech Vehicles' return on equity.
5.7% of Envirotech Vehicles shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of AEye shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of Envirotech Vehicles shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of AEye shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Envirotech Vehicles has a beta of 2.83, meaning that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AEye has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AEye had 11 more articles in the media than Envirotech Vehicles. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AEye and 2 mentions for Envirotech Vehicles. AEye's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Envirotech Vehicles' score of 0.81 indicating that Envirotech Vehicles is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Envirotech Vehicles beats AEye on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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