NIU vs. LOT, LEV, WKHS, FSRN, CENN, SHYF, AEVA, CVGI, GOEV, and INVZ
Should you be buying Niu Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Niu Technologies include Lotus Technology (LOT), Lion Electric (LEV), Workhorse Group (WKHS), Fisker (FSRN), Cenntro (CENN), The Shyft Group (SHYF), Aeva Technologies (AEVA), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), Canoo (GOEV), and Innoviz Technologies (INVZ). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Lotus Technology (NASDAQ:LOT) and Niu Technologies (NASDAQ:NIU) 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 analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Lotus Technology has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lotus Technology's net margin of -10.36%. Niu Technologies' return on equity of -0.62% beat Lotus Technology's return on equity.
Niu Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Lotus Technology. Lotus Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Niu Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lotus Technology has a beta of -0.09, indicating that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Niu Technologies has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lotus Technology presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.67%. Given Niu Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lotus Technology is more favorable than Niu Technologies.
63.4% of Lotus Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Niu Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lotus Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Niu Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Niu Technologies received 142 more outperform votes than Lotus Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.01% of users gave Niu Technologies an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Lotus Technology an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lotus Technology had 4 more articles in the media than Niu Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lotus Technology and 2 mentions for Niu Technologies. Niu Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Lotus Technology's score of 0.00 indicating that Lotus Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Niu Technologies beats Lotus Technology on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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