SHYF vs. LEV, LOT, KNDI, NIU, NKLA, HLLY, SLDP, EVGO, PLOW, and HYLN
Should you be buying The Shyft Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Shyft Group include Lion Electric (LEV), Lotus Technology (LOT), Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI), Niu Technologies (NIU), Nikola (NKLA), Holley (HLLY), Solid Power (SLDP), EVgo (EVGO), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), and Hyliion (HYLN).
Lion Electric (NYSE:LEV) and The Shyft Group (NASDAQ:SHYF) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
Lion Electric received 6 more outperform votes than The Shyft Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.63% of users gave The Shyft Group an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave Lion Electric an outperform vote.
The Shyft Group has a net margin of 0.01% compared to The Shyft Group's net margin of -40.93%. Lion Electric's return on equity of 2.76% beat The Shyft Group's return on equity.
The Shyft Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lion Electric. The Shyft Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lion Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lion Electric had 4 more articles in the media than The Shyft Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Lion Electric and 12 mentions for The Shyft Group. Lion Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat The Shyft Group's score of -0.07 indicating that The Shyft Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
52.7% of Lion Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of The Shyft Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of Lion Electric shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of The Shyft Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lion Electric has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Shyft Group has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lion Electric presently has a consensus price target of $2.34, suggesting a potential upside of 136.74%. The Shyft Group has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.75%. Given The Shyft Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lion Electric is more favorable than The Shyft Group.
Summary
The Shyft Group beats Lion Electric on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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