EVGO vs. DRVN, PLOW, HLLY, HSAI, MLR, SHYF, LAZR, SMP, CHPT, and SLDP
Should you be buying EVgo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EVgo include Driven Brands (DRVN), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Holley (HLLY), Hesai Group (HSAI), Miller Industries (MLR), The Shyft Group (SHYF), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), Standard Motor Products (SMP), ChargePoint (CHPT), and Solid Power (SLDP). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) and EVgo (NYSE:EVGO) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
Driven Brands has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EVgo has a beta of 2.53, indicating that its share price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EVgo has a net margin of -26.36% compared to EVgo's net margin of -33.30%. EVgo's return on equity of 11.38% beat Driven Brands' return on equity.
77.1% of Driven Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of EVgo shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Driven Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 67.0% of EVgo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Driven Brands received 23 more outperform votes than EVgo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.00% of users gave Driven Brands an outperform vote while only 35.19% of users gave EVgo an outperform vote.
EVgo has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Driven Brands. EVgo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Driven Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Driven Brands had 20 more articles in the media than EVgo. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Driven Brands and 20 mentions for EVgo. Driven Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat EVgo's score of 0.09 indicating that EVgo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Driven Brands currently has a consensus price target of $17.61, indicating a potential upside of 56.82%. EVgo has a consensus price target of $5.19, indicating a potential upside of 196.43%. Given Driven Brands' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe EVgo is more favorable than Driven Brands.
Summary
Driven Brands beats EVgo on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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