FSRN vs. WKHS, CENN, REE, VEV, NIU, LEV, PRTS, XOS, LTCH, and CPTN
Should you be buying Fisker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fisker include Workhorse Group (WKHS), Cenntro (CENN), REE Automotive (REE), Vicinity Motor (VEV), Niu Technologies (NIU), Lion Electric (LEV), CarParts.com (PRTS), XOS (XOS), Latch (LTCH), and Cepton (CPTN). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Fisker (NYSE:FSRN) and Workhorse Group (NASDAQ:WKHS) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Workhorse Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fisker. Workhorse Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fisker, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Fisker had 12 more articles in the media than Workhorse Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Fisker and 4 mentions for Workhorse Group. Workhorse Group's average media sentiment score of -0.03 beat Fisker's score of -0.23 indicating that Workhorse Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fisker has a net margin of -278.72% compared to Workhorse Group's net margin of -946.32%. Workhorse Group's return on equity of -121.46% beat Fisker's return on equity.
Workhorse Group received 440 more outperform votes than Fisker when rated by MarketBeat users.
Fisker has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workhorse Group has a beta of 2.54, meaning that its stock price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Workhorse Group has a consensus target price of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 661.42%. Given Workhorse Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Workhorse Group is more favorable than Fisker.
33.6% of Fisker shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of Workhorse Group shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Fisker shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Workhorse Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Workhorse Group beats Fisker on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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