PLOW vs. EVGO, HLLY, HSAI, MLR, SHYF, LAZR, SMP, CHPT, SLDP, and NKLA
Should you be buying Douglas Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Douglas Dynamics include EVgo (EVGO), Holley (HLLY), Hesai Group (HSAI), Miller Industries (MLR), The Shyft Group (SHYF), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), Standard Motor Products (SMP), ChargePoint (CHPT), Solid Power (SLDP), and Nikola (NKLA). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
EVgo (NYSE:EVGO) and Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Douglas Dynamics had 3 more articles in the media than EVgo. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Douglas Dynamics and 16 mentions for EVgo. Douglas Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat EVgo's score of 0.24 indicating that EVgo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
17.4% of EVgo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. 67.0% of EVgo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
EVgo currently has a consensus target price of $5.19, suggesting a potential upside of 189.80%. Douglas Dynamics has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.55%. Given Douglas Dynamics' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe EVgo is more favorable than Douglas Dynamics.
Douglas Dynamics has a net margin of 4.90% compared to Douglas Dynamics' net margin of -26.36%. EVgo's return on equity of 12.95% beat Douglas Dynamics' return on equity.
EVgo has a beta of 2.53, suggesting that its share price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Dynamics has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Douglas Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than EVgo. EVgo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Douglas Dynamics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Douglas Dynamics received 262 more outperform votes than EVgo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.21% of users gave Douglas Dynamics an outperform vote while only 35.85% of users gave EVgo an outperform vote.
Summary
Douglas Dynamics beats EVgo on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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