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CAAS vs. ADSE, HLLY, NIU, EMPD, NWTN, INVZ, HYLN, MPAA, STRT, and FFAI

Should you be buying China Automotive Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of China Automotive Systems include ADS-TEC Energy (ADSE), Holley (HLLY), Niu Technologies (NIU), Volcon (EMPD), NWTN (NWTN), Innoviz Technologies (INVZ), Hyliion (HYLN), Motorcar Parts of America (MPAA), Strattec Security (STRT), and Faraday Future Intelligent Electric (FFAI). These companies are all part of the "automobiles and trucks" industry.

China Automotive Systems vs. Its Competitors

China Automotive Systems (NASDAQ:CAAS) and ADS-TEC Energy (NASDAQ:ADSE) are both small-cap automobiles and trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

China Automotive Systems has a beta of 2.68, indicating that its share price is 168% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ADS-TEC Energy has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

China Automotive Systems has higher revenue and earnings than ADS-TEC Energy.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
China Automotive Systems$650.93M0.21$29.98M$0.974.61
ADS-TEC Energy$119.06M3.80-$106MN/AN/A

In the previous week, China Automotive Systems had 2 more articles in the media than ADS-TEC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for China Automotive Systems and 2 mentions for ADS-TEC Energy. ADS-TEC Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat China Automotive Systems' score of 0.95 indicating that ADS-TEC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
China Automotive Systems
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ADS-TEC Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
China Automotive Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
ADS-TEC Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

5.2% of China Automotive Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of ADS-TEC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 64.8% of China Automotive Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

China Automotive Systems has a net margin of 4.22% compared to ADS-TEC Energy's net margin of 0.00%. China Automotive Systems' return on equity of 7.39% beat ADS-TEC Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
China Automotive Systems4.22% 7.39% 3.49%
ADS-TEC Energy N/A N/A N/A

Summary

China Automotive Systems beats ADS-TEC Energy on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CAAS vs. The Competition

MetricChina Automotive SystemsAUTO/TRUCK IndustryAuto SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$132.75M$6.43B$21.30B$10.31B
Dividend YieldN/A2.43%2.72%4.63%
P/E Ratio4.6124.0618.4326.51
Price / Sales0.2118.4944.17123.58
Price / Cash2.6535.1021.9560.46
Price / Book0.352.922.916.29
Net Income$29.98M$180.08M$825.47M$270.51M
7 Day Performance-3.46%2.45%2.09%1.95%
1 Month Performance10.10%1.27%1.45%6.33%
1 Year Performance28.08%35.10%12.99%25.62%

China Automotive Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CAAS
China Automotive Systems
2.4537 of 5 stars
$4.47
+1.6%
N/A+27.4%$132.75M$650.93M4.614,370
ADSE
ADS-TEC Energy
1.1293 of 5 stars
$10.00
+0.6%
N/A-35.3%$535.53M$119.06M0.00110News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
HLLY
Holley
3.5232 of 5 stars
$3.74
-4.0%
$3.75
+0.4%
-2.8%$468.74M$602.22M-14.371,520Positive News
NIU
Niu Technologies
0.782 of 5 stars
$4.39
+1.2%
N/A+128.2%$338.18M$450.49M-16.88700
EMPD
Volcon
0.2168 of 5 stars
$6.96
-0.3%
N/A-89.9%$331.17M$4.04M0.0080
NWTN
NWTN
N/A$1.26
-9.4%
N/A+115.9%$322.37M$12.00M0.002High Trading Volume
INVZ
Innoviz Technologies
3.0128 of 5 stars
$1.86
+17.7%
$2.58
+38.4%
+135.9%$318.09M$24.27M-4.43400Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HYLN
Hyliion
0.2551 of 5 stars
$1.65
-6.3%
N/A-15.5%$289.47M$3.51M-4.46250News Coverage
Positive News
MPAA
Motorcar Parts of America
1.0833 of 5 stars
$14.70
+1.2%
$14.00
-4.8%
+163.3%$281.19M$757.35M210.035,700
STRT
Strattec Security
2.5533 of 5 stars
$67.96
+2.7%
N/A+90.3%$275.44M$565.07M14.872,848Short Interest ↓
FFAI
Faraday Future Intelligent Electric
0.8367 of 5 stars
$1.75
-3.3%
N/AN/A$265.76M$540K0.00740

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This page (NASDAQ:CAAS) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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