CAAS vs. MPAA, SUP, STRT, NTZ, TLYS, TDUP, VNCE, CVGI, KFS, and BBW
Should you be buying China Automotive Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of China Automotive Systems include Motorcar Parts of America (MPAA), Superior Industries International (SUP), Strattec Security (STRT), Natuzzi (NTZ), Tilly's (TLYS), ThredUp (TDUP), Vince (VNCE), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), Kingsway Financial Services (KFS), and Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW).
Motorcar Parts of America (NASDAQ:MPAA) and China Automotive Systems (NASDAQ:CAAS) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.
China Automotive Systems has a net margin of 6.53% compared to China Automotive Systems' net margin of -6.80%. Motorcar Parts of America's return on equity of 10.84% beat China Automotive Systems' return on equity.
Motorcar Parts of America received 84 more outperform votes than China Automotive Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.16% of users gave China Automotive Systems an outperform vote while only 68.38% of users gave Motorcar Parts of America an outperform vote.
Motorcar Parts of America has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Automotive Systems has a beta of 2.45, indicating that its stock price is 145% more volatile than the S&P 500.
China Automotive Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Motorcar Parts of America. Motorcar Parts of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than China Automotive Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.5% of Motorcar Parts of America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.2% of China Automotive Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Motorcar Parts of America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.2% of China Automotive Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, China Automotive Systems had 3 more articles in the media than Motorcar Parts of America. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for China Automotive Systems and 0 mentions for Motorcar Parts of America. Motorcar Parts of America's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat China Automotive Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that China Automotive Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
China Automotive Systems beats Motorcar Parts of America on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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