CVGI vs. CAAS, MPAA, CPS, STRT, SUP, TWI, PLOW, MTW, TWIN, and RAIL
Should you be buying Commercial Vehicle Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Commercial Vehicle Group include China Automotive Systems (CAAS), Motorcar Parts of America (MPAA), Cooper-Standard (CPS), Strattec Security (STRT), Superior Industries International (SUP), Titan International (TWI), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Manitowoc (MTW), Twin Disc (TWIN), and FreightCar America (RAIL).
Commercial Vehicle Group (NASDAQ:CVGI) and China Automotive Systems (NASDAQ:CAAS) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Commercial Vehicle Group received 28 more outperform votes than China Automotive Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.29% of users gave China Automotive Systems an outperform vote while only 65.42% of users gave Commercial Vehicle Group an outperform vote.
72.3% of Commercial Vehicle Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.2% of China Automotive Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Commercial Vehicle Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.2% of China Automotive Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
China Automotive Systems has a net margin of 6.82% compared to Commercial Vehicle Group's net margin of 4.53%. Commercial Vehicle Group's return on equity of 15.85% beat China Automotive Systems' return on equity.
Commercial Vehicle Group presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 86.22%. Given Commercial Vehicle Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Commercial Vehicle Group is more favorable than China Automotive Systems.
Commercial Vehicle Group has a beta of 2.52, meaning that its stock price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Automotive Systems has a beta of 2.47, meaning that its stock price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Commercial Vehicle Group had 1 more articles in the media than China Automotive Systems. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Commercial Vehicle Group and 5 mentions for China Automotive Systems. Commercial Vehicle Group's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat China Automotive Systems' score of 0.71 indicating that Commercial Vehicle Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Commercial Vehicle Group has higher revenue and earnings than China Automotive Systems. China Automotive Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commercial Vehicle Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Commercial Vehicle Group beats China Automotive Systems on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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