Icahn Enterprises (IEP) Competitors

XPeng (NYSE:XPEV) and Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do analysts prefer XPEV or IEP?

XPeng currently has a consensus price target of $22.20, indicating a potential upside of 18.62%. Given XPeng's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe XPeng is more favorable than Icahn Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XPeng	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Icahn Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, XPEV or IEP?

XPeng has a beta of 2.62, suggesting that its stock price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Icahn Enterprises has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, XPEV or IEP?

Icahn Enterprises has lower revenue, but higher earnings than XPeng. XPeng is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Icahn Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
XPeng	$40.87B	0.43	-$1.47B	-$0.85	-22.02
Icahn Enterprises	$9.90B	0.47	-$684M	-$0.95	-9.27

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer XPEV or IEP?

Icahn Enterprises received 183 more outperform votes than XPeng when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.07% of users gave Icahn Enterprises an outperform vote while only 54.79% of users gave XPeng an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
XPeng	Outperform Votes 80 54.79%	Underperform Votes 66 45.21%
Icahn Enterprises	Outperform Votes 263 63.07%	Underperform Votes 154 36.93%

Is XPEV or IEP more profitable?

Icahn Enterprises has a net margin of -4.79% compared to XPeng's net margin of -15.35%. Icahn Enterprises' return on equity of -8.82% beat XPeng's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XPeng	-15.35%	-16.92%	-7.37%
Icahn Enterprises	-4.79%	-8.82%	-2.53%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of XPEV or IEP?

21.1% of XPeng shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 27.6% of XPeng shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 90.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to XPEV or IEP?

In the previous week, XPeng had 10 more articles in the media than Icahn Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for XPeng and 2 mentions for Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat XPeng's score of 0.84 indicating that Icahn Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
XPeng	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Icahn Enterprises	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Icahn Enterprises beats XPeng on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.