LI vs. WBC, FSS, NAV, STLA, F, HMC, GM, PCAR, RIVN, and LCID
Should you be buying Li Auto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Li Auto include WABCO (WBC), Federal Signal (FSS), Navistar International (NAV), Stellantis (STLA), Ford Motor (F), Honda Motor (HMC), General Motors (GM), PACCAR (PCAR), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), and Lucid Group (LCID).
WABCO (NYSE:WBC) and Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Li Auto has a net margin of 8.73% compared to Li Auto's net margin of 5.78%. WABCO's return on equity of 16.65% beat Li Auto's return on equity.
WABCO received 410 more outperform votes than Li Auto when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.34% of users gave WABCO an outperform vote while only 60.75% of users gave Li Auto an outperform vote.
Li Auto has higher revenue and earnings than WABCO. Li Auto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WABCO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WABCO has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Li Auto has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Li Auto had 10 more articles in the media than WABCO. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Li Auto and 0 mentions for WABCO. WABCO's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Li Auto's score of 0.00 indicating that Li Auto is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Li Auto has a consensus target price of $40.08, suggesting a potential upside of 109.42%. Given WABCO's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Li Auto is more favorable than WABCO.
91.8% of WABCO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of Li Auto shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of WABCO shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.5% of Li Auto shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Li Auto beats WABCO on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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