LI vs. NIO, LCID, RIVN, PCAR, XPEV, HMC, F, GM, STLA, and GPC
Should you be buying Li Auto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Li Auto include NIO (NIO), Lucid Group (LCID), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), PACCAR (PCAR), XPeng (XPEV), Honda Motor (HMC), Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), Stellantis (STLA), and Genuine Parts (GPC). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Li Auto vs.
Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI) and NIO (NYSE:NIO) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.
Li Auto has a net margin of -4.30% compared to NIO's net margin of -29.32%. Li Auto's return on equity of -4.48% beat NIO's return on equity.
21.0% of Li Auto shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.1% of NIO shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.5% of Li Auto shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of NIO shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NIO received 504 more outperform votes than Li Auto when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.47% of users gave NIO an outperform vote while only 62.65% of users gave Li Auto an outperform vote.
Li Auto has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NIO. Li Auto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NIO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NIO had 8 more articles in the media than Li Auto. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for NIO and 6 mentions for Li Auto. Li Auto's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat NIO's score of 0.32 indicating that Li Auto is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Li Auto presently has a consensus target price of $35.65, indicating a potential upside of 50.40%. NIO has a consensus target price of $17.52, indicating a potential upside of 89.01%. Given NIO's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NIO is more favorable than Li Auto.
Li Auto has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NIO has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Li Auto beats NIO on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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