AEye (LIDR) Competitors

REE Automotive (NASDAQ:REE) and AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Is REE or LIDR more profitable?

REE Automotive has a net margin of 0.00% compared to AEye's net margin of -17,554.46%. REE Automotive's return on equity of -134.95% beat AEye's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
REE Automotive	N/A	-134.95%	-68.63%
AEye	-17,554.46%	-169.57%	-84.39%

Do analysts recommend REE or LIDR?

REE Automotive presently has a consensus target price of $8.17, indicating a potential upside of 901.19%. Given REE Automotive's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe REE Automotive is more favorable than AEye.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
REE Automotive	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
AEye	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer REE or LIDR?

In the previous week, REE Automotive had 17 more articles in the media than AEye. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for REE Automotive and 1 mentions for AEye. AEye's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat REE Automotive's score of -0.42 indicating that AEye is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
REE Automotive	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AEye	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, REE or LIDR?

AEye has higher revenue and earnings than REE Automotive. AEye is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than REE Automotive, 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
REE Automotive	$183K	61.99	-$114.21M	-$7.19	-0.11
AEye	$246K	57.86	-$87.13M	-$3.56	-0.21

Does the MarketBeat Community favor REE or LIDR?

REE Automotive received 9 more outperform votes than AEye when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 38.89% of users gave AEye an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave REE Automotive an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
REE Automotive	Outperform Votes 16 36.36%	Underperform Votes 28 63.64%
AEye	Outperform Votes 7 38.89%	Underperform Votes 11 61.11%

Which has more volatility & risk, REE or LIDR?

REE Automotive has a beta of 3.15, indicating that its share price is 215% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AEye has a beta of 2.69, indicating that its share price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in REE or LIDR?

12.7% of REE Automotive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of AEye shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of REE Automotive shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of AEye shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

REE Automotive beats AEye on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.