LOT vs. NIU, LEV, REE, CENN, SHYF, AEVA, INVZ, GOEV, CVGI, and HYZN
Should you be buying Lotus Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lotus Technology include Niu Technologies (NIU), Lion Electric (LEV), REE Automotive (REE), Cenntro (CENN), The Shyft Group (SHYF), Aeva Technologies (AEVA), Innoviz Technologies (INVZ), Canoo (GOEV), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), and Hyzon Motors (HYZN). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Lotus Technology (NASDAQ:LOT) and Niu Technologies (NASDAQ:NIU) 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 media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Niu Technologies received 142 more outperform votes than Lotus Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.01% of users gave Niu Technologies an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Lotus Technology an outperform vote.
Lotus Technology has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Niu Technologies' net margin of -10.36%. Lotus Technology's return on equity of -0.62% beat Niu Technologies' return on equity.
Lotus Technology has a beta of -0.16, suggesting that its stock price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Niu Technologies has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lotus Technology presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.07%. Given Lotus Technology's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lotus Technology is more favorable than Niu Technologies.
Niu Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lotus Technology. Lotus Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Niu Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lotus Technology had 5 more articles in the media than Niu Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Lotus Technology and 6 mentions for Niu Technologies. Lotus Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Niu Technologies' score of 0.05 indicating that Lotus Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
63.4% of Lotus Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Niu Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lotus Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Niu Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Niu Technologies beats Lotus Technology on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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