MPAA vs. CAAS, SUP, INVZ, STRT, AEVA, XOS, CPTN, EVTV, GOEV, and CVGI
Should you be buying Motorcar Parts of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Motorcar Parts of America include China Automotive Systems (CAAS), Superior Industries International (SUP), Innoviz Technologies (INVZ), Strattec Security (STRT), Aeva Technologies (AEVA), XOS (XOS), Cepton (CPTN), Envirotech Vehicles (EVTV), Canoo (GOEV), and Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Motorcar Parts of America (NASDAQ:MPAA) and China Automotive Systems (NASDAQ:CAAS) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Motorcar Parts of America has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Automotive Systems has a beta of 2.45, indicating that its stock price is 145% more volatile than the S&P 500.
China Automotive Systems has a net margin of 6.53% compared to Motorcar Parts of America's net margin of -6.80%. China Automotive Systems' return on equity of 10.84% beat Motorcar Parts of America's return on equity.
China Automotive Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Motorcar Parts of America. Motorcar Parts of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than China Automotive Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, China Automotive Systems had 3 more articles in the media than Motorcar Parts of America. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for China Automotive Systems and 0 mentions for Motorcar Parts of America. China Automotive Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Motorcar Parts of America's score of 0.00 indicating that China Automotive Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Motorcar Parts of America received 84 more outperform votes than China Automotive Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.16% of users gave China Automotive Systems an outperform vote while only 68.38% of users gave Motorcar Parts of America an outperform vote.
83.5% of Motorcar Parts of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.2% of China Automotive Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of Motorcar Parts of America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.2% of China Automotive Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
China Automotive Systems beats Motorcar Parts of America on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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