MVST vs. NOVT, QS, ATKR, ENVX, ENR, RUN, PLUG, STEM, FLNC, and EOSE
Should you be buying Microvast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Microvast include Novanta (NOVT), QuantumScape (QS), Atkore (ATKR), Enovix (ENVX), Energizer (ENR), Sunrun (RUN), Plug Power (PLUG), Stem (STEM), Fluence Energy (FLNC), and Eos Energy Enterprises (EOSE). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment" industry.
Microvast vs. Its Competitors
Microvast (NASDAQ:MVST) and Novanta (NASDAQ:NOVT) are both electrical equipment companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends and valuation.
Microvast has a beta of 2.97, indicating that its share price is 197% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Novanta has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Novanta has higher revenue and earnings than Microvast. Microvast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Novanta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Microvast currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.49%. Novanta has a consensus target price of $160.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.44%. Given Novanta's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Novanta is more favorable than Microvast.
In the previous week, Novanta had 1 more articles in the media than Microvast. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Novanta and 3 mentions for Microvast. Novanta's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Microvast's score of 0.74 indicating that Novanta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Novanta has a net margin of 7.42% compared to Microvast's net margin of -20.66%. Novanta's return on equity of 15.06% beat Microvast's return on equity.
20.7% of Microvast shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Novanta shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of Microvast shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Novanta shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Novanta beats Microvast on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:MVST) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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