NIU vs. WKHS, REE, FSR, CENN, VEV, LEV, SHYF, MPAA, GOEV, and WPRT
Should you be buying Niu Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Niu Technologies include Workhorse Group (WKHS), REE Automotive (REE), Fisker (FSR), Cenntro (CENN), Vicinity Motor (VEV), Lion Electric (LEV), The Shyft Group (SHYF), Motorcar Parts of America (MPAA), Canoo (GOEV), and Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Workhorse Group (NASDAQ:WKHS) and Niu Technologies (NASDAQ:NIU) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
16.0% of Workhorse Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Niu Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Workhorse Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Niu Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Niu Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Workhorse Group. Niu Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workhorse Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Workhorse Group received 298 more outperform votes than Niu Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.15% of users gave Workhorse Group an outperform vote while only 62.01% of users gave Niu Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Workhorse Group had 1 more articles in the media than Niu Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Workhorse Group and 1 mentions for Niu Technologies. Niu Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Workhorse Group's score of 0.63 indicating that Workhorse Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Niu Technologies has a net margin of -10.36% compared to Niu Technologies' net margin of -946.32%. Workhorse Group's return on equity of -22.41% beat Niu Technologies' return on equity.
Workhorse Group presently has a consensus price target of $1.83, suggesting a potential upside of 681.47%. Given Niu Technologies' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Workhorse Group is more favorable than Niu Technologies.
Workhorse Group has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Niu Technologies has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Workhorse Group beats Niu Technologies on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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