SPAR vs. SHYF, LEV, NIU, NKLA, HLLY, SLDP, PLOW, MLR, HYLN, and CPS
Should you be buying The Shyft Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Shyft Group include The Shyft Group (SHYF), Lion Electric (LEV), Niu Technologies (NIU), Nikola (NKLA), Holley (HLLY), Solid Power (SLDP), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Miller Industries (MLR), Hyliion (HYLN), and Cooper-Standard (CPS). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
The Shyft Group (NASDAQ:SHYF) and The Shyft Group (NASDAQ:SPAR) 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, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.
The Shyft Group has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Shyft Group has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Shyft Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. The Shyft Group pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. The Shyft Group pays out 111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The Shyft Group pays out 8.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
The Shyft Group currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.04%. Given The Shyft Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe The Shyft Group is more favorable than The Shyft Group.
The Shyft Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Shyft Group. The Shyft Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Shyft Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Shyft Group received 222 more outperform votes than The Shyft Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.27% of users gave The Shyft Group an outperform vote while only 52.63% of users gave The Shyft Group an outperform vote.
The Shyft Group has a net margin of 0.74% compared to The Shyft Group's net margin of -0.69%. The Shyft Group's return on equity of 24.51% beat The Shyft Group's return on equity.
85.8% of The Shyft Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of The Shyft Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of The Shyft Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of The Shyft Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, The Shyft Group had 3 more articles in the media than The Shyft Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The Shyft Group and 0 mentions for The Shyft Group. The Shyft Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat The Shyft Group's score of 0.00 indicating that The Shyft Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
The Shyft Group beats The Shyft Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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