Cooper-Standard - CPS Competitors

XL Fleet (NYSE:XL) and Cooper-Standard (NYSE:CPS) 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 analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of XL or CPS?

28.2% of XL Fleet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of Cooper-Standard shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of XL Fleet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Cooper-Standard shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer XL or CPS?

In the previous week, XL Fleet had 4 more articles in the media than Cooper-Standard. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for XL Fleet and 3 mentions for Cooper-Standard. XL Fleet's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Cooper-Standard's score of 0.30 indicating that XL Fleet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
XL Fleet	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cooper-Standard	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is XL or CPS more profitable?

Cooper-Standard has a net margin of -13.63% compared to XL Fleet's net margin of -270.63%. XL Fleet's return on equity of -15.02% beat Cooper-Standard's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XL Fleet	-270.63%	-15.02%	-13.94%
Cooper-Standard	-13.63%	-86.67%	-11.89%

Do analysts rate XL or CPS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XL Fleet	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Cooper-Standard	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility & risk, XL or CPS?

XL Fleet has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cooper-Standard has a beta of 2.85, meaning that its share price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer XL or CPS?

XL Fleet received 124 more outperform votes than Cooper-Standard when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.04% of users gave XL Fleet an outperform vote while only 57.67% of users gave Cooper-Standard an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
XL Fleet	Outperform Votes 376 61.04%	Underperform Votes 240 38.96%
Cooper-Standard	Outperform Votes 252 57.67%	Underperform Votes 185 42.33%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, XL or CPS?

XL Fleet has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cooper-Standard. XL Fleet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cooper-Standard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
XL Fleet	$15.60 million	12.69	$28.79 million	-$0.36	-3.89
Cooper-Standard	$2.33 billion	0.08	-$322.83 million	-$18.69	-0.59

Summary

XL Fleet beats Cooper-Standard on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.