EVgo (EVGO) Competitors

EVgo (NASDAQ:EVGO) and Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EVGO or DRVN?

17.4% of EVgo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Driven Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.8% of EVgo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Driven Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is EVGO or DRVN more profitable?

Driven Brands has a net margin of 0.27% compared to EVgo's net margin of -18.60%. Driven Brands' return on equity of 14.86% beat EVgo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EVgo	-18.60%	N/A	-5.62%
Driven Brands	0.27%	14.86%	2.36%

Do analysts recommend EVGO or DRVN?

EVgo presently has a consensus target price of $6.25, indicating a potential upside of 68.92%. Driven Brands has a consensus target price of $20.78, indicating a potential upside of 15.43%. Given EVgo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe EVgo is more favorable than Driven Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EVgo	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.08
Driven Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, EVGO or DRVN?

EVgo has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Driven Brands. Driven Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EVgo, 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
EVgo	$276.95M	4.09	-$42.43M	-$0.41	-9.02
Driven Brands	$2.28B	1.29	-$744.96M	-$1.81	-9.94

Does the media favor EVGO or DRVN?

In the previous week, EVgo had 28 more articles in the media than Driven Brands. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for EVgo and 13 mentions for Driven Brands. Driven Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat EVgo's score of 0.68 indicating that Driven Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EVgo	16 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Driven Brands	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EVGO or DRVN?

Driven Brands received 5 more outperform votes than EVgo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.06% of users gave Driven Brands an outperform vote while only 53.85% of users gave EVgo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EVgo	Outperform Votes 49 53.85%	Underperform Votes 42 46.15%
Driven Brands	Outperform Votes 54 58.06%	Underperform Votes 39 41.94%

Which has more risk & volatility, EVGO or DRVN?

EVgo has a beta of 2.27, suggesting that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Driven Brands has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

EVgo beats Driven Brands on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.