LEV vs. NIU, SHYF, NKLA, HYLN, CPS, CVGI, GOEV, LOT, AEVA, and HYZN
Should you be buying Lion Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lion Electric include Niu Technologies (NIU), The Shyft Group (SHYF), Nikola (NKLA), Hyliion (HYLN), Cooper-Standard (CPS), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), Canoo (GOEV), Lotus Technology (LOT), Aeva Technologies (AEVA), and Hyzon Motors (HYZN). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Lion Electric (NYSE:LEV) and Niu Technologies (NASDAQ:NIU) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
Niu Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Lion Electric. Niu Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lion Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Niu Technologies has a net margin of -10.36% compared to Lion Electric's net margin of -40.93%. Lion Electric's return on equity of -22.01% beat Niu Technologies' return on equity.
Niu Technologies received 107 more outperform votes than Lion Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.01% of users gave Niu Technologies an outperform vote while only 47.30% of users gave Lion Electric an outperform vote.
Lion Electric has a beta of 2, suggesting that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Niu Technologies has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lion Electric and Lion Electric both had 2 articles in the media. Niu Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Lion Electric's score of 0.45 indicating that Niu Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
52.7% of Lion Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Niu Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of Lion Electric shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Niu Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lion Electric currently has a consensus price target of $2.36, indicating a potential upside of 129.54%. Given Lion Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lion Electric is more favorable than Niu Technologies.
Summary
Lion Electric beats Niu Technologies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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