NIO vs. XPEV, OSK, LCID, RIVN, PSNY, LI, ALSN, LEA, BWA, and GNTX
Should you be buying NIO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NIO include XPeng (XPEV), Oshkosh (OSK), Lucid Group (LCID), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), Polestar Automotive Holding UK (PSNY), Li Auto (LI), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Lear (LEA), BorgWarner (BWA), and Gentex (GNTX). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
XPeng (NYSE:XPEV) and NIO (NYSE:NIO) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
NIO received 490 more outperform votes than XPeng when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.97% of users gave NIO an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave XPeng an outperform vote.
In the previous week, NIO had 10 more articles in the media than XPeng. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for NIO and 14 mentions for XPeng. XPeng's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat NIO's score of 0.18 indicating that NIO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
XPeng has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NIO. XPeng is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NIO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
XPeng presently has a consensus target price of $17.48, indicating a potential upside of 146.89%. NIO has a consensus target price of $8.43, indicating a potential upside of 104.24%. Given NIO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe XPeng is more favorable than NIO.
23.1% of XPeng shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.5% of NIO shares are held by institutional investors. 27.6% of XPeng shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of NIO shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
XPeng has a net margin of -33.77% compared to XPeng's net margin of -38.09%. NIO's return on equity of -31.17% beat XPeng's return on equity.
XPeng has a beta of 2.93, indicating that its stock price is 193% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NIO has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
XPeng beats NIO on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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