QS vs. DORM, LCII, PSNY, ADNT, VC, CARG, DRVN, GTX, GT, and KAR
Should you be buying QuantumScape stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QuantumScape include Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Polestar Automotive Holding UK (PSNY), Adient (ADNT), Visteon (VC), CarGurus (CARG), Driven Brands (DRVN), Garrett Motion (GTX), Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT), and OPENLANE (KAR). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) and QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
84.7% of Dorman Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.9% of QuantumScape shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.0% of Dorman Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of QuantumScape shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dorman Products received 303 more outperform votes than QuantumScape when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.22% of users gave Dorman Products an outperform vote while only 29.03% of users gave QuantumScape an outperform vote.
In the previous week, QuantumScape had 23 more articles in the media than Dorman Products. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for QuantumScape and 3 mentions for Dorman Products. QuantumScape's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Dorman Products' score of -0.05 indicating that Dorman Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dorman Products presently has a consensus target price of $103.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.15%. QuantumScape has a consensus target price of $6.30, indicating a potential upside of 17.54%. Given Dorman Products' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QuantumScape is more favorable than Dorman Products.
Dorman Products has a net margin of 6.70% compared to Dorman Products' net margin of 0.00%. QuantumScape's return on equity of 12.92% beat Dorman Products' return on equity.
Dorman Products has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuantumScape has a beta of 4.76, meaning that its stock price is 376% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dorman Products has higher revenue and earnings than QuantumScape. QuantumScape is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dorman Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Dorman Products beats QuantumScape on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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