XPEV vs. NIO, LCID, OSK, RIVN, PSNY, LI, ALSN, LEA, BWA, and GNTX
Should you be buying XPeng stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XPeng include NIO (NIO), Lucid Group (LCID), Oshkosh (OSK), 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.
NIO (NYSE:NIO) and XPeng (NYSE:XPEV) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
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 media.
NIO has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPeng has a beta of 2.93, meaning that its stock price is 193% more volatile than the S&P 500.
48.5% of NIO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.1% of XPeng shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of NIO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.6% of XPeng shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
NIO presently has a consensus target price of $8.43, indicating a potential upside of 104.24%. XPeng has a consensus target price of $17.48, indicating a potential upside of 146.89%. Given NIO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe XPeng is more favorable than NIO.
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.
Summary
XPeng beats NIO on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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