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Lightning eMotors (ZEV) Competitors

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ZEV vs. CREV, REE, XOS, CENN, WKSP, LIDR, GP, PEV, ECDA, and FLYE

Should you be buying Lightning eMotors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lightning eMotors include Carbon Revolution Public (CREV), REE Automotive (REE), XOS (XOS), Cenntro (CENN), Worksport (WKSP), AEye (LIDR), GreenPower Motor (GP), Phoenix Motor (PEV), ECD Automotive Design (ECDA), and Fly-E Group (FLYE). These companies are all part of the "automobiles and trucks" industry.

Lightning eMotors vs.

Carbon Revolution Public (NASDAQ:CREV) and Lightning eMotors (NYSE:ZEV) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Lightning eMotors received 16 more outperform votes than Carbon Revolution Public when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Carbon Revolution Public an outperform vote while only 51.43% of users gave Lightning eMotors an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Carbon Revolution PublicOutperform Votes
2
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Lightning eMotorsOutperform Votes
18
51.43%
Underperform Votes
17
48.57%

In the previous week, Carbon Revolution Public had 2 more articles in the media than Lightning eMotors. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Carbon Revolution Public and 0 mentions for Lightning eMotors. Carbon Revolution Public's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Lightning eMotors' score of 0.00 indicating that Carbon Revolution Public is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Carbon Revolution Public Positive
Lightning eMotors Neutral

Carbon Revolution Public has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lightning eMotors' net margin of -221.51%. Carbon Revolution Public's return on equity of 0.00% beat Lightning eMotors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Carbon Revolution PublicN/A N/A N/A
Lightning eMotors -221.51%-221.78%-69.89%

Carbon Revolution Public has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightning eMotors has a beta of 2.69, indicating that its stock price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500.

1.2% of Carbon Revolution Public shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.2% of Lightning eMotors shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Carbon Revolution Public shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Lightning eMotors shares are held 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.

Lightning eMotors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Carbon Revolution Public.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Carbon Revolution Public$27.18M1.44$170KN/AN/A
Lightning eMotors$24.69M0.00$15.17M-$11.19N/A

Summary

Carbon Revolution Public beats Lightning eMotors on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ZEV vs. The Competition

MetricLightning eMotorsMotor vehicles & car bodies IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.53M$38.24B$16.99B$18.95B
Dividend YieldN/A2.77%3.08%4.02%
P/E Ratio-0.1510.4717.2232.95
Price / SalesN/A13.269.7727.88
Price / CashN/A11.9610.9417.52
Price / BookN/A2.721.754.47
Net Income$15.17M$3.05B$1.42B$1.02B

Lightning eMotors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZEV
Lightning eMotors
N/AN/AN/AN/A$10.53M$24.69M-0.15200
CREV
Carbon Revolution Public
N/A$3.28
+4.1%
N/A-75.5%$38.03M$27.18M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
REE
REE Automotive
2.2266 of 5 stars
$2.67
-2.2%
$12.50
+368.2%
-35.3%$37.13M$626,000.00-0.29270Short Interest ↑
XOS
XOS
3.2043 of 5 stars
$3.77
+1.9%
$10.25
+171.9%
-50.5%$30.55M$55.96M-0.56330
CENN
Cenntro
1.1164 of 5 stars
$0.77
+2.0%
N/A-42.0%$23.65M$31.30M0.00210Positive News
Gap Up
WKSP
Worksport
2.1972 of 5 stars
$2.85
+7.1%
$16.33
+473.1%
-61.9%$13.67M$8.48M-4.3210Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Up
LIDR
AEye
0.9426 of 5 stars
$0.69
+4.2%
N/A-28.4%$12.84M$202,000.00-0.15100Gap Down
GP
GreenPower Motor
2.6156 of 5 stars
$0.42
+1.1%
$2.33
+447.7%
-75.9%$12.52M$20.66M-0.5170Positive News
Gap Up
PEV
Phoenix Motor
1.1787 of 5 stars
$0.27
+0.3%
N/A-53.8%$12.46M$26.12M-0.8260
ECDA
ECD Automotive Design
1.2177 of 5 stars
$0.35
-6.7%
N/A-74.4%$12.39M$20.31M-1.40N/AUpcoming Earnings
Gap Up
FLYE
Fly-E Group
N/A$0.39
-9.1%
N/AN/A$9.59M$28.55M0.0057Positive News

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