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Lightning eMotors (ZEV) Competitors

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ZEV vs. XOS, LIDR, WKSP, CENN, WKHS, REE, UCAR, CJET, GP, and ECDA

Should you be buying Lightning eMotors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lightning eMotors include XOS (XOS), AEye (LIDR), Worksport (WKSP), Cenntro (CENN), Workhorse Group (WKHS), REE Automotive (REE), U Power (UCAR), Chijet Motor (CJET), GreenPower Motor (GP), and ECD Automotive Design (ECDA). These companies are all part of the "automobiles and trucks" industry.

Lightning eMotors vs. Its Competitors

Lightning eMotors (NYSE:ZEV) and XOS (NASDAQ:XOS) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Lightning eMotors has a beta of 2.69, meaning that its share price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XOS has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

25.2% of Lightning eMotors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.9% of XOS shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Lightning eMotors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of XOS 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.

Lightning eMotors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than XOS. XOS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lightning eMotors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lightning eMotors$24.69M0.00$15.17M-$11.19N/A
XOS$55.96M0.50-$50.16M-$6.17-0.54

XOS has a net margin of -101.36% compared to Lightning eMotors' net margin of -221.51%. XOS's return on equity of -117.14% beat Lightning eMotors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lightning eMotors-221.51% -221.78% -69.89%
XOS -101.36%-117.14%-45.90%

XOS has a consensus target price of $8.75, indicating a potential upside of 161.98%. Given XOS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe XOS is more favorable than Lightning eMotors.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lightning eMotors
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
XOS
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, XOS had 1 more articles in the media than Lightning eMotors. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for XOS and 0 mentions for Lightning eMotors. XOS's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Lightning eMotors' score of 0.00 indicating that XOS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lightning eMotors Neutral
XOS Positive

Summary

XOS beats Lightning eMotors on 12 of the 16 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$4.65B$18.51B$21.04B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.84%3.59%
P/E Ratio0.001.4324.3928.45
Price / SalesN/A80.0815.9771.96
Price / CashN/A3.1917.4722.92
Price / BookN/A3.272.914.69
Net Income$15.17M$790.43M$812.99M$995.51M

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$24.69M0.00200
XOS
XOS
2.0404 of 5 stars
$3.53
+2.3%
$8.75
+147.9%
-45.3%$28.67M$55.96M-0.57330
LIDR
AEye
0.4947 of 5 stars
$1.13
+3.7%
N/A+209.8%$20.96M$200K-0.32100Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
WKSP
Worksport
2.2553 of 5 stars
$3.81
-3.1%
$14.00
+267.5%
-43.4%$20.46M$8.48M-0.5810News Coverage
CENN
Cenntro
1.4432 of 5 stars
$0.64
+4.3%
N/A-61.6%$18.99M$31.30M0.00210Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
WKHS
Workhorse Group
3.1116 of 5 stars
$2.05
+4.1%
$15.63
+662.2%
-89.7%$18.66M$6.62M-0.02330Positive News
High Trading Volume
REE
REE Automotive
2.4996 of 5 stars
$0.77
+7.3%
$8.17
+964.6%
-81.2%$15.92M$180K-0.11270
UCAR
U Power
1.1507 of 5 stars
$3.87
-2.1%
N/A-67.3%$14.42M$6.07M0.00105Gap Down
CJET
Chijet Motor
N/A$2.51
-5.3%
N/AN/A$14.18MN/A0.00N/AGap Up
GP
GreenPower Motor
2.4604 of 5 stars
$0.43
+3.0%
$2.33
+441.3%
-65.1%$12.49M$39.27M-0.5270Gap Up
ECDA
ECD Automotive Design
1.876 of 5 stars
$0.25
-8.3%
N/A-85.2%$9.46M$25.17M-0.88N/APositive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:ZEV) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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