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Lightning eMotors (ZEV) Competitors

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

Should you be buying Lightning eMotors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lightning eMotors include XOS (XOS), Cenntro (CENN), Workhorse Group (WKHS), Worksport (WKSP), REE Automotive (REE), GreenPower Motor (GP), Chijet Motor (CJET), Carbon Revolution Public (CREV), U Power (UCAR), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

In the previous week, XOS had 15 more articles in the media than Lightning eMotors. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for XOS and 0 mentions for Lightning eMotors. XOS's average media sentiment score of 0.44 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 Neutral

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

25.2% of Lightning eMotors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.9% of XOS shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Lightning eMotors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of XOS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock 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$55.96M0.45-$50.16M-$6.17-0.49

XOS has a net margin of -91.56% compared to Lightning eMotors' net margin of -221.51%. XOS's return on equity of -129.56% beat Lightning eMotors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lightning eMotors-221.51% -221.78% -69.89%
XOS -91.56%-129.56%-46.18%

XOS has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 197.52%. Given XOS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

Summary

XOS beats Lightning eMotors on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ZEV vs. The Competition

MetricLightning eMotorsMotor vehicles & car bodies IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.53M$4.66B$19.10B$20.94B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.83%3.57%
P/E Ratio0.001.4313.6928.09
Price / SalesN/A82.5337.5955.36
Price / CashN/A3.1918.8123.95
Price / BookN/A3.272.495.24
Net Income$15.17M$790.43M$824.50M$994.11M

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
2.2764 of 5 stars
$5.08
+45.6%
$8.75
+72.1%
-26.6%$40.75M$48.68M-0.79330News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CENN
Cenntro
1.3425 of 5 stars
$0.56
+2.2%
N/A-57.7%$17.19M$31.10M0.00210Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
WKHS
Workhorse Group
2.3945 of 5 stars
$1.78
-3.0%
$15.63
+780.3%
-87.1%$16.81M$6.62M-0.02330News Coverage
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
Trading Halted
WKSP
Worksport
2.2045 of 5 stars
$3.19
-5.9%
$14.00
+338.9%
-50.9%$16.67M$10.21M-0.4910News Coverage
Earnings Report
REE
REE Automotive
3.2286 of 5 stars
$0.70
-0.6%
$8.17
+1,073.4%
-78.7%$15.49M$183K-0.10270Positive News
GP
GreenPower Motor
3.3767 of 5 stars
$0.40
-0.8%
$2.33
+488.6%
-48.8%$11.85M$19.85M-0.5770
CJET
Chijet Motor
N/A$1.68
-1.8%
N/A-33.2%$8.99MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Short Interest ↓
CREV
Carbon Revolution Public
N/A$4.60
-4.1%
N/A-42.4%$8.66M$47.33M0.00N/A
UCAR
U Power
1.3327 of 5 stars
$1.93
-1.0%
N/A-70.7%$8.53M$6.07M0.00105Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
ECDA
ECD Automotive Design
2.3009 of 5 stars
$0.15
+2.3%
N/A-86.0%$7.34M$25.17M-0.54N/ANews Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:ZEV) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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