CPTN vs. EVTV, XOS, ISPO, LIDR, PRST, STRT, MPAA, CAAS, SUP, and ZFOX
Should you be buying Cepton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cepton include Envirotech Vehicles (EVTV), XOS (XOS), Inspirato (ISPO), AEye (LIDR), Presto Automation (PRST), Strattec Security (STRT), Motorcar Parts of America (MPAA), China Automotive Systems (CAAS), Superior Industries International (SUP), and ZeroFox (ZFOX).
Envirotech Vehicles (NASDAQ:EVTV) and Cepton (NASDAQ:CPTN) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
Envirotech Vehicles has a beta of 2.83, suggesting that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cepton has a beta of 0.07, suggesting that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.
5.7% of Envirotech Vehicles shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of Cepton shares are held by institutional investors. 8.8% of Envirotech Vehicles shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.2% of Cepton shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Cepton had 12 more articles in the media than Envirotech Vehicles. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Cepton and 2 mentions for Envirotech Vehicles. Cepton's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Envirotech Vehicles' score of 0.23 indicating that Envirotech Vehicles is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cepton has a net margin of -300.64% compared to Cepton's net margin of -443.04%. Envirotech Vehicles' return on equity of 0.00% beat Cepton's return on equity.
Cepton received 3 more outperform votes than Envirotech Vehicles when rated by MarketBeat users.
Envirotech Vehicles has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cepton. Cepton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Envirotech Vehicles, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cepton beats Envirotech Vehicles on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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