LI vs. F, RIVN, NIO, GM, XPEV, OSK, FSS, PCAR, STLA, and MBLY
Should you be buying Li Auto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Li Auto include Ford Motor (F), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), NIO (NIO), General Motors (GM), XPeng (XPEV), Oshkosh (OSK), Federal Signal (FSS), PACCAR (PCAR), Stellantis (STLA), and Mobileye Global (MBLY).
Ford Motor (NYSE:F) and Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.
58.7% of Ford Motor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of Li Auto shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Ford Motor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.5% of Li Auto shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Li Auto has a net margin of 9.44% compared to Li Auto's net margin of 2.21%. Ford Motor's return on equity of 18.37% beat Li Auto's return on equity.
Ford Motor has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Li Auto has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ford Motor received 1698 more outperform votes than Li Auto when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.20% of users gave Ford Motor an outperform vote while only 60.19% of users gave Li Auto an outperform vote.
Ford Motor currently has a consensus target price of $13.74, indicating a potential upside of 12.91%. Li Auto has a consensus target price of $45.36, indicating a potential upside of 60.67%. Given Ford Motor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Li Auto is more favorable than Ford Motor.
Ford Motor has higher revenue and earnings than Li Auto. Ford Motor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Li Auto, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ford Motor had 6 more articles in the media than Li Auto. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Ford Motor and 20 mentions for Li Auto. Ford Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Li Auto's score of 0.31 indicating that Li Auto is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Li Auto beats Ford Motor on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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