LIDR vs. EVTV, CPTN, XOS, PEV, ZCAR, FFIE, VRM, LOBO, VLCN, and KXIN
Should you be buying AEye stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AEye include Envirotech Vehicles (EVTV), Cepton (CPTN), XOS (XOS), Phoenix Motor (PEV), Zoomcar (ZCAR), Faraday Future Intelligent Electric (FFIE), Vroom (VRM), Lobo EV Technologies (LOBO), Volcon (VLCN), and Kaixin (KXIN). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
AEye (NASDAQ:LIDR) and Envirotech Vehicles (NASDAQ:EVTV) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
21.6% of AEye shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.7% of Envirotech Vehicles shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of AEye shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of Envirotech Vehicles shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, AEye had 13 more articles in the media than Envirotech Vehicles. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for AEye and 3 mentions for Envirotech Vehicles. AEye's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Envirotech Vehicles' score of 0.00 indicating that AEye is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AEye received 7 more outperform votes than Envirotech Vehicles when rated by MarketBeat users.
AEye has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Envirotech Vehicles has a beta of 2.83, indicating that its stock price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Envirotech Vehicles has higher revenue and earnings than AEye. Envirotech Vehicles is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AEye, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Envirotech Vehicles has a net margin of -474.54% compared to AEye's net margin of -8,382.08%. Envirotech Vehicles' return on equity of -65.29% beat AEye's return on equity.
Summary
AEye and Envirotech Vehicles tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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