LOT vs. LEV, NIU, VFS, WKHS, FSRN, SHYF, NKLA, CPS, AEVA, and HYLN
Should you be buying Lotus Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lotus Technology include Lion Electric (LEV), Niu Technologies (NIU), VinFast Auto (VFS), Workhorse Group (WKHS), Fisker (FSRN), The Shyft Group (SHYF), Nikola (NKLA), Cooper-Standard (CPS), Aeva Technologies (AEVA), and Hyliion (HYLN). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Lion Electric (NYSE:LEV) and Lotus Technology (NASDAQ:LOT) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Lion Electric received 38 more outperform votes than Lotus Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.91% of users gave Lion Electric an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Lotus Technology an outperform vote.
Lion Electric has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lotus Technology. Lotus Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lion Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lion Electric currently has a consensus price target of $1.74, suggesting a potential upside of 80.99%. Lotus Technology has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.67%. Given Lotus Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Lion Electric is more favorable than Lotus Technology.
In the previous week, Lion Electric had 10 more articles in the media than Lotus Technology. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Lion Electric and 7 mentions for Lotus Technology. Lion Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Lotus Technology's score of -0.20 indicating that Lotus Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
52.7% of Lion Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.4% of Lotus Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of Lion Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lotus Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lotus Technology has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lotus Technology's net margin of -43.21%. Lion Electric's return on equity of -0.62% beat Lotus Technology's return on equity.
Lion Electric has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lotus Technology has a beta of -0.09, indicating that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lion Electric beats Lotus Technology on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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