SHYF vs. LEV, LOT, KNDI, NIU, NKLA, HLLY, SLDP, EVGO, PLOW, and HYLN
Should you be buying The Shyft Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Shyft Group include Lion Electric (LEV), Lotus Technology (LOT), Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI), Niu Technologies (NIU), Nikola (NKLA), Holley (HLLY), Solid Power (SLDP), EVgo (EVGO), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), and Hyliion (HYLN).
The Shyft Group (NASDAQ:SHYF) and Lion Electric (NYSE:LEV) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
The Shyft Group has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lion Electric has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lion Electric received 7 more outperform votes than The Shyft Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.63% of users gave The Shyft Group an outperform vote while only 46.84% of users gave Lion Electric an outperform vote.
The Shyft Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lion Electric. The Shyft Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lion Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lion Electric had 15 more articles in the media than The Shyft Group. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Lion Electric and 7 mentions for The Shyft Group. The Shyft Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Lion Electric's score of -0.08 indicating that The Shyft Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Shyft Group presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.64%. Lion Electric has a consensus target price of $1.99, suggesting a potential upside of 109.19%. Given Lion Electric's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lion Electric is more favorable than The Shyft Group.
85.8% of The Shyft Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Lion Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of The Shyft Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Lion Electric 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.
The Shyft Group has a net margin of 0.01% compared to Lion Electric's net margin of -40.93%. The Shyft Group's return on equity of 2.76% beat Lion Electric's return on equity.
Summary
The Shyft Group beats Lion Electric on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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