CCIV vs. NKLA, SHYF, LEV, LOT, PSNY, CHPT, SMP, LAZR, XPEL, and AXL
Should you be buying Churchill Capital Corp IV stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Churchill Capital Corp IV include Nikola (NKLA), The Shyft Group (SHYF), Lion Electric (LEV), Lotus Technology (LOT), Polestar Automotive Holding UK (PSNY), ChargePoint (CHPT), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), XPEL (XPEL), and American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Churchill Capital Corp IV (NYSE:CCIV) and Nikola (NASDAQ:NKLA) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
9.2% of Churchill Capital Corp IV shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Nikola shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Nikola shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Nikola has a consensus price target of $1.33, indicating a potential upside of 142.60%. Given Nikola's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nikola is more favorable than Churchill Capital Corp IV.
Churchill Capital Corp IV's return on equity of 0.00% beat Nikola's return on equity.
In the previous week, Nikola had 9 more articles in the media than Churchill Capital Corp IV. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Nikola and 0 mentions for Churchill Capital Corp IV. Nikola's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Churchill Capital Corp IV's score of 0.00 indicating that Nikola is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nikola received 50 more outperform votes than Churchill Capital Corp IV when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Churchill Capital Corp IV an outperform vote while only 53.45% of users gave Nikola an outperform vote.
Churchill Capital Corp IV has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nikola.
Summary
Nikola beats Churchill Capital Corp IV on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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