FSRN vs. WKHS, BEEM, PRTS, XOS, LTCH, STRT, MPAA, REE, WPRT, and CAAS
Should you be buying Fisker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fisker include Workhorse Group (WKHS), Beam Global (BEEM), CarParts.com (PRTS), XOS (XOS), Latch (LTCH), Strattec Security (STRT), Motorcar Parts of America (MPAA), REE Automotive (REE), Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT), and China Automotive Systems (CAAS). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Workhorse Group (NASDAQ:WKHS) and Fisker (NYSE:FSRN) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
Workhorse Group has a beta of 2.54, suggesting that its stock price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fisker has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fisker has a net margin of -278.72% compared to Fisker's net margin of -946.32%. Fisker's return on equity of -121.46% beat Workhorse Group's return on equity.
Workhorse Group currently has a consensus target price of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 525.00%. Given Fisker's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Workhorse Group is more favorable than Fisker.
16.0% of Workhorse Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of Fisker shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Workhorse Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Fisker shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Fisker had 5 more articles in the media than Workhorse Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Fisker and 6 mentions for Workhorse Group. Fisker's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Workhorse Group's score of -0.16 indicating that Workhorse Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Workhorse Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fisker. Workhorse Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fisker, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Workhorse Group received 440 more outperform votes than Fisker when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Workhorse Group beats Fisker on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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