LEV vs. LOT, NIU, WKHS, SHYF, NKLA, CPS, HYLN, CVGI, AEVA, and GOEV
Should you be buying Lion Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lion Electric include Lotus Technology (LOT), Niu Technologies (NIU), Workhorse Group (WKHS), The Shyft Group (SHYF), Nikola (NKLA), Cooper-Standard (CPS), Hyliion (HYLN), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), Aeva Technologies (AEVA), and Canoo (GOEV). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Lotus Technology (NASDAQ:LOT) and Lion Electric (NYSE:LEV) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Lion Electric has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
63.4% of Lotus Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.7% of Lion Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lotus Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Lion Electric shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Lion Electric had 17 more articles in the media than Lotus Technology. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Lion Electric and 5 mentions for Lotus Technology. Lion Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Lotus Technology's score of -0.08 indicating that Lotus Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lion Electric received 37 more outperform votes than Lotus Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.84% of users gave Lion Electric an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Lotus Technology an outperform vote.
Lotus Technology has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lotus Technology's net margin of -40.93%. Lion Electric's return on equity of -0.62% beat Lotus Technology's return on equity.
Lotus Technology presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.61%. Lion Electric has a consensus price target of $1.99, suggesting a potential upside of 109.19%. Given Lotus Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lion Electric is more favorable than Lotus Technology.
Lotus Technology has a beta of -0.09, indicating that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lion Electric has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lion Electric beats Lotus Technology on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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