Driven Brands (DRVN) Competitors

EVgo (NYSE:EVGO) and Driven Brands (NASDAQ:DRVN) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, EVGO or DRVN?

EVgo has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Driven Brands. EVgo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Driven Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EVgo	$160.95M	4.28	-$42.43M	-$0.38	-6.00
Driven Brands	$2.30B	0.80	-$744.96M	-$4.66	-2.40

Is EVGO or DRVN more profitable?

EVgo has a net margin of -20.54% compared to EVgo's net margin of -33.30%. EVgo's return on equity of 12.08% beat Driven Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EVgo	-20.54%	N/A	-4.85%
Driven Brands	-33.30%	12.08%	2.19%

Which has more volatility and risk, EVGO or DRVN?

EVgo has a beta of 2.53, suggesting that its share price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Driven Brands has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate EVGO or DRVN?

EVgo currently has a consensus price target of $4.67, indicating a potential upside of 104.68%. Driven Brands has a consensus price target of $17.61, indicating a potential upside of 57.38%. Given Driven Brands' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe EVgo is more favorable than Driven Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EVgo	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Driven Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor EVGO or DRVN?

In the previous week, EVgo had 15 more articles in the media than Driven Brands. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for EVgo and 2 mentions for Driven Brands. EVgo's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Driven Brands' score of 0.54 indicating that Driven Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EVgo	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Driven Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EVGO or DRVN?

Driven Brands received 21 more outperform votes than EVgo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.00% of users gave Driven Brands an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave EVgo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EVgo	Outperform Votes 21 36.84%	Underperform Votes 36 63.16%
Driven Brands	Outperform Votes 42 56.00%	Underperform Votes 33 44.00%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EVGO or DRVN?

17.4% of EVgo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Driven Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 67.0% of EVgo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Driven Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Driven Brands beats EVgo on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.