PLOW vs. HSAI, MLR, EVGO, SMP, HLLY, SHYF, NKLA, CHPT, LAZR, and SLDP
Should you be buying Douglas Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Douglas Dynamics include Hesai Group (HSAI), Miller Industries (MLR), EVgo (EVGO), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Holley (HLLY), The Shyft Group (SHYF), Nikola (NKLA), ChargePoint (CHPT), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), and Solid Power (SLDP). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) and Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.
Douglas Dynamics received 277 more outperform votes than Hesai Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Hesai Group an outperform vote while only 55.21% of users gave Douglas Dynamics an outperform vote.
Douglas Dynamics has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hesai Group has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Douglas Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than Hesai Group. Hesai Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Douglas Dynamics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hesai Group had 3 more articles in the media than Douglas Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hesai Group and 4 mentions for Douglas Dynamics. Douglas Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Hesai Group's score of 0.34 indicating that Douglas Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Douglas Dynamics has a net margin of 4.90% compared to Hesai Group's net margin of -25.38%. Douglas Dynamics' return on equity of 12.95% beat Hesai Group's return on equity.
91.8% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.5% of Hesai Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Douglas Dynamics presently has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.42%. Given Douglas Dynamics' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Douglas Dynamics is more favorable than Hesai Group.
Summary
Douglas Dynamics beats Hesai Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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