Comparing Lotus Technology (LOT) & Its Peers

Lotus Technology (NASDAQ:LOT) is one of 69 public companies in the “Motor vehicles & car bodies” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Lotus Technology to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Lotus Technology and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lotus Technology	0	1	0	0	2.00
Lotus Technology Competitors	961	2495	3377	151	2.39

Lotus Technology currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.89%. As a group, “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies have a potential upside of 6.18%. Given Lotus Technology’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lotus Technology is more favorable than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Lotus Technology and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lotus Technology	$679.01 million	-$742.00 million	-12.58
Lotus Technology Competitors	$45.91 billion	$2.49 billion	-7.37

Lotus Technology’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Lotus Technology. Lotus Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Lotus Technology and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lotus Technology	N/A	-0.62%	-39.40%
Lotus Technology Competitors	-150.59%	-25.89%	-9.13%

Volatility & Risk

Lotus Technology has a beta of -0.16, meaning that its stock price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lotus Technology’s rivals have a beta of 3.66, meaning that their average stock price is 266% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

63.4% of Lotus Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lotus Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Lotus Technology rivals beat Lotus Technology on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Lotus Technology

Lotus Technology Inc. engages in the design, development, and sale of battery electric lifestyle vehicles worldwide. It also distributes sports cars. The company sells its products under the Lotus brand. Lotus Technology Inc. is based in Shanghai, China.