Reviewing Lotus Technology (LOT) and Its Competitors

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

Risk and Volatility

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Lotus Technology and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	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 presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating 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 clearly believe Lotus Technology is more favorable than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Lotus Technology and its peers top-line 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 peers have higher revenue and earnings than Lotus Technology. Lotus Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

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

Profitability

This table compares Lotus Technology and its peers’ 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%

Summary

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

Lotus Technology Company Profile

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.