Lotus Technology (LOT) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Review

Lotus Technology (NASDAQ:LOT) is one of 68 publicly-traded companies in the “Motor vehicles & car bodies” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Lotus Technology to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Lotus Technology has a beta of -0.09, meaning that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lotus Technology’s competitors have a beta of 3.77, meaning that their average share price is 277% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Lotus Technology and its competitors’ 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	-154.23%	-26.04%	-9.07%

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lotus Technology	$679.01 million	-$742.00 million	-14.78
Lotus Technology Competitors	$417.11 billion	$2.53 billion	-10.66

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Lotus Technology and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lotus Technology	0	1	0	0	2.00
Lotus Technology Competitors	960	2493	3362	151	2.39

Lotus Technology presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.34%. As a group, “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies have a potential upside of 7.91%. Given Lotus Technology’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lotus Technology has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

63.4% of Lotus Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.1% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lotus Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of shares of all “Motor vehicles & car bodies” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Lotus Technology competitors beat Lotus Technology on 10 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.