Contrasting Polestar Automotive Holding UK (NASDAQ:PSNY) & Bridgestone (OTCMKTS:BRDCY)

Bridgestone (OTCMKTS:BRDCY) and Polestar Automotive Holding UK (NASDAQ:PSNY) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, valuation and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

Bridgestone has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polestar Automotive Holding UK has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.0% of Polestar Automotive Holding UK shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.1% of Bridgestone shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Polestar Automotive Holding UK shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Bridgestone and Polestar Automotive Holding UK, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bridgestone	1	0	0	1	2.50
Polestar Automotive Holding UK	2	1	0	0	1.33

Profitability

This table compares Bridgestone and Polestar Automotive Holding UK’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bridgestone	N/A	N/A	N/A
Polestar Automotive Holding UK	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Bridgestone and Polestar Automotive Holding UK”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bridgestone	$29.30 billion	1.09	$1.88 billion	$1.35	17.23
Polestar Automotive Holding UK	$2.03 billion	0.50	-$2.05 billion	($0.65)	-22.05

Bridgestone has higher revenue and earnings than Polestar Automotive Holding UK. Polestar Automotive Holding UK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgestone, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Bridgestone beats Polestar Automotive Holding UK on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bridgestone

Bridgestone Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells tires and rubber products. The company offers tires and tire tubes for passenger cars, trucks, buses, construction and off-road mining vehicles, industrial and agricultural machinery, aircraft, motorcycles, scooters, and other vehicles; automotive parts; automotive maintenance and repair services; and raw materials for tires and other products. It also provides chemical products, such as belts, hoses, rubber crawlers/MT pads, resin piping systems, seismic isolation rubbers, bridge rubber bearings, and block type rubber covered chain type bridge fall prevention devices. In addition, the company offers golf balls, golf clubs, and other sporting goods; bicycles, bicycle-related goods, and others; and finance and other services. It has operations in Japan, the Americas, Europe, Russia, the Middle East, India, Africa, China, Asia, Oceania, Oceania, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1931 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Polestar Automotive Holding UK

Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC manufactures and sells premium electric vehicles. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.