Wabash National (NYSE:WNC – Get Free Report) and WeRide (NASDAQ:WRD – Get Free Report) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
Risk and Volatility
Wabash National has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WeRide has a beta of 2.95, suggesting that its share price is 195% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
97.1% of Wabash National shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Wabash National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of WeRide shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Wabash National | $1.54 billion | 0.24 | $211.45 million | $4.87 | 1.87 |
| WeRide | $97.89 million | 25.80 | -$230.20 million | ($0.75) | -10.61 |
Wabash National has higher revenue and earnings than WeRide. WeRide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wabash National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Wabash National and WeRide, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Wabash National | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 |
| WeRide | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2.67 |
Wabash National currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.71%. WeRide has a consensus target price of $12.48, indicating a potential upside of 56.83%. Given WeRide’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WeRide is more favorable than Wabash National.
Profitability
This table compares Wabash National and WeRide’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Wabash National | 13.71% | -22.79% | -6.77% |
| WeRide | -240.54% | -24.38% | -21.89% |
Summary
Wabash National beats WeRide on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Wabash National
Wabash National Corporation provides connected solutions for the transportation, logistics, and distribution industries primarily in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Transportation Solutions and Parts & Services. The Transportation Solutions segment designs and manufactures transportation-related equipment and products dry and refrigerated van trailers, platform trailers, tank trailers, and truck-mounted tanks; truck bodies for dry-freight transportation; cargo and cargo XL bodies for commercial applications; refrigerated truck bodies; platform truck bodies; and used trailers, as well as laminated hardwood oak flooring products. The Parts & Services segment provides aftermarket parts and services; steel flatbed bodies, truck body mounting, shelving for package delivery, partitions, roof racks, hitches, liftgates, thermal solutions, and others; truck body repair parts; and door repair and replacement, collision repair, and basic maintenance services. It also develops and scales a digital marketplace for the transportation and logistics distribution industry; operates a parts and services distribution platform; and stainless steel storage tanks and silos, mixers, and processors for the dairy, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, craft brewing, and biotech markets; trailers as a service; and composite products, including truck bodies, overhead doors, and other industrial application products, as well as used trailers. The company offers its products under the Wabash, DuraPlate, DuraPlateHD, DuraPlate AeroSkirt, and AeroSkirt CX brands, as well as EcoNex brand. It serves its products to truckload common carriers, leasing companies, private fleet carriers, less-than-truckload common carriers, and package carriers. Wabash National Corporation was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana.
About WeRide
WeRide, Inc. engages in the development of an autonomous driving technology platform. It offers Robotaxi, Robobus, Robovan, Robosweeper, and advanced driving solutions, providing smart services in online ride-hailing, on-demand transport, urban logistics, and environmental sanitation. The company was founded by Tony Xu Han and Yan Li in February 2017 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.
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