Financial Contrast: ECD Automotive Design (ECDA) vs. Its Peers

ECD Automotive Design (NASDAQ:ECDA) is one of 119 public companies in the “Automobiles” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare ECD Automotive Design to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ECD Automotive Design and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ECD Automotive Design	$24.50 million	-$10.77 million	-0.00
ECD Automotive Design Competitors	$812.38 billion	$1.13 billion	8.35

ECD Automotive Design’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than ECD Automotive Design. ECD Automotive Design 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for ECD Automotive Design and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ECD Automotive Design	1	0	0	0	1.00
ECD Automotive Design Competitors	2129	5135	6394	191	2.34

As a group, “Automobiles” companies have a potential upside of 67.67%. Given ECD Automotive Design’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ECD Automotive Design has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Volatility and Risk

ECD Automotive Design has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ECD Automotive Design’s peers have a beta of 1.02, indicating that their average stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares ECD Automotive Design and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ECD Automotive Design	-33.06%	N/A	-52.37%
ECD Automotive Design Competitors	-1,522.34%	-123.49%	-11.66%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

94.8% of ECD Automotive Design shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of shares of all “Automobiles” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of ECD Automotive Design shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of shares of all “Automobiles” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

ECD Automotive Design peers beat ECD Automotive Design on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About ECD Automotive Design

ECD Automotive Design, Inc. engages in the production and sale of customized Land Rover vehicles in the United States. The company also provides repair or upgrade services and extended warranties to customers. It restores various vehicles, including Land Rovers Defenders, Land Rover Series IIA and III, the Range Rover Classic, and Jaguar E-Type. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Kissimmee, Florida.