Head to Head Contrast: GreenPower Motor (GP) and Its Rivals

GreenPower Motor (NASDAQ:GP) is one of 437 public companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare GreenPower Motor to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for GreenPower Motor and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GreenPower Motor	1	1	0	0	1.50
GreenPower Motor Competitors	4041	14414	17799	759	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 25.24%. Given GreenPower Motor’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GreenPower Motor has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

1.7% of GreenPower Motor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 28.1% of GreenPower Motor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

GreenPower Motor has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GreenPower Motor’s rivals have a beta of 4.48, suggesting that their average stock price is 348% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares GreenPower Motor and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GreenPower Motor	-33.41%	N/A	-12.75%
GreenPower Motor Competitors	-1,938.53%	-13.31%	0.72%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GreenPower Motor and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GreenPower Motor	$16.39 million	-$5.48 million	-0.90
GreenPower Motor Competitors	$4.45 billion	$345.61 million	-1.31

GreenPower Motor’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than GreenPower Motor. GreenPower Motor is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

GreenPower Motor rivals beat GreenPower Motor on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About GreenPower Motor

GreenPower Motor Company Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes electric vehicles for commercial markets in the United States and Canada. The company offers commercial vehicles for delivery, public transit, schools, vanpools, micro-transit, shuttles, and other; and passenger, student, low floor transit, and cargo transportation. It leases its vehicles to customers. GreenPower Motor Company Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.