Comparing ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT) and Wabash National (NYSE:WNC)

ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT) and Wabash National (NYSE:WNC) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

37.8% of ChargePoint shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Wabash National shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of ChargePoint shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Wabash National shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares ChargePoint and Wabash National’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ChargePoint	-53.55%	-276.06%	-20.17%
Wabash National	-4.41%	-30.16%	-8.79%

Volatility & Risk

ChargePoint has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wabash National has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares ChargePoint and Wabash National”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ChargePoint	$411.22 million	0.38	-$220.20 million	($9.33)	-0.71
Wabash National	$1.54 billion	0.18	$211.45 million	($1.60)	-4.31

Wabash National has higher revenue and earnings than ChargePoint. Wabash National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ChargePoint, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for ChargePoint and Wabash National, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ChargePoint	3	6	1	0	1.80
Wabash National	1	2	0	0	1.67

ChargePoint presently has a consensus price target of $8.63, suggesting a potential upside of 29.99%. Wabash National has a consensus price target of $8.75, suggesting a potential upside of 27.00%. Given ChargePoint’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe ChargePoint is more favorable than Wabash National.

About ChargePoint

ChargePoint Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides electric vehicle (EV) charging networks and charging solutions in the North America and Europe. The company serves commercial, such as retail, workplace, hospitality, parking, recreation, municipal, education, and highway fast charge; fleet, which include delivery, take home, logistics, motor pool, transit, and shared mobility; and residential including single family homes and multi-family apartments and condominiums customers. ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California.

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.