Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) vs. EVgo (NASDAQ:EVGO) Financial Survey

EVgo (NASDAQ:EVGO) and Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

EVgo has a beta of 2.87, suggesting that its stock price is 187% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bath & Body Works has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for EVgo and Bath & Body Works, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EVgo	2	1	6	0	2.44
Bath & Body Works	1	15	4	0	2.15

EVgo currently has a consensus price target of $2.93, suggesting a potential upside of 173.70%. Bath & Body Works has a consensus price target of $22.13, suggesting a potential upside of 9.75%. Given EVgo’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe EVgo is more favorable than Bath & Body Works.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

17.4% of EVgo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Bath & Body Works shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of EVgo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bath & Body Works shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares EVgo and Bath & Body Works”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EVgo	$384.09 million	0.88	-$41.57 million	($0.40)	-2.67
Bath & Body Works	$7.29 billion	0.56	$649.00 million	$3.84	5.25

Bath & Body Works has higher revenue and earnings than EVgo. EVgo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bath & Body Works, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares EVgo and Bath & Body Works’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EVgo	-13.50%	N/A	-5.75%
Bath & Body Works	10.83%	-53.48%	13.40%

Summary

Bath & Body Works beats EVgo on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About EVgo

EVgo, Inc. owns and operates a direct current fast charging network for electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States. The company offers electricity directly to drivers, who access its publicly available networked chargers; original equipment manufacturer charging and related services; fleet and rideshare public charging services; and charging as a service and fleet dedicated charging services. It also provides ancillary services, such as customization of digital applications, charging data integration, loyalty programs, access to chargers behind parking lot or garage pay gates, microtargeted advertising, and charging reservations; and hardware, design, and construction services for charging sites, as well as ongoing operations, maintenance, and networking and software integration solutions through eXtend. In addition, it offers PlugShare such as data, research, and advertising services and equipment procurement and operational services. EVgo, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.EVgo, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of EVgo Holdings LLC.

About Bath & Body Works

Bath & Body Works, Inc. is a specialty retailers and home to America’s Favorite Fragrances, offering a breadth of exclusive fragrances for the body and home, including the selling collections for fine fragrance mist, body lotion and body cream, 3-wick candles, home fragrance diffusers and liquid hand soap. The company was founded by Leslie Herbert Wexner in 1963 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.