Critical Survey: GreenPower Motor (GP) and The Competition

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for GreenPower Motor and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GreenPower Motor	1	1	0	0	1.50
GreenPower Motor Competitors	4054	14440	17846	767	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 24.15%. Given GreenPower Motor’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GreenPower Motor has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Volatility & Risk

GreenPower Motor has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GreenPower Motor’s rivals have a beta of 4.49, meaning that their average share price is 349% 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	-1,937.17%	-13.11%	0.74%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GreenPower Motor and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GreenPower Motor	$16.39 million	-$5.48 million	-0.93
GreenPower Motor Competitors	$4.49 billion	$346.97 million	0.08

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

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, 14.0% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

GreenPower Motor rivals beat GreenPower Motor on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

GreenPower Motor Company Profile

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.