Financial Review: Cenntro (CENN) versus The Competition

Cenntro (NASDAQ:CENN) is one of 26 publicly-traded companies in the “AUTO – DOMESTIC” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Cenntro to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

Cenntro has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cenntro’s peers have a beta of 1.10, indicating that their average stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Cenntro and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cenntro	1	0	0	0	1.00
Cenntro Competitors	859	2307	2602	133	2.34

As a group, “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies have a potential downside of 1.49%. Given Cenntro’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cenntro has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Cenntro and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cenntro	$31.30 million	-$44.87 million	-0.26
Cenntro Competitors	$23.89 billion	$510.60 million	14.59

Cenntro’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Cenntro. Cenntro 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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

50.6% of shares of all “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies are owned by institutional investors. 16.2% of Cenntro shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of shares of all “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Cenntro and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cenntro	-139.15%	-39.26%	-23.58%
Cenntro Competitors	-118.49%	-40.06%	-22.11%

Summary

Cenntro peers beat Cenntro on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

Cenntro Company Profile

Cenntro Inc. engages in the design, development, and manufacture of electric light and medium-duty commercial vehicles in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Its purpose-built electric commercial vehicles are designed to serve various fleet and municipal organizations in support of city services, last-mile delivery, and other commercial applications. The company sells its products under the Metro, Logistar, Logimax, Avantier, Teemak, and Antric One names. Cenntro Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Freehold, New Jersey.