GreenPower Motor (GP) vs. Its Rivals Critical Survey

GreenPower Motor (NASDAQ:GP) is one of 436 public companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare GreenPower Motor to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for GreenPower Motor and its peers, 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	4060	14432	17846	774	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 28.21%. Given GreenPower Motor’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GreenPower Motor has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GreenPower Motor	$16.39 million	-$5.48 million	-1.10
GreenPower Motor Competitors	$4.47 billion	$345.86 million	-12.67

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.7% of GreenPower Motor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GreenPower Motor	-24.28%	N/A	-7.39%
GreenPower Motor Competitors	-1,939.48%	-21.69%	0.63%

Volatility and 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 peers have a beta of 4.51, meaning that their average share price is 351% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

GreenPower Motor peers beat GreenPower Motor on 9 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.