Head to Head Analysis: Volcon (EMPD) vs. Its Peers

Volcon (NASDAQ:EMPD) is one of 26 public companies in the “AUTO – DOMESTIC” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Volcon to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Volcon	$4.04 million	-$45.51 million	-0.31
Volcon Competitors	$23.88 billion	$511.60 million	14.26

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

Volatility and Risk

Volcon has a beta of -0.61, suggesting that its share price is 161% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volcon’s peers have a beta of 1.01, suggesting that their average share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Volcon and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Volcon	1	0	0	1	2.50
Volcon Competitors	869	2316	2620	133	2.34

As a group, “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies have a potential upside of 0.14%. Given Volcon’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Volcon has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Volcon	-1,758.79%	-27.36%	-23.81%
Volcon Competitors	-219.84%	-30.99%	-14.94%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

50.6% of shares of all “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Volcon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of shares of all “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

About Volcon

Volcon, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells electric off road powersport vehicles in the United States. It provides electric two and four-wheel motorcycles, and utility terrain vehicles through its dealers. The company also offers a line of upgrades and accessories. Its products are designed for family off-road adventures, and work on the farm and fun transport around private land applications. The company was formerly known as Frog ePowersports, Inc. and changed its name to Volcon, Inc. in October 2020. Volcon, Inc. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Round Rock, Texas.