Contrasting Lotus Technology (LOT) & Its Competitors

Lotus Technology (NASDAQ:LOT) is one of 671 publicly-traded companies in the “Holding & other investment offices” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Lotus Technology to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lotus Technology	N/A	-4.09%	-39.40%
Lotus Technology Competitors	-34.70%	-44.58%	0.00%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Lotus Technology and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lotus Technology	0	1	0	0	2.00
Lotus Technology Competitors	122	568	873	14	2.49

Lotus Technology currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.05%. As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 63.74%. Given Lotus Technology’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lotus Technology has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

63.4% of Lotus Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.7% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lotus Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by 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.

Risk & Volatility

Lotus Technology has a beta of -0.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lotus Technology’s peers have a beta of 0.04, suggesting that their average share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Lotus Technology and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lotus Technology	$679.01 million	-$742.00 million	-12.25
Lotus Technology Competitors	$1.12 billion	$43.31 million	55.56

Lotus Technology’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Lotus Technology. Lotus Technology 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.

Summary

Lotus Technology peers beat Lotus Technology on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About Lotus Technology

Lotus Technology Inc. engagers in the design, development, and sale of sports luxury lifestyle battery electric vehicles. It offers electric sports car models, including Eletre and Emeya. The company is based in Shanghai, China.