Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI) versus Its Competitors Head to Head Contrast

Kandi Technologies Group (NASDAQ:KNDI) is one of 95 public companies in the “Leisure Products” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Kandi Technologies Group to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

3.7% of Kandi Technologies Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of shares of all “Leisure Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Kandi Technologies Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of shares of all “Leisure Products” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Kandi Technologies Group and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kandi Technologies Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Kandi Technologies Group Competitors	561	2385	3806	188	2.52

As a group, “Leisure Products” companies have a potential upside of 27.17%. Given Kandi Technologies Group’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kandi Technologies Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Kandi Technologies Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kandi Technologies Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kandi Technologies Group Competitors	-8.28%	-18.36%	-3.90%

Risk and Volatility

Kandi Technologies Group has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kandi Technologies Group’s peers have a beta of 1.20, meaning that their average share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Kandi Technologies Group and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kandi Technologies Group	$87.44 million	-$93.88 million	-1.17
Kandi Technologies Group Competitors	$2.94 billion	$72.16 million	575.30

Kandi Technologies Group’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Kandi Technologies Group. Kandi Technologies Group 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

Kandi Technologies Group peers beat Kandi Technologies Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Kandi Technologies Group

Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. engages in designing, developing, manufacturing, and commercializing electric vehicle (EV) products and parts in the People's Republic of China and the United States. It offers also off-road vehicles, including all-terrain vehicles, utility vehicles, go-karts, electric scooters, and electric self-balancing scooters, as well as related parts; and battery packs and smart battery swap system. The company was formerly known as Kandi Technologies, Corp. and changed its name to Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. in December 2012. Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Jinhua, the People's Republic of China.