Financial Contrast: Lotus Technology (LOT) vs. Its Peers

Lotus Technology (NASDAQ:LOT) is one of 678 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 related companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Lotus Technology and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lotus Technology	$679.01 million	$10.84 million	-14.00
Lotus Technology Competitors	$1.07 billion	-$57.44 million	42.17

Lotus Technology’s peers have higher revenue, but lower 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.

Risk and Volatility

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Lotus Technology and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lotus Technology	0	0	0	0	N/A
Lotus Technology Competitors	122	573	888	14	2.50

As a group, “Holding & other investment offices” companies have a potential upside of 63.79%. Given Lotus Technology’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lotus Technology has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

63.4% of Lotus Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.5% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lotus Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.5% of shares of all “Holding & other investment offices” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%	0.33%
Lotus Technology Competitors	-61.71%	-60.44%	-1.81%

Lotus Technology Company Profile

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.