Volcon (EMPD) versus Its Rivals Critical Contrast

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Volcon and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Volcon	$4.04 million	-$45.51 million	-0.31
Volcon Competitors	$23.89 billion	$511.60 million	14.36

Volcon’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Volcon. Volcon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Volcon and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Volcon	1	0	0	1	2.50
Volcon Competitors	869	2317	2620	133	2.34

As a group, “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies have a potential upside of 0.44%. Given Volcon’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Volcon has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

50.6% of shares of all “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Volcon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of shares of all “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies are held by company 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.

Profitability

This table compares Volcon and its competitors’ 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%

Summary

Volcon competitors 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.