Cooper-Standard (NYSE:CPS – Get Free Report) and ECARX (NASDAQ:ECX – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
69.1% of Cooper-Standard shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.2% of Cooper-Standard shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of ECARX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Cooper-Standard and ECARX, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Cooper-Standard | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| ECARX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Cooper-Standard and ECARX”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Cooper-Standard | $2.74 billion | 0.14 | -$4.16 million | ($3.14) | -6.69 |
| ECARX | $847.90 million | 0.36 | -$66.04 million | ($0.05) | -16.92 |
Cooper-Standard has higher revenue and earnings than ECARX. ECARX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cooper-Standard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
Cooper-Standard has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ECARX has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Cooper-Standard and ECARX’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Cooper-Standard | -2.03% | N/A | -2.31% |
| ECARX | -2.25% | N/A | -2.75% |
Summary
Cooper-Standard beats ECARX on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Cooper-Standard
Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., through its subsidiary, Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc., manufactures and sells sealing, fuel and brake delivery, and fluid transfer systems in the United States, Mexico, China, Poland, Canada, Germany, France, and internationally. The company offers sealing systems, including dynamic seals, static seals, encapsulated glasses, textured surfaces with cloth appearance, obstacle detection sensor systems, FlushSeal systems, variable extrusions, specialty sealing products, stainless steel trims, and frameless systems. It also provides fuel and brake delivery systems comprising chassis and tank fuel lines and bundles, metallic brake lines and bundles, quick connects, low oligomer multi-layer convoluted tubes, brake jounce lines, direct injection and port fuel rails, MagAlloy break tube coating, and ArmorTube brake tube coating. In addition, the company offers fluid transfer systems, such as heater/coolant hoses, turbo charger hoses, charged air cooler ducts/assemblies, diesel particulate filter lines, secondary air hoses, degas tanks and deaerators, brake and clutch hoses, air intake and discharge systems, transmission oil cooling hoses, high temperature MLTs, and multilayer tubing for glycol thermal management. Its products are primarily used in passenger vehicles and light trucks that are manufactured by automotive original equipment manufacturers and replacement markets. Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Northville, Michigan.
About ECARX
ECARX Holdings Inc. develops a full stack automotive computing platform to shape the interaction between people and cars by rapidly advancing the technology by smart mobility worldwide. It offers system on chips, central computing platforms, operating systems, and software. Its core products include infotainment head units, digital cockpits, vehicle chip-set solutions, core operating system, and integrated software stack. The company has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Black Sesame Technologies. The company is based in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.
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