ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT) & The Shyft Group (NASDAQ:SHYF) Head-To-Head Survey

ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT) and The Shyft Group (NASDAQ:SHYF) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

37.8% of ChargePoint shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of The Shyft Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of ChargePoint shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of The Shyft Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for ChargePoint and The Shyft Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ChargePoint	2	8	1	1	2.08
The Shyft Group	0	0	2	0	3.00

ChargePoint currently has a consensus price target of $1.39, suggesting a potential upside of 104.30%. The Shyft Group has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.82%. Given ChargePoint’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe ChargePoint is more favorable than The Shyft Group.

Volatility & Risk

ChargePoint has a beta of 2.25, meaning that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Shyft Group has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares ChargePoint and The Shyft Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ChargePoint	-65.79%	-131.65%	-23.35%
The Shyft Group	0.06%	4.12%	1.85%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ChargePoint and The Shyft Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ChargePoint	$417.08 million	0.75	-$277.07 million	($0.60)	-1.14
The Shyft Group	$786.18 million	0.53	-$2.80 million	$0.01	1,194.00

The Shyft Group has higher revenue and earnings than ChargePoint. ChargePoint is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Shyft Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

The Shyft Group beats ChargePoint on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ChargePoint

ChargePoint Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides electric vehicle (EV) charging networks and charging solutions in the North America and Europe. The company serves commercial, such as retail, workplace, hospitality, parking, recreation, municipal, education, and highway fast charge; fleet, which include delivery, take home, logistics, motor pool, transit, and shared mobility; and residential including single family homes and multi-family apartments and condominiums customers. ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California.

About The Shyft Group

The Shyft Group, Inc. engages in the manufacture and assembly of specialty vehicles for the commercial and recreational vehicle industries in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Fleet Vehicles and Services, and Specialty Vehicles. The Fleet Vehicles and Services segment offers commercial vehicles used in the e-commerce/last mile/parcel delivery, beverage and grocery delivery, laundry and linen, mobile retail, and trades and construction industries. This segment markets its commercial vehicles, including walk-in vans, cutaway vans, and truck bodies under the Aeromaster, Velocity, Trademaster, and Utilivan brands; and vocation-specific equipment upfit services under the Utilimaster Upfit Services and Strobes-R-Us brands. It also installs specialty interior and exterior up-fit equipment for walk-in vans, truck bodies, cargo vans, and light duty pick-up trucks; and provides aftermarket support, including parts sales and field services, as well as parts and accessories. The Specialty Vehicles segment provides diesel motor home chassis; and truck bodies under the Royal Truck Body and DuraMag brands. The segment also provides final assembly services for Isuzu N-gas and F-series chassis under the Builtmore Contract Manufacturing brand; and designs and installs custom lighting and upfit solutions for a range of specialty industries. In addition, this segment provides truck accessories under the Magnum brand; and a range of parts and accessories, and maintenance and repair services for its motorhome and specialty chassis. It sells its products to commercial users, original equipment manufacturers, dealers, individuals, municipalities, and other government entities. The company was formerly known as Spartan Motors, Inc. and changed its name to The Shyft Group, Inc. in June 2020. The Shyft Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1975 and is headquartered in Novi, Michigan.