Reviewing GreenPower Motor (GP) & Its Competitors

GreenPower Motor (NASDAQ:GP) is one of 437 publicly-traded companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare GreenPower Motor to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Risk and Volatility

GreenPower Motor has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GreenPower Motor’s rivals have a beta of 4.49, suggesting that their average share price is 349% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GreenPower Motor and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GreenPower Motor	$16.39 million	-$5.48 million	-0.96
GreenPower Motor Competitors	$4.55 billion	$345.51 million	-10.98

GreenPower Motor’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than GreenPower Motor. GreenPower Motor is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares GreenPower Motor and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GreenPower Motor	-33.41%	N/A	-12.75%
GreenPower Motor Competitors	-1,937.19%	-13.09%	0.75%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.7% of GreenPower Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 28.1% of GreenPower Motor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for GreenPower Motor and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GreenPower Motor	1	1	0	0	1.50
GreenPower Motor Competitors	4054	14455	17873	770	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 26.03%. Given GreenPower Motor’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GreenPower Motor has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Summary

GreenPower Motor rivals beat GreenPower Motor on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About GreenPower Motor

GreenPower Motor Company Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes electric vehicles for commercial markets in the United States and Canada. The company offers commercial vehicles for delivery, public transit, schools, vanpools, micro-transit, shuttles, and other; and passenger, student, low floor transit, and cargo transportation. It leases its vehicles to customers. GreenPower Motor Company Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.