Tandy Leather Factory (NASDAQ:TLF) & EVgo (NASDAQ:EVGO) Financial Contrast

Tandy Leather Factory (NASDAQ:TLF) and EVgo (NASDAQ:EVGO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Risk & Volatility

Tandy Leather Factory has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EVgo has a beta of 2.87, indicating that its share price is 187% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

56.4% of Tandy Leather Factory shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of EVgo shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.2% of Tandy Leather Factory shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of EVgo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Tandy Leather Factory and EVgo, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tandy Leather Factory	1	0	0	0	1.00
EVgo	2	1	6	0	2.44

EVgo has a consensus target price of $2.93, suggesting a potential upside of 151.38%. Given EVgo’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EVgo is more favorable than Tandy Leather Factory.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Tandy Leather Factory and EVgo”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tandy Leather Factory	$77.21 million	0.25	-$1.39 million	($0.17)	-13.76
EVgo	$402.95 million	0.91	-$125.81 million	($0.40)	-2.91

Tandy Leather Factory has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EVgo. Tandy Leather Factory is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EVgo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Tandy Leather Factory and EVgo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tandy Leather Factory	N/A	N/A	N/A
EVgo	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

EVgo beats Tandy Leather Factory on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tandy Leather Factory

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. engages in the distribution of leather and related products. It offers leather, leatherworking tools, buckles and adornments for belts, leather dyes and finishes, saddle and tack hardware, and do-it-yourself kits. It operates through North America and International geographical segments. The North America geographical segment consists of 115 stores, which offer a broad selection of products combined with leathercraft expertise in a one-stop shop. The International geographical segment comprises of similar to North America segment but generally located in light industrial areas. The company was founded by J. Wray Thompson, Sr. and Ronald C. Morgan in 1980 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

About EVgo

EVgo, Inc. owns and operates a direct current fast charging network for electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States. The company offers electricity directly to drivers, who access its publicly available networked chargers; original equipment manufacturer charging and related services; fleet and rideshare public charging services; and charging as a service and fleet dedicated charging services. It also provides ancillary services, such as customization of digital applications, charging data integration, loyalty programs, access to chargers behind parking lot or garage pay gates, microtargeted advertising, and charging reservations; and hardware, design, and construction services for charging sites, as well as ongoing operations, maintenance, and networking and software integration solutions through eXtend. In addition, it offers PlugShare such as data, research, and advertising services and equipment procurement and operational services. EVgo, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.EVgo, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of EVgo Holdings LLC.