Critical Survey: Volcon (EMPD) and The Competition

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Volcon and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Volcon	1	0	0	1	2.50
Volcon Competitors	866	2313	2612	133	2.34

As a group, “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies have a potential upside of 6.49%. Given Volcon’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Volcon has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Risk and Volatility

Volcon has a beta of -0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 162% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volcon’s rivals have a beta of 1.11, suggesting that their average stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Volcon and its rivals’ 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	-219.87%	-29.16%	-14.78%

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Volcon	$4.04 million	-$45.51 million	-0.30
Volcon Competitors	$23.89 billion	$510.60 million	13.25

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

Institutional & Insider 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, 12.8% of shares of all “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Volcon rivals 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.