Modine Manufacturing (NYSE:MOD – Get Free Report) and ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT – Get Free Report) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares Modine Manufacturing and ChargePoint’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Modine Manufacturing | 3.82% | 25.15% | 11.37% |
| ChargePoint | -53.55% | -276.06% | -20.17% |
Risk and Volatility
Modine Manufacturing has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ChargePoint has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Modine Manufacturing | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2.78 |
| ChargePoint | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1.80 |
Modine Manufacturing presently has a consensus price target of $298.14, suggesting a potential upside of 9.72%. ChargePoint has a consensus price target of $8.63, suggesting a potential upside of 10.51%. Given ChargePoint’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ChargePoint is more favorable than Modine Manufacturing.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
95.2% of Modine Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of ChargePoint shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Modine Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of ChargePoint shares are held 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.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Modine Manufacturing and ChargePoint”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Modine Manufacturing | $3.18 billion | 4.50 | $184.00 million | $2.24 | 121.30 |
| ChargePoint | $411.22 million | 0.45 | -$220.20 million | ($9.33) | -0.84 |
Modine Manufacturing has higher revenue and earnings than ChargePoint. ChargePoint is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Modine Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Modine Manufacturing beats ChargePoint on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Modine Manufacturing
Modine Manufacturing Company provides thermal management products and solutions in the United States, Italy, Hungary, China, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments. The company offers heat transfer coils, including heat recovery and round tube plate fin coils; gas-fired, hydronic, electric and oilfired unit heaters; roof-mounted direct- and indirect-fired makeup air units; duct furnaces; infrared units; perimeter heating products; single packaged unit ventilators; modular chillers; air handler and condensing units; ceiling cassettes; evaporator unit coolers, remote condensers, fluid coolers, gas coolers, and dry and brine coolers; and motor and generator cooling coils, transformer oil coolers, radiators, dryers, and industrial heat exchangers. It also provides data center products consisting of IT cooling solutions, including precision air conditioning units for data center applications; computer room air conditioning and handler units; hybrid fan coils; fan walls; chillers; condensers; condensing units; and liquid cooling solutions for high-density computing, as well as replacement parts, maintenance service and control solutions for existing equipment and new building management controls and systems. In addition, the company offers powertrain cooling products, such as radiators, condensers, engine cooling modules, charge air coolers, fan shrouds, and surge tanks; cooling module generator sets; aluminum and stainless steel engine oil coolers, exhaust gas recirculation coolers, liquid charge air coolers, transmission and retarder oil coolers, and chillers; battery thermal management systems, electronics cooling packages, battery chillers, battery cooling plates, coolers and casings for electronics cooling, and coolers for electric axles; and coatings products and application services. Modine Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1916 and is headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin.
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.
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