ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT – Get Free Report) and Niu Technologies (NASDAQ:NIU – Get Free Report) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
37.8% of ChargePoint shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Niu Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of ChargePoint shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Niu Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
ChargePoint has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Niu Technologies has a beta of -0.35, meaning that its share price is 135% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| ChargePoint | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1.83 |
| Niu Technologies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
ChargePoint currently has a consensus price target of $12.15, indicating a potential upside of 82.02%. Given ChargePoint’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ChargePoint is more favorable than Niu Technologies.
Profitability
This table compares ChargePoint and Niu Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| ChargePoint | -59.54% | -209.46% | -21.77% |
| Niu Technologies | -0.48% | -2.32% | -0.74% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares ChargePoint and Niu Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| ChargePoint | $417.08 million | 0.38 | -$277.07 million | ($10.28) | -0.65 |
| Niu Technologies | $450.49 million | 0.52 | -$26.47 million | ($0.05) | -60.40 |
Niu Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than ChargePoint. Niu Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ChargePoint, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Niu Technologies beats ChargePoint on 9 of the 13 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 Niu Technologies
Niu Technologies designs, manufactures, and sells electric scooters in the People’s Republic of China, Europe, and internationally. The company offers RQi, NQi, MQi, SQi, UQi, F, and Gova series smart electric scooters, motorcycles, mopeds, and bicycles; KQi series kick-scooters; BQi series e-bikes; and Niu Aero Sports Bicycles. It also provides accessories and spare parts under the NIU brand name comprising scooter accessories, such as raincoats, gloves, knee pads, storage baskets and tail boxes, smart phone holders, backrests, and locks; lifestyle accessories, which includes T-shirts, coats, jeans, hats, bags, jewelry, notebooks, badges, key chain, and mugs; and performance upgrade components consisting of upgraded wheels, shock absorbers, brake calipers, and carbon fiber body panels. In addition, the company operates NIU app, which provides online repair request, service station locator, theft reporting, smart check, smart services, scooter status, historical riding data, and key diagnostics, as well as NIU cover, which provides insurance services. It sells and services its products through city partners and franchised stores, distributors, third-party e-commerce platforms, and its online store. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.
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