Contrasting Volcon (EMPD) and Its Peers

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Volcon and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Volcon	$4.04 million	-$45.51 million	-0.03
Volcon Competitors	$23.89 billion	$510.60 million	14.30

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Volcon and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Volcon	1	0	0	1	2.50
Volcon Competitors	859	2306	2601	133	2.34

As a group, “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies have a potential upside of 0.13%. Given Volcon’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Volcon has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Risk & Volatility

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

Profitability

This table compares Volcon and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Volcon	-720.28%	-282.87%	-180.44%
Volcon Competitors	-118.88%	-41.13%	-21.64%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

50.6% of shares of all “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Volcon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of shares of all “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Volcon competitors beat Volcon on 11 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.