Phoenix Motor (NASDAQ:PEV – Get Rating) and Atlis Motor Vehicles (NASDAQ:AMV – Get Rating) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and risk.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
11.5% of Phoenix Motor shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Phoenix Motor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 76.2% of Atlis Motor Vehicles shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Phoenix Motor and Atlis Motor Vehicles’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Phoenix Motor | -293.42% | -78.74% | -58.16% |
| Atlis Motor Vehicles | N/A | -5,352.48% | -1,514.32% |
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Phoenix Motor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Atlis Motor Vehicles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Atlis Motor Vehicles has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2,730.19%. Given Atlis Motor Vehicles’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atlis Motor Vehicles is more favorable than Phoenix Motor.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Phoenix Motor and Atlis Motor Vehicles’ gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Phoenix Motor | $4.33 million | 3.47 | -$12.70 million | ($0.65) | -1.09 |
| Atlis Motor Vehicles | N/A | N/A | -$70.68 million | N/A | N/A |
Phoenix Motor has higher revenue and earnings than Atlis Motor Vehicles.
Summary
Phoenix Motor beats Atlis Motor Vehicles on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Phoenix Motor
Phoenix Motor Inc. designs, assembles, and integrates electric drive systems and light and medium duty electric vehicles. The company offers buses and trucks. It focuses on developing light and medium duty commercial electric vehicles for various service and government fleet markets, including city fleets, campuses, municipalities, and transit agencies; and serves a spectrum of commercial fleet customers, such as airport shuttle operators, hotel chains, transit fleet operators, seaports, last-mile delivery fleets, and large corporations. The company also markets and sells electric vehicle chargers for the commercial and residential markets; and operates a sales and leasing dealership in the United States. In addition, it sells various L2 and DC fast-charging solutions to its fleet customers at the point of sale for fleet vehicles. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Anaheim, California. Phoenix Motor Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Edisonfuture Inc.
About Atlis Motor Vehicles
Atlis Motor Vehicles, Inc. develops and manufactures electric vehicle trucks and charging infrastructure. The company offers ATLIS Energy, a superior battery technology solution; ATLIS Charging, an advanced charging station; ATLIS XP; and ATLIS XT pickup truck. Its target customers for the Atlis XT are work vehicle fleet owners and individual buyers; and Atlis XP Platform are work vehicle and upfit vehicle manufacturers. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Mesa, Arizona.
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