Contrasting Stellantis (NYSE:STLA) & Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID)

Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) and Stellantis (NYSE:STLA) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Lucid Group and Stellantis, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lucid Group	1	8	0	0	1.89
Stellantis	1	6	4	2	2.54

Lucid Group currently has a consensus target price of $3.71, suggesting a potential upside of 6.34%. Stellantis has a consensus target price of $27.34, suggesting a potential upside of 82.17%. Given Stellantis’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stellantis is more favorable than Lucid Group.

Profitability

This table compares Lucid Group and Stellantis’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lucid Group	-390.39%	-55.35%	-28.83%
Stellantis	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lucid Group and Stellantis”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lucid Group	$668.29 million	12.05	-$2.83 billion	($1.27)	-2.75
Stellantis	$176.19 billion	0.27	$20.13 billion	$5.00	3.00

Stellantis has higher revenue and earnings than Lucid Group. Lucid Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stellantis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

75.2% of Lucid Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of Stellantis shares are held by institutional investors. 61.3% of Lucid Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Stellantis shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Lucid Group has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stellantis has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Stellantis beats Lucid Group on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lucid Group

Lucid Group, Inc. a technology company, designs, engineers, manufactures, and sells electric vehicles (EV), EV powertrains, and battery systems. It also designs and develops proprietary software in-house for Lucid vehicles. The company sells vehicles directly to consumers through its retail sales network and direct online sales, including Lucid Financial Services. Lucid Group, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Newark, California. Lucid Group, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Ayar Third Investment Company.

About Stellantis

Stellantis N.V. engages in the design, engineering, manufacturing, distribution, and sale of automobiles and light commercial vehicles, engines, transmission systems, metallurgical products, mobility services, and production systems worldwide. It provides luxury and premium vehicles; sport utility vehicles; American and European brand vehicles; and parts and services, as well as retail and dealer financing, leasing, and rental services. The company offers its products under the Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, DS, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati, Ram, Opel, Lancia, Vauxhall, Peugeot, and Comau brand names through distributors and dealers. Stellantis N.V. was founded in 1899 and is based in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands.