Financial Review: Fisker (NYSE:FSRN) vs. Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID)

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Fisker and Lucid Group’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fisker	$272.89 million	0.01	-$939.95 million	($2.22)	0.00
Lucid Group	$668.29 million	13.19	-$2.83 billion	($1.27)	-3.01

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fisker	-278.72%	-161.43%	-23.26%
Lucid Group	-390.39%	-55.35%	-28.83%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Fisker and Lucid Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fisker	0	0	0	0	N/A
Lucid Group	1	8	0	0	1.89

Lucid Group has a consensus price target of $3.71, indicating a potential downside of 2.85%. Given Lucid Group’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lucid Group is more favorable than Fisker.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

33.6% of Fisker shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of Lucid Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.3% of Fisker shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 61.3% of Lucid Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Fisker has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lucid Group has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lucid Group beats Fisker on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Fisker

Fisker Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, leases, or sells electric vehicles. It operates through three segments: The White Space, The Value Segment, and The Conservative Premium segments. The company is also involved in asset-light automotive business. In addition, it offers fisker flexible platform agnostic design, a process that develops and designs electric vehicles in specific segment size. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California.

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.