Comparing Thunder Power (NASDAQ:AIEV) and Lightning eMotors (NYSE:ZEV)

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Thunder Power and Lightning eMotors”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Thunder Power	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.05)	-1.96
Lightning eMotors	$24.69 million	0.00	$15.17 million	($11.19)	N/A

Lightning eMotors has higher revenue and earnings than Thunder Power. Thunder Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lightning eMotors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Thunder Power and Lightning eMotors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Thunder Power	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lightning eMotors	-221.51%	-221.78%	-69.89%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

65.0% of Thunder Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.2% of Lightning eMotors shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Thunder Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Lightning eMotors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Thunder Power has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lightning eMotors has a beta of 2.69, suggesting that its share price is 169% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Thunder Power beats Lightning eMotors on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Thunder Power

Thunder Power Holdings Limited manufactures passenger electric vehicles. Thunder Power Holdings Limited was founded in 2013 and is based in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Thunder Power Hong Kong Limited operates as a subsidiary of Electric Power Technology Limited.

About Lightning eMotors

Lightning eMotors, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells zero-emission commercial fleet vehicles and powertrains to commercial fleets, large enterprises, original equipment manufacturers, and governments in the United States. It offers zero-emission class 3 to 7 commercial electric and fuel cell vehicles. The company's vehicles comprise cargo and passenger vehicles, school buses, ambulances, shuttle buses, work trucks, transit buses, and motorcoaches. It also offers charging systems and charging infrastructure solutions. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Loveland, Colorado.