Faraday Future Intelligent Electric (NASDAQ:FFAI – Get Free Report) and Cooper-Standard (NYSE:CPS – Get Free Report) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Risk and Volatility
Faraday Future Intelligent Electric has a beta of 5.58, meaning that its share price is 458% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cooper-Standard has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
71.7% of Faraday Future Intelligent Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Cooper-Standard shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Faraday Future Intelligent Electric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Cooper-Standard shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Faraday Future Intelligent Electric | $540,000.00 | 125.50 | -$390.70 million | ($1.86) | -0.12 |
| Cooper-Standard | $2.74 billion | 0.18 | -$4.16 million | ($2.18) | -12.53 |
Cooper-Standard has higher revenue and earnings than Faraday Future Intelligent Electric. Cooper-Standard is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Faraday Future Intelligent Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Faraday Future Intelligent Electric and Cooper-Standard, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Faraday Future Intelligent Electric | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Cooper-Standard | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Faraday Future Intelligent Electric presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2,142.15%. Cooper-Standard has a consensus target price of $49.33, suggesting a potential upside of 80.55%. Given Faraday Future Intelligent Electric’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Faraday Future Intelligent Electric is more favorable than Cooper-Standard.
Profitability
This table compares Faraday Future Intelligent Electric and Cooper-Standard’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Faraday Future Intelligent Electric | -57,277.86% | -2,531.03% | -96.32% |
| Cooper-Standard | -1.41% | N/A | -2.15% |
About Faraday Future Intelligent Electric
Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, engineering, sale, and distribution of electric vehicles and related products in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Gardena, California.
About Cooper-Standard
Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., through its subsidiary, Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc., manufactures and sells sealing, fuel and brake delivery, and fluid transfer systems in the United States, Mexico, China, Poland, Canada, Germany, France, and internationally. The company offers sealing systems, including dynamic seals, static seals, encapsulated glasses, textured surfaces with cloth appearance, obstacle detection sensor systems, FlushSeal systems, variable extrusions, specialty sealing products, stainless steel trims, and frameless systems. It also provides fuel and brake delivery systems comprising chassis and tank fuel lines and bundles, metallic brake lines and bundles, quick connects, low oligomer multi-layer convoluted tubes, brake jounce lines, direct injection and port fuel rails, MagAlloy break tube coating, and ArmorTube brake tube coating. In addition, the company offers fluid transfer systems, such as heater/coolant hoses, turbo charger hoses, charged air cooler ducts/assemblies, diesel particulate filter lines, secondary air hoses, degas tanks and deaerators, brake and clutch hoses, air intake and discharge systems, transmission oil cooling hoses, high temperature MLTs, and multilayer tubing for glycol thermal management. Its products are primarily used in passenger vehicles and light trucks that are manufactured by automotive original equipment manufacturers and replacement markets. Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Northville, Michigan.
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