Critical Comparison: Elio Motors (OTCMKTS:ELIO) versus Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID)

Elio Motors (OTCMKTS:ELIO) and Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Elio Motors has a beta of 15.88, suggesting that its stock price is 1,488% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lucid Group has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elio Motors	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lucid Group	-207.87%	-138.82%	-31.89%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

75.2% of Lucid Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 81.4% of Elio Motors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 64.0% of Lucid Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Elio Motors and Lucid Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elio Motors	0	0	0	0	0.00
Lucid Group	3	5	2	0	1.90

Lucid Group has a consensus target price of $13.14, suggesting a potential upside of 39.82%. Given Lucid Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lucid Group is more favorable than Elio Motors.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Elio Motors and Lucid Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Elio Motors	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lucid Group	$1.35 billion	2.28	-$2.70 billion	($12.13)	-0.77

Elio Motors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lucid Group.

About Elio Motors

Elio Motors, Inc., a development stage company, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells automobiles. The company focuses on developing the Elio, a three wheeled vehicle for mass production in the United States, which gives 84 miles per gallon. Elio Motors, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

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.