Reviewing Volcon (EMPD) and Its Rivals

Volcon (NASDAQ:EMPD) is one of 26 public companies in the “AUTO – DOMESTIC” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Volcon to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Volcon and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Volcon	1	0	0	1	2.50
Volcon Competitors	872	2317	2622	133	2.34

As a group, “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies have a potential downside of 3.45%. Given Volcon’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Volcon has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Volcon and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Volcon	-1,758.79%	-27.36%	-23.81%
Volcon Competitors	-219.52%	-30.54%	-14.81%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

50.6% of shares of all “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Volcon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.0% of shares of all “AUTO – DOMESTIC” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Volcon and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Volcon	$4.04 million	-$45.51 million	-0.30
Volcon Competitors	$24.00 billion	$511.60 million	15.14

Volcon’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Volcon. Volcon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

Volcon has a beta of -0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 161% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Volcon’s peers have a beta of 0.98, suggesting that their average stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Volcon peers beat Volcon on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

Volcon Company Profile

Volcon, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells electric off road powersport vehicles in the United States. It provides electric two and four-wheel motorcycles, and utility terrain vehicles through its dealers. The company also offers a line of upgrades and accessories. Its products are designed for family off-road adventures, and work on the farm and fun transport around private land applications. The company was formerly known as Frog ePowersports, Inc. and changed its name to Volcon, Inc. in October 2020. Volcon, Inc. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Round Rock, Texas.