ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT) versus Modine Manufacturing (NYSE:MOD) Financial Contrast

ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT) and Modine Manufacturing (NYSE:MOD) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ChargePoint and Modine Manufacturing”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ChargePoint	$411.22 million	0.44	-$220.20 million	($9.33)	-0.81
Modine Manufacturing	$3.18 billion	4.65	$184.00 million	$2.24	124.93

Modine Manufacturing has higher revenue and earnings than ChargePoint. ChargePoint is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Modine Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for ChargePoint and Modine Manufacturing, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ChargePoint	3	6	1	0	1.80
Modine Manufacturing	0	2	7	0	2.78

ChargePoint presently has a consensus price target of $8.63, indicating a potential upside of 13.77%. Modine Manufacturing has a consensus price target of $307.43, indicating a potential upside of 9.86%. Given ChargePoint’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ChargePoint is more favorable than Modine Manufacturing.

Profitability

This table compares ChargePoint and Modine Manufacturing’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ChargePoint	-53.55%	-276.06%	-20.17%
Modine Manufacturing	3.82%	24.39%	11.01%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

37.8% of ChargePoint shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of Modine Manufacturing shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of ChargePoint shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Modine Manufacturing shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

ChargePoint has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Modine Manufacturing has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Modine Manufacturing beats ChargePoint on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ChargePoint

ChargePoint Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides electric vehicle (EV) charging networks and charging solutions in the North America and Europe. The company serves commercial, such as retail, workplace, hospitality, parking, recreation, municipal, education, and highway fast charge; fleet, which include delivery, take home, logistics, motor pool, transit, and shared mobility; and residential including single family homes and multi-family apartments and condominiums customers. ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California.

About Modine Manufacturing

Modine Manufacturing Company provides thermal management products and solutions in the United States, Italy, Hungary, China, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments. The company offers heat transfer coils, including heat recovery and round tube plate fin coils; gas-fired, hydronic, electric and oilfired unit heaters; roof-mounted direct- and indirect-fired makeup air units; duct furnaces; infrared units; perimeter heating products; single packaged unit ventilators; modular chillers; air handler and condensing units; ceiling cassettes; evaporator unit coolers, remote condensers, fluid coolers, gas coolers, and dry and brine coolers; and motor and generator cooling coils, transformer oil coolers, radiators, dryers, and industrial heat exchangers. It also provides data center products consisting of IT cooling solutions, including precision air conditioning units for data center applications; computer room air conditioning and handler units; hybrid fan coils; fan walls; chillers; condensers; condensing units; and liquid cooling solutions for high-density computing, as well as replacement parts, maintenance service and control solutions for existing equipment and new building management controls and systems. In addition, the company offers powertrain cooling products, such as radiators, condensers, engine cooling modules, charge air coolers, fan shrouds, and surge tanks; cooling module generator sets; aluminum and stainless steel engine oil coolers, exhaust gas recirculation coolers, liquid charge air coolers, transmission and retarder oil coolers, and chillers; battery thermal management systems, electronics cooling packages, battery chillers, battery cooling plates, coolers and casings for electronics cooling, and coolers for electric axles; and coatings products and application services. Modine Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1916 and is headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin.