Faraday Future Intelligent Electric (NASDAQ:FFAI – Get Free Report) and Wabash National (NYSE:WNC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Faraday Future Intelligent Electric and Wabash National”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Faraday Future Intelligent Electric | $540,000.00 | 135.97 | -$390.70 million | ($1.86) | -0.13 |
| Wabash National | $1.54 billion | 0.35 | $211.45 million | ($1.60) | -8.28 |
Risk and Volatility
Faraday Future Intelligent Electric has a beta of 5.58, suggesting that its share price is 458% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wabash National has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Faraday Future Intelligent Electric and Wabash National, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Faraday Future Intelligent Electric | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Wabash National | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Faraday Future Intelligent Electric presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,969.54%. Wabash National has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.45%. Given Faraday Future Intelligent Electric’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Faraday Future Intelligent Electric is more favorable than Wabash National.
Profitability
This table compares Faraday Future Intelligent Electric and Wabash National’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% |
| Wabash National | -4.41% | -30.16% | -8.79% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
71.7% of Faraday Future Intelligent Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Wabash National shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Faraday Future Intelligent Electric shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Wabash National shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Wabash National beats Faraday Future Intelligent Electric on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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 Wabash National
Wabash National Corporation provides connected solutions for the transportation, logistics, and distribution industries primarily in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Transportation Solutions and Parts & Services. The Transportation Solutions segment designs and manufactures transportation-related equipment and products dry and refrigerated van trailers, platform trailers, tank trailers, and truck-mounted tanks; truck bodies for dry-freight transportation; cargo and cargo XL bodies for commercial applications; refrigerated truck bodies; platform truck bodies; and used trailers, as well as laminated hardwood oak flooring products. The Parts & Services segment provides aftermarket parts and services; steel flatbed bodies, truck body mounting, shelving for package delivery, partitions, roof racks, hitches, liftgates, thermal solutions, and others; truck body repair parts; and door repair and replacement, collision repair, and basic maintenance services. It also develops and scales a digital marketplace for the transportation and logistics distribution industry; operates a parts and services distribution platform; and stainless steel storage tanks and silos, mixers, and processors for the dairy, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, craft brewing, and biotech markets; trailers as a service; and composite products, including truck bodies, overhead doors, and other industrial application products, as well as used trailers. The company offers its products under the Wabash, DuraPlate, DuraPlateHD, DuraPlate AeroSkirt, and AeroSkirt CX brands, as well as EcoNex brand. It serves its products to truckload common carriers, leasing companies, private fleet carriers, less-than-truckload common carriers, and package carriers. Wabash National Corporation was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana.
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