Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) versus EVgo (NASDAQ:EVGO) Head-To-Head Contrast

EVgo (NASDAQ:EVGO) and Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and risk.

Volatility and Risk

EVgo has a beta of 2.87, indicating that its share price is 187% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bath & Body Works has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

17.4% of EVgo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Bath & Body Works shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of EVgo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bath & Body Works shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for EVgo and Bath & Body Works, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EVgo	2	1	6	0	2.44
Bath & Body Works	1	15	4	0	2.15

EVgo presently has a consensus target price of $2.93, indicating a potential upside of 140.05%. Bath & Body Works has a consensus target price of $22.13, indicating a potential upside of 27.78%. Given EVgo’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe EVgo is more favorable than Bath & Body Works.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares EVgo and Bath & Body Works”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EVgo	$384.09 million	1.00	-$41.57 million	($0.40)	-3.05
Bath & Body Works	$7.29 billion	0.48	$649.00 million	$3.84	4.51

Bath & Body Works has higher revenue and earnings than EVgo. EVgo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bath & Body Works, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares EVgo and Bath & Body Works’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EVgo	-13.50%	N/A	-5.75%
Bath & Body Works	10.83%	-53.48%	13.40%

Summary

Bath & Body Works beats EVgo on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About EVgo

EVgo, Inc. owns and operates a direct current fast charging network for electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States. The company offers electricity directly to drivers, who access its publicly available networked chargers; original equipment manufacturer charging and related services; fleet and rideshare public charging services; and charging as a service and fleet dedicated charging services. It also provides ancillary services, such as customization of digital applications, charging data integration, loyalty programs, access to chargers behind parking lot or garage pay gates, microtargeted advertising, and charging reservations; and hardware, design, and construction services for charging sites, as well as ongoing operations, maintenance, and networking and software integration solutions through eXtend. In addition, it offers PlugShare such as data, research, and advertising services and equipment procurement and operational services. EVgo, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.EVgo, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of EVgo Holdings LLC.

About Bath & Body Works

Bath & Body Works, Inc. is a specialty retailers and home to America’s Favorite Fragrances, offering a breadth of exclusive fragrances for the body and home, including the selling collections for fine fragrance mist, body lotion and body cream, 3-wick candles, home fragrance diffusers and liquid hand soap. The company was founded by Leslie Herbert Wexner in 1963 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.