Niu Technologies (NASDAQ:NIU) & Mobileye Global (NASDAQ:MBLY) Head-To-Head Comparison

Niu Technologies (NASDAQ:NIU) and Mobileye Global (NASDAQ:MBLY) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Niu Technologies and Mobileye Global, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Niu Technologies	1	1	0	0	1.50
Mobileye Global	2	13	9	1	2.36

Niu Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 62.41%. Mobileye Global has a consensus target price of $13.70, suggesting a potential upside of 36.16%. Given Niu Technologies’ higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Niu Technologies is more favorable than Mobileye Global.

Profitability

This table compares Niu Technologies and Mobileye Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Niu Technologies	-2.17%	-10.85%	-3.12%
Mobileye Global	-203.97%	0.33%	0.32%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Niu Technologies and Mobileye Global”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Niu Technologies	$616.02 million	0.27	-$5.63 million	($0.18)	-11.97
Mobileye Global	$1.89 billion	4.47	-$392.00 million	($5.04)	-2.00

Niu Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mobileye Global. Niu Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mobileye Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Niu Technologies has a beta of -0.13, meaning that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mobileye Global has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

75.1% of Niu Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.3% of Mobileye Global shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Niu Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Mobileye Global shares are held by 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

Mobileye Global beats Niu Technologies on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Niu Technologies

Niu Technologies designs, manufactures, and sells electric scooters in the People’s Republic of China, Europe, and internationally. The company offers RQi, NQi, MQi, SQi, UQi, F, and Gova series smart electric scooters, motorcycles, mopeds, and bicycles; KQi series kick-scooters; BQi series e-bikes; and Niu Aero Sports Bicycles. It also provides accessories and spare parts under the NIU brand name comprising scooter accessories, such as raincoats, gloves, knee pads, storage baskets and tail boxes, smart phone holders, backrests, and locks; lifestyle accessories, which includes T-shirts, coats, jeans, hats, bags, jewelry, notebooks, badges, key chain, and mugs; and performance upgrade components consisting of upgraded wheels, shock absorbers, brake calipers, and carbon fiber body panels. In addition, the company operates NIU app, which provides online repair request, service station locator, theft reporting, smart check, smart services, scooter status, historical riding data, and key diagnostics, as well as NIU cover, which provides insurance services. It sells and services its products through city partners and franchised stores, distributors, third-party e-commerce platforms, and its online store. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.

About Mobileye Global

Mobileye Global Inc. develops and deploys advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving technologies and solutions worldwide. The company operates through Mobileye and Other segments. It offers Driver Assist comprising ADAS and autonomous vehicle solutions that covers safety features, such as real-time detection of road users, geometry, semantics, and markings to provide safety alerts and emergency interventions; Cloud-Enhanced Driver Assist, a solution for drivers with interpretations of a scene in real-time; Mobileye SuperVision Lite, a navigation and assisted driving solution; and Mobileye SuperVision, an operational point-to-point assisted driving navigation solution on various road types and includes cloud-based enhancements, such as road experience management. The company also provides Mobileye Chauffeur, a first-generation solution for eyes-off/hands-off driving with a human driver still in the driver’s seat; Mobileye Drive, a self-driving system comprising of radar and lidar subsystems, as well as collision avoidance systems, including Mobileye 8 Connect for light and medium-duty vehicles, and Mobileye Shield+ for large vehicles. It serves original equipment manufacturers. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel. Mobileye Global Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Intel Overseas Funding Corporation.