Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN – Get Free Report) and Isuzu Motors (OTCMKTS:ISUZY – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and risk.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Rivian Automotive and Isuzu Motors”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Rivian Automotive | $5.39 billion | 4.19 | -$3.65 billion | ($2.58) | -6.04 |
| Isuzu Motors | $23.11 billion | 0.42 | $890.18 million | $1.35 | 10.32 |
Risk and Volatility
Rivian Automotive has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Isuzu Motors has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
66.2% of Rivian Automotive shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Rivian Automotive shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Rivian Automotive and Isuzu Motors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Rivian Automotive | -54.96% | -73.90% | -23.91% |
| Isuzu Motors | 4.08% | 8.67% | 3.98% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Rivian Automotive and Isuzu Motors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Rivian Automotive | 7 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 2.19 |
| Isuzu Motors | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Rivian Automotive presently has a consensus price target of $18.95, indicating a potential upside of 21.62%. Given Rivian Automotive’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Rivian Automotive is more favorable than Isuzu Motors.
About Rivian Automotive
Rivian Automotive, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells electric vehicles and accessories. The company offers consumer vehicles, including a two-row, five-passenger pickup truck under the R1T brand, a three-row, seven-passenger sport utility vehicle under the R1S name. It provides consumer services, such as digital financing and leasing, telematics-based insurance, vehicle maintenance and repair services, software services, and charging solutions. In addition, the company designs, develops, manufactures, and operates the Rivian Adventure Network Direct Current fast chargers, and offers access to Combined Charging Standard, as well as FleetOS, a proprietary, end-to-end centralized fleet management subscription platform. Further, it offers Rivian Commercial Van platform for Electric Delivery Van with collaboration with Amazon.com, Inc. The company sells its products directly to customers in the consumer and commercial markets. Rivian Automotive, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Irvine, California.
About Isuzu Motors
Isuzu Motors Limited manufactures and sells commercial vehicles, light commercial vehicles, and diesel engines and components worldwide. Its products include heavy and medium duty trucks and buses, and light-duty trucks; passenger pickup vehicles, pickup trucks, and SUVs; and marine and industrial engines. The company also supplies diesel engines to manufacturers in various fields, including construction machinery, agricultural equipment, power generators, and commercial vessels. In addition, it provides after-sales services; repair services of commercial vehicles and buses; and commercial vehicle leasing, and maintenance contract services. Further, the company manufactures automobile parts and engines. Additionally, it engages in the import, wholesale, supply, and export of vehicles, and components and parts; and logistics management activities, as well as import, assembly, and wholesale of pickup trucks and derivatives. The company was formerly known as Diesel Automobile Industry Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Isuzu Motors Limited in July 1949. Isuzu Motors Limited was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Yokohama-shi, Japan.
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