Reviewing Nikola (NASDAQ:NKLA) & SRIVARU (NASDAQ:SVMH)

SRIVARU (NASDAQ:SVMH) and Nikola (NASDAQ:NKLA) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for SRIVARU and Nikola, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SRIVARU	0	0	0	0	0.00
Nikola	0	4	1	0	2.20

Nikola has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6,457.38%. Given Nikola’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nikola is more favorable than SRIVARU.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SRIVARU and Nikola”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SRIVARU	$40,000.00	142.19	-$11.43 million	N/A	N/A
Nikola	$75.53 million	0.15	-$966.28 million	($14.26)	-0.01

SRIVARU has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nikola.

Profitability

This table compares SRIVARU and Nikola’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SRIVARU	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nikola	-840.44%	-95.73%	-46.23%

Risk and Volatility

SRIVARU has a beta of -1.56, suggesting that its share price is 256% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nikola has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

6.7% of SRIVARU shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Nikola shares are held by institutional investors. 23.2% of SRIVARU shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Nikola shares are held 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.

About SRIVARU

Mobiv Acquisition Corp is a blank check company. It focuses on effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Mobiv Acquisition Corp is based in Newark, Delaware.

About Nikola

Nikola Corporation operates as a technology innovator and integrator that develops energy and transportation solutions in the United States and internationally. The company operates in truck and energy units. It commercializes battery electric vehicles (BEV) and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) to the trucking sector. In addition, it develops a network of hydrogen fueling stations; and offers BEV charging solutions for its FCEV and BEV customers, as well as other third-party customers. Further, its products include Nikola Tre Class 8 truck and the Nikola's Class 8 FCEV. Additionally, the company assembles, integrates, and commissions its vehicles in collaboration with its business partners and suppliers. Nikola Corporation founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.