CVGI vs HOG vs NIU Stock Comparison

Commercial Vehicle, Harley-Davidson and Niu Technologies Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HOG Harley-Davidson, Inc.
$29.44 +15.7% 1M +9.1% 1Y
Market cap
$3.08B
P/E
15.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.24B
Div. yield
–
Recreational Vehicles Consumer Discretionary
5 wins
NIU Niu Technologies
$1.90 -7.3% 1M -56.4% 1Y
Market cap
$149.73M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$678.78M
Div. yield
–
Recreational Vehicles Consumer Discretionary
1 win

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Harley-Davidson leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Harley-Davidson 5, Commercial Vehicle 2, Niu Technologies 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCVGIHOGNIULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $106.22M $3.08B $149.73M HOG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -4.6x 15.2x -5.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 39.8x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.4% -5.2% +63.4% NIU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.4% 4.8% -4.4% HOG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.9% 2.9% -19.6% CVGI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.0x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +84.8% +9.1% -56.4% CVGI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -21.6%/yr -4.5%/yr -40.6%/yr HOG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 82.4% 38.8% 59.5% HOG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 43/100 56/100 41/100 HOG

Percentile Scorecard

CVGIHOGNIU

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCVGIHOGNIU
Valuation 85 #32 of 203 45 #28 of 50 47 #27 of 50
Growth 35 #122 of 188 4 #46 of 48 53 #23 of 48
Profitability 28 #132 of 183 64 #17 of 46 33 #31 of 46
Financial Health 23 #168 of 217 77 #13 of 52 31 #36 of 52
Shareholder Returns – 90 #4 of 30 –
Overall 43 56 41
  • CVGI ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • HOG ranked among 56 companies in Automobiles and Components
  • NIU ranked among 56 companies in Automobiles and Components

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCVGIHOGNIUSPY
1 month +2.3%+15.7%-7.3% -0.2%
3 months -31.9%+16.4%-28.3% +3.9%
6 months -28.6%+25.8%-37.1% +8.2%
Year to date +111.8%+43.7%-37.3% +12.9%
1 year +84.8%+9.1%-56.4% +12.3%
3 years -55.5%+12.5%-3.6% +87.4%
3 years, per year -23.7%+4.0%-1.2% +23.3%
5 years -70.4%-20.4%-92.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year -21.6%-4.5%-40.6% +10.9%
10 years -37.5%-47.0%— +261.1%
10 years, per year -4.6%-6.1%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCVGIHOGNIUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 82.4%38.8%59.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 69.4%36.0%71.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.630.861.52 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.030.24-0.95 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -92.7%-66.8%-94.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -47.2%0.0%-56.4% -1.2%
52-week high $5.78$29.44$4.36 $779.14
52-week low $1.34$17.19$1.85 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCVGIHOGNIU
P/E now vs peer median -4.6xmedian 25.2x 15.3xmedian 19.4x -5.1xmedian 19.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 1.9x 0.7xmedian 0.5x 0.2xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.8xmedian 14.0x —median 8.3x —median 8.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -294.4xmedian 21.7x -23.0xmedian 9.4x —median 9.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 2.3x 1.0xmedian 0.9x 1.4xmedian 0.9x
PEG now vs peer median 0.14median 1.32 -0.51median 1.40 0.19median 1.40

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCVGIHOGNIU
Revenue $673.98M $4.24B $678.78M
Gross profit $75.61M $1.42B $123.64M
Operating income $13.41M $213.20M -$35.73M
Net income -$23.05M $195.71M -$30.56M
Free cash flow -$390.00K -$133.07M –
R&D – – $26.77M
EPS (diluted) $-0.66 $1.87 $-0.37
Cash & equivalents – $1.90B $163.70M
Total debt $91.78M $2.24B $227.75M
Shares (diluted) 34.77M 108.57M 79.86M
Enterprise value $106.22M -$5.48B -$541.15M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCVGIHOGNIU
P/E -4.6x 15.3x -5.1x
P/FCF -294.4x -23.0x –
P/Operating cash flow 10.7x -12,015x –
P/S 0.2x 0.7x 0.2x
P/B 0.8x 1.0x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 0.9x 1.0x 1.4x
EV/EBITDA 6.8x – –
EV/EBIT 15.4x 16.0x -0.6x
EV/Revenue 0.3x 0.8x 0.0x
EV/FCF -529.8x -25.6x –
EV/Operating cash flow 19.3x -13,375x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.14 -0.51 0.19

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCVGIHOGNIU
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.4% -5.2% 63.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -6.0% -11.1% 16.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.2% -25.3% 72.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -12.1% -18.3% 9.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 425.0% 15.0% -116.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -31.0% -38.9% -25.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 39.8% -16.4% -43.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -33.9% -36.8% -47.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 41.5% -6.1% -44.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -32.2% -29.8% -27.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 211.2% -100.0% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -49.8% -26.0% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 98.2% -116.2% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -26.1% -31.0% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCVGIHOGNIU
Gross margin 11.2% 33.4% 18.2%
EBITDA margin 4.5% – –
Operating margin 2.0% 5.0% -5.3%
Pretax margin -2.4% 6.8% -4.7%
Net margin -3.4% 4.8% -4.4%
FCF margin -0.1% -3.1% –
Operating cash flow margin 1.6% 0.0% –
Return on equity -17.3% 6.3% -27.2%
Return on assets -5.3% 2.7% -6.3%
Return on invested capital 5.9% 2.9% -19.6%
Return on capital employed 4.9% 4.4% -42.2%
Asset turnover 1.6x 0.6x 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.5x 0.0x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCVGIHOGNIU
Debt / assets 20.2% 30.9% 12.8%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.7x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.0x – –
Debt / FCF -235.3x -16.9x –
Liabilities / assets 70.1% 57.0% 79.4%
Equity / assets 29.9% 43.0% 20.6%
Interest coverage 0.9x 0.7x -40.4x
Current ratio 2.0x 1.9x 1.0x
Quick ratio – 0.9x 0.5x
Cash ratio – 0.8x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 1.88 2.22 0.82

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCVGIHOGNIU
Dividend yield – 2.5% –
Net buyback yield – 11.8% –
Shareholder yield – 14.3% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCVGIHOGNIU
Forward P/E – 39.8xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.20FY2026 $0.74FY2026 $-0.37FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -73.4%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +147.3% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $777.74MFY2026 $4.11BFY2026 $758.50MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.8%FY2026 +14.8%FY2026 +23.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.3% +2.9% +20.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCVGIHOGNIU
Held by institutions 60.7% 100.0% 7.2%
Institutions holding 111 439 50
Change in shares held, QoQ +55.8% +3.1% -17.0%
Institutions buying 80 219 21
Institutions selling 20 122 17
Buyers to sellers 4.00 1.80 1.24

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CVGIHOGNIU
CVGI 1.00 0.02 0.12
HOG 0.02 1.00 0.13
NIU 0.12 0.13 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CVGI, HOG and NIU?

Harley-Davidson (HOG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Commercial Vehicle (CVGI) $106.22M, Harley-Davidson (HOG) $3.08B, Niu Technologies (NIU) $149.73M.

Which company is growing faster?

Niu Technologies (NIU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Commercial Vehicle (CVGI) -0.4%, Harley-Davidson (HOG) -5.2%, Niu Technologies (NIU) +63.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Harley-Davidson (HOG) has the highest net margin (Commercial Vehicle (CVGI) -3.4%, Harley-Davidson (HOG) 4.8%, Niu Technologies (NIU) -4.4%). On return on invested capital, Commercial Vehicle (CVGI) leads (Commercial Vehicle (CVGI) 5.9%, Harley-Davidson (HOG) 2.9%, Niu Technologies (NIU) -19.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Commercial Vehicle (CVGI) returned the most: Commercial Vehicle (CVGI) +84.8%, Harley-Davidson (HOG) +9.1%, Niu Technologies (NIU) -56.4%. Over five years, Harley-Davidson (HOG) compounded fastest (Commercial Vehicle (CVGI) -21.6%/yr, Harley-Davidson (HOG) -4.5%/yr, Niu Technologies (NIU) -40.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Harley-Davidson (HOG) has been the steadiest (Commercial Vehicle (CVGI) 82.4%, Harley-Davidson (HOG) 38.8%, Niu Technologies (NIU) 59.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CVGI, HOG and NIU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Harley-Davidson (HOG) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.