HOG vs THO vs NIU Stock Comparison

Harley-Davidson, Thor Industries and Niu Technologies Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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HOG Harley-Davidson, Inc.
$32.60 +20.9% 1M +28.2% 1Y
Market cap
$3.29B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.98B
Div. yield
2.30%
Recreational Vehicles Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
THO Thor Industries Inc
$82.26 +21.5% 1M -21.1% 1Y
Market cap
$4.25B
P/E
24.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.61B
Div. yield
2.55%
Recreational Vehicles Consumer Discretionary
6 wins
NIU Niu Technologies
$1.74 -9.4% 1M -55.4% 1Y
Market cap
$136.11M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$678.78M
Div. yield
–
Recreational Vehicles Consumer Discretionary
1 win

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Thor Industries leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Thor Industries 6, Harley-Davidson 3, Niu Technologies 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHOGTHONIULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.29B $4.25B $136.11M THO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -25.5x 24.3x -4.7x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 40.7x 23.6x — THO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -14.6% +0.3% +63.4% NIU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.3% 1.8% -4.4% THO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -4.0% 4.3% -19.6% THO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.8x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.30% 2.55% — THO
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +28.2% -21.1% -55.4% HOG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -3.1%/yr -5.4%/yr -41.9%/yr HOG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 39.4% 40.8% 59.3% HOG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 55/100 39/100 THO

Percentile Scorecard

HOGTHONIU

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

AxisHOGTHONIU
Valuation 58 #21 of 49 67 #17 of 49 46 #27 of 49
Growth 4 #47 of 49 13 #43 of 49 46 #27 of 49
Profitability 46 #26 of 47 63 #18 of 47 33 #32 of 47
Financial Health 71 #16 of 53 83 #10 of 53 31 #37 of 53
Shareholder Returns 93 #3 of 30 48 #16 of 30 –
Overall 55 55 39
  • HOG ranked among 55 companies in Automobiles and Components
  • THO ranked among 55 companies in Automobiles and Components
  • NIU ranked among 55 companies in Automobiles and Components

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHOGTHONIUSPY
1 month +20.9%+21.5%-9.4% -5.9%
3 months +26.9%+6.0%-29.0% -4.6%
6 months +37.9%+6.9%-44.6% +0.2%
Year to date +59.1%-19.9%-42.6% +7.5%
1 year +28.2%-21.1%-55.4% +8.2%
3 years +17.4%-14.9%-22.7% +68.3%
3 years, per year +5.5%-5.2%-8.2% +19.0%
5 years -14.5%-24.3%-93.3% +56.5%
5 years, per year -3.1%-5.4%-41.9% +9.4%
10 years -41.7%+9.4%— +251.5%
10 years, per year -5.2%+0.9%— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureHOGTHONIUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 39.4%40.8%59.3% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.0%41.1%71.1% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.820.921.38 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.72-0.52-0.93 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -66.8%-50.5%-93.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.8%-31.6%-58.5% -5.9%
52-week high $34.59$120.34$4.19 $779.14
52-week low $17.19$63.86$1.74 $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.

MultipleHOGTHONIU
P/E now vs peer median -25.5xmedian 20.2x 24.3xmedian 20.2x -4.7xmedian 20.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 0.5x 0.4xmedian 0.5x 0.2xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 8.3x 8.1xmedian 8.3x —median 8.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 10.6xmedian 9.9x 25.1xmedian 9.9x —median 9.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 0.9x 1.0xmedian 0.9x 1.3xmedian 0.9x
PEG now vs peer median 0.82median 0.73 -1.14median 0.73 0.17median 0.73

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 monthsHOGTHONIU
Revenue $3.98B $9.61B $678.78M
Gross profit $1.26B $1.21B $123.64M
Operating income -$224.25M $309.23M -$35.73M
Net income -$138.51M $179.04M -$30.56M
Free cash flow $311.94M $168.84M –
R&D – – $26.77M
EPS (diluted) $-1.24 $3.38 $-0.37
Cash & equivalents $2.08B $481.99M $163.70M
Total debt $2.34B $928.80M $65.81M
Shares (diluted) 106.59M 52.56M 79.86M
Enterprise value -$5.56B $2.64B -$554.77M

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
MetricHOGTHONIU
P/E -25.5x 24.3x -4.7x
P/FCF 10.6x 25.1x –
P/Operating cash flow 7.7x 13.2x –
P/S 0.8x 0.4x 0.2x
P/B 1.1x 1.0x 1.3x
P/Tangible book 1.1x 1.2x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA – 8.1x –
EV/EBIT -15.9x 15.2x -0.2x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 0.5x 0.0x
EV/FCF 11.4x 27.8x –
EV/Operating cash flow 8.3x 14.6x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.82 -1.14 0.17

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHOGTHONIU
Revenue growth (1Y) -14.6% 0.3% 63.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -12.4% -4.8% 16.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -34.1% -9.5% 72.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -21.1% -8.8% 9.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -140.5% -26.0% -116.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -31.6% -24.8% -25.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -128.1% -30.1% -43.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -30.0% -21.9% -47.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -130.1% -30.2% -44.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -31.0% -21.4% -27.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -22.2% -44.4% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -14.3% -31.1% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -20.4% -62.9% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -13.1% -39.8% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHOGTHONIU
Gross margin 31.5% 12.6% 18.2%
EBITDA margin – 6.0% –
Operating margin -5.6% 3.2% -5.3%
Pretax margin -3.7% 2.5% -4.7%
Net margin -3.3% 1.8% -4.4%
FCF margin 7.8% 1.8% –
Operating cash flow margin 10.7% 3.3% –
Return on equity -4.5% 4.1% -27.2%
Return on assets -1.9% 2.5% -6.3%
Return on invested capital -4.0% 4.3% -19.6%
Return on capital employed -4.5% 5.6% -42.2%
Asset turnover 0.5x 1.4x 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.1x 1.8x –
Stock comp / revenue – 0.3% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHOGTHONIU
Debt / assets 32.1% 13.4% 12.8%
Debt / equity 0.8x 0.2x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.8x –
Debt / FCF 7.5x 5.5x –
Liabilities / assets 58.2% 38.7% 79.4%
Equity / assets 41.8% 61.3% 20.6%
Interest coverage -0.9x – -40.4x
Current ratio 2.0x 1.8x 1.0x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.6x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.9x 0.3x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 2.01 3.58 0.80

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHOGTHONIU
Dividend yield 2.3% 2.6% –
Net buyback yield 10.7% 2.7% –
Shareholder yield 13.0% 5.3% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – 59.7% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 63.3% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 2.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 4.0% –

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.

ConsensusHOGTHONIU
Forward P/E 40.7xFY2026 23.6xFY2027 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.80FY2026 $3.49FY2027 $-0.37FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -71.2%FY2026 +3.3%FY2027 –
EPS growth, the year after +146.3% +34.1% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.08BFY2026 $9.03BFY2027 $758.39MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.9%FY2026 -6.1%FY2027 +23.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.7% +17.7% +20.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHOGTHONIU
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 7.2%
Institutions holding 441 411 50
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.1% +2.4% -17.0%
Institutions buying 219 179 21
Institutions selling 122 154 17
Buyers to sellers 1.80 1.16 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.

HOGTHONIU
HOG 1.00 0.42 0.11
THO 0.42 1.00 0.12
NIU 0.11 0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HOG, THO and NIU?

Thor Industries (THO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Harley-Davidson (HOG) $3.29B, Thor Industries (THO) $4.25B, Niu Technologies (NIU) $136.11M.

Which company is growing faster?

Niu Technologies (NIU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Harley-Davidson (HOG) -14.6%, Thor Industries (THO) +0.3%, Niu Technologies (NIU) +63.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Thor Industries (THO) has the highest net margin (Harley-Davidson (HOG) -3.3%, Thor Industries (THO) 1.8%, Niu Technologies (NIU) -4.4%). On return on invested capital, Thor Industries (THO) leads (Harley-Davidson (HOG) -4.0%, Thor Industries (THO) 4.3%, Niu Technologies (NIU) -19.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Harley-Davidson (HOG) returned the most: Harley-Davidson (HOG) +28.2%, Thor Industries (THO) -21.1%, Niu Technologies (NIU) -55.4%. Over five years, Harley-Davidson (HOG) compounded fastest (Harley-Davidson (HOG) -3.1%/yr, Thor Industries (THO) -5.4%/yr, Niu Technologies (NIU) -41.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Thor Industries (THO) has the highest dividend yield: Harley-Davidson (HOG) 2.30%, Thor Industries (THO) 2.55%. Niu Technologies (NIU) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Harley-Davidson (HOG) has been the steadiest (Harley-Davidson (HOG) 39.4%, Thor Industries (THO) 40.8%, Niu Technologies (NIU) 59.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HOG, THO 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, Thor Industries (THO) leads on 6. 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.