GNTX vs. LEA, BWA, IEP, ALSN, MOD, LCII, DORM, ALV, VC, and ADNT
Should you be buying Gentex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gentex include Lear (LEA), BorgWarner (BWA), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), LCI Industries (LCII), Dorman Products (DORM), Autoliv (ALV), Visteon (VC), and Adient (ADNT). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Lear (NYSE:LEA) and Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and community ranking.
Lear has higher revenue and earnings than Gentex. Lear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gentex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lear pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Lear pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gentex pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Lear had 12 more articles in the media than Gentex. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Lear and 13 mentions for Gentex. Lear's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Gentex's score of 0.41 indicating that Gentex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
97.0% of Lear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Gentex shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Lear shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Gentex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lear presently has a consensus target price of $162.44, indicating a potential upside of 19.03%. Gentex has a consensus target price of $37.83, indicating a potential upside of 10.04%. Given Gentex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lear is more favorable than Gentex.
Lear received 261 more outperform votes than Gentex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.68% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote while only 58.78% of users gave Lear an outperform vote.
Lear has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentex has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gentex has a net margin of 18.63% compared to Gentex's net margin of 2.44%. Lear's return on equity of 19.25% beat Gentex's return on equity.
Summary
Lear beats Gentex on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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