ALV vs. GNTX, BWA, LEA, ALSN, MGA, MOD, VC, LCII, DORM, and ADNT
Should you be buying Autoliv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autoliv include Gentex (GNTX), BorgWarner (BWA), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Magna International (MGA), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Visteon (VC), LCI Industries (LCII), Dorman Products (DORM), and Adient (ADNT). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) and Autoliv (NYSE:ALV) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
Autoliv has higher revenue and earnings than Gentex. Gentex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Autoliv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gentex has a net margin of 18.77% compared to Gentex's net margin of 5.10%. Gentex's return on equity of 29.84% beat Autoliv's return on equity.
Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Autoliv pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Gentex pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Autoliv pays out 42.4% 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. Autoliv has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Autoliv is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
86.8% of Gentex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Autoliv shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Gentex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Autoliv shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Gentex has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autoliv has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Gentex had 1 more articles in the media than Autoliv. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Gentex and 37 mentions for Autoliv. Gentex's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Autoliv's score of 0.35 indicating that Autoliv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Autoliv received 132 more outperform votes than Gentex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.58% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote while only 48.53% of users gave Autoliv an outperform vote.
Gentex currently has a consensus price target of $37.83, indicating a potential upside of 11.41%. Autoliv has a consensus price target of $125.90, indicating a potential upside of 4.49%. Given Autoliv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Gentex is more favorable than Autoliv.
Summary
Autoliv beats Gentex on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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