BWA vs. LEA, GNTX, ALSN, MOD, DORM, LCII, ALV, VC, ADNT, and GTX
Should you be buying BorgWarner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BorgWarner include Lear (LEA), Gentex (GNTX), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Autoliv (ALV), Visteon (VC), Adient (ADNT), and Garrett Motion (GTX). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Lear (NYSE:LEA) and BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
BorgWarner has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lear. BorgWarner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lear currently has a consensus target price of $161.44, indicating a potential upside of 29.89%. BorgWarner has a consensus target price of $44.30, indicating a potential upside of 34.76%. Given Lear's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BorgWarner is more favorable than Lear.
Lear pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. BorgWarner pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Lear pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BorgWarner pays out 16.5% 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.
BorgWarner has a net margin of 3.94% compared to BorgWarner's net margin of 2.44%. Lear's return on equity of 14.69% beat BorgWarner's return on equity.
Lear received 18 more outperform votes than BorgWarner when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.15% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote while only 58.66% of users gave Lear an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lear had 36 more articles in the media than BorgWarner. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Lear and 12 mentions for BorgWarner. Lear's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat BorgWarner's score of 0.35 indicating that BorgWarner is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lear has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BorgWarner has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.0% of Lear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of BorgWarner shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Lear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of BorgWarner shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
BorgWarner beats Lear on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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