DAN vs. THRM, LCII, DORM, AXL, SMP, MOD, ALSN, LEA, PHIN, and GTX
Should you be buying Dana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dana include Gentherm (THRM), LCI Industries (LCII), Dorman Products (DORM), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Lear (LEA), PHINIA (PHIN), and Garrett Motion (GTX). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Dana (NYSE:DAN) and Gentherm (NASDAQ:THRM) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
96.8% of Dana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Gentherm shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Dana shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Gentherm shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dana has a beta of 2.46, suggesting that its share price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentherm has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Gentherm had 4 more articles in the media than Dana. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Gentherm and 18 mentions for Dana. Gentherm's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Dana's score of 0.23 indicating that Gentherm is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dana received 156 more outperform votes than Gentherm when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.47% of users gave Gentherm an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.
Dana presently has a consensus price target of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.13%. Gentherm has a consensus price target of $65.75, indicating a potential upside of 27.69%. Given Gentherm's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gentherm is more favorable than Dana.
Gentherm has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dana. Gentherm is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gentherm has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Dana's net margin of 0.12%. Gentherm's return on equity of 13.56% beat Dana's return on equity.
Summary
Gentherm beats Dana on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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