DORM vs. LCII, DAN, THRM, AXL, MOD, ALSN, LEA, GNTX, BWA, and ADNT
Should you be buying Dorman Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dorman Products include LCI Industries (LCII), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Lear (LEA), Gentex (GNTX), BorgWarner (BWA), and Adient (ADNT). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII) and Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Dorman Products has a net margin of 8.10% compared to Dorman Products' net margin of 2.47%. LCI Industries' return on equity of 14.61% beat Dorman Products' return on equity.
In the previous week, LCI Industries had 11 more articles in the media than Dorman Products. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for LCI Industries and 10 mentions for Dorman Products. Dorman Products' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat LCI Industries' score of 0.72 indicating that LCI Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LCI Industries has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorman Products has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dorman Products has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LCI Industries. Dorman Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LCI Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dorman Products received 17 more outperform votes than LCI Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.07% of users gave LCI Industries an outperform vote while only 57.22% of users gave Dorman Products an outperform vote.
99.7% of LCI Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of Dorman Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of LCI Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Dorman Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
LCI Industries currently has a consensus price target of $104.80, indicating a potential downside of 4.66%. Dorman Products has a consensus price target of $103.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.78%. Given LCI Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dorman Products is more favorable than LCI Industries.
Summary
Dorman Products beats LCI Industries on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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