GNTX vs. BWA, IEP, LEA, ALSN, MOD, DORM, LCII, ALV, VC, and MGA
Should you be buying Gentex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gentex include BorgWarner (BWA), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Autoliv (ALV), Visteon (VC), and Magna International (MGA). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) and BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
86.8% of Gentex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of BorgWarner shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Gentex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BorgWarner shares are held by company 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.
Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. BorgWarner pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Gentex pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BorgWarner pays out 16.7% 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 received 248 more outperform votes than Gentex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.64% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote.
Gentex has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BorgWarner has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BorgWarner has higher revenue and earnings than Gentex. BorgWarner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gentex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, BorgWarner had 41 more articles in the media than Gentex. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for BorgWarner and 3 mentions for Gentex. BorgWarner's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Gentex's score of 0.24 indicating that BorgWarner is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gentex has a net margin of 18.77% compared to BorgWarner's net margin of 4.02%. Gentex's return on equity of 19.19% beat BorgWarner's return on equity.
Gentex currently has a consensus target price of $37.83, indicating a potential upside of 8.53%. BorgWarner has a consensus target price of $43.76, indicating a potential upside of 16.64%. Given BorgWarner's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BorgWarner is more favorable than Gentex.
Summary
BorgWarner beats Gentex on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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