LKQ vs. MGA, ALV, RIVN, NIO, BWA, GNTX, XPEV, OSK, LEA, and ALSN
Should you be buying LKQ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LKQ include Magna International (MGA), Autoliv (ALV), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), NIO (NIO), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), XPeng (XPEV), Oshkosh (OSK), Lear (LEA), and Allison Transmission (ALSN). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
LKQ (NASDAQ:LKQ) and Magna International (NYSE:MGA) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.
LKQ currently has a consensus target price of $61.60, indicating a potential upside of 39.33%. Magna International has a consensus target price of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.85%. Given LKQ's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe LKQ is more favorable than Magna International.
LKQ has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magna International has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LKQ has a net margin of 5.79% compared to Magna International's net margin of 2.35%. LKQ's return on equity of 15.94% beat Magna International's return on equity.
Magna International received 242 more outperform votes than LKQ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.97% of users gave LKQ an outperform vote while only 63.90% of users gave Magna International an outperform vote.
Magna International has higher revenue and earnings than LKQ. Magna International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LKQ, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Magna International had 19 more articles in the media than LKQ. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Magna International and 15 mentions for LKQ. LKQ's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Magna International's score of -0.46 indicating that LKQ is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.6% of LKQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.5% of Magna International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of LKQ shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Magna International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
LKQ pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Magna International pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. LKQ pays out 39.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Magna International pays out 54.3% 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.
Summary
LKQ beats Magna International on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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