VC vs. DORM, LCII, ADNT, GTX, DAN, PHIN, THRM, MOD, AXL, and ALSN
Should you be buying Visteon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Visteon include Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Adient (ADNT), Garrett Motion (GTX), Dana (DAN), PHINIA (PHIN), Gentherm (THRM), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), and Allison Transmission (ALSN). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Visteon (NASDAQ:VC) and Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
Visteon has higher revenue and earnings than Dorman Products. Visteon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dorman Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Visteon has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorman Products has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Visteon has a net margin of 12.60% compared to Dorman Products' net margin of 8.10%. Visteon's return on equity of 53.49% beat Dorman Products' return on equity.
Dorman Products received 278 more outperform votes than Visteon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.22% of users gave Dorman Products an outperform vote while only 32.33% of users gave Visteon an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Dorman Products had 10 more articles in the media than Visteon. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Dorman Products and 5 mentions for Visteon. Visteon's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Dorman Products' score of 0.41 indicating that Visteon is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.7% of Visteon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of Dorman Products shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Visteon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Dorman Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Visteon presently has a consensus target price of $141.75, suggesting a potential upside of 24.14%. Dorman Products has a consensus target price of $103.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.78%. Given Visteon's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Visteon is more favorable than Dorman Products.
Summary
Visteon beats Dorman Products on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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