ALV vs. BWA, GNTX, LEA, ALSN, MGA, MOD, VC, LCII, DORM, and ADNT
Should you be buying Autoliv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autoliv include BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Magna International (MGA), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Visteon (VC), LCI Industries (LCII), Dorman Products (DORM), and Adient (ADNT). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Autoliv (NYSE:ALV) and BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
69.6% of Autoliv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of BorgWarner shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Autoliv shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of BorgWarner shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BorgWarner received 116 more outperform votes than Autoliv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.23% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote while only 48.57% of users gave Autoliv an outperform vote.
Autoliv has a net margin of 5.10% compared to BorgWarner's net margin of 4.02%. Autoliv's return on equity of 29.84% beat BorgWarner's return on equity.
Autoliv has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BorgWarner has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BorgWarner had 3 more articles in the media than Autoliv. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for BorgWarner and 4 mentions for Autoliv. BorgWarner's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Autoliv's score of 0.86 indicating that BorgWarner is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Autoliv pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. BorgWarner pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Autoliv pays out 42.4% 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.
Autoliv presently has a consensus price target of $128.22, suggesting a potential upside of 2.36%. BorgWarner has a consensus price target of $43.76, suggesting a potential upside of 18.70%. Given BorgWarner's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BorgWarner is more favorable than Autoliv.
BorgWarner has higher revenue and earnings than Autoliv. BorgWarner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Autoliv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BorgWarner beats Autoliv on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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