GNTX vs. IEP, ALV, APTV, BWA, LEA, ALSN, MOD, DORM, LCII, and DAN
Should you be buying Gentex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gentex include Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Autoliv (ALV), Aptiv (APTV), BorgWarner (BWA), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), and Dana (DAN). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) and Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
Gentex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gentex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gentex has a net margin of 18.77% compared to Gentex's net margin of -4.30%. Icahn Enterprises' return on equity of 19.19% beat Gentex's return on equity.
Icahn Enterprises has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentex has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
87.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Gentex shares are held by institutional investors. 90.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Gentex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Icahn Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.9%. Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Icahn Enterprises pays out -347.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gentex pays out 25.4% 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. Icahn Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Icahn Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 61.58%. Gentex has a consensus target price of $37.83, indicating a potential upside of 10.98%. Given Gentex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Icahn Enterprises is more favorable than Gentex.
Gentex received 151 more outperform votes than Icahn Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.68% of users gave Icahn Enterprises an outperform vote while only 61.42% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gentex had 5 more articles in the media than Icahn Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Gentex and 2 mentions for Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Gentex's score of 0.50 indicating that Gentex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Gentex beats Icahn Enterprises on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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