IEP vs. APTV, MGA, ALV, GNTX, BWA, LEA, ALSN, MOD, VC, and DORM
Should you be buying Icahn Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Icahn Enterprises include Aptiv (APTV), Magna International (MGA), Autoliv (ALV), Gentex (GNTX), BorgWarner (BWA), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Visteon (VC), and Dorman Products (DORM). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) and Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Aptiv had 7 more articles in the media than Icahn Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Aptiv and 2 mentions for Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Aptiv's score of 0.33 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aptiv has higher revenue and earnings than Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aptiv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.2% of Aptiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Aptiv shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 90.1% of Icahn Enterprises 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.
Aptiv has a net margin of 14.87% compared to Aptiv's net margin of -4.30%. Icahn Enterprises' return on equity of 13.21% beat Aptiv's return on equity.
Aptiv has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Icahn Enterprises has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Aptiv presently has a consensus price target of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 32.96%. Icahn Enterprises has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 61.29%. Given Aptiv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Icahn Enterprises is more favorable than Aptiv.
Aptiv received 835 more outperform votes than Icahn Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.85% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave Icahn Enterprises an outperform vote.
Summary
Aptiv beats Icahn Enterprises on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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