LKQ vs. VC, DORM, GPC, POOL, DLPH, SRI, WEYS, VOXX, CTNT, and CMI
Should you be buying LKQ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LKQ include Visteon (VC), Dorman Products (DORM), Genuine Parts (GPC), Pool (POOL), Delphi Technologies (DLPH), Stoneridge (SRI), Weyco Group (WEYS), VOXX International (VOXX), Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service (CTNT), and Cummins (CMI).
LKQ (NASDAQ:LKQ) and Visteon (NASDAQ:VC) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
95.6% of LKQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Visteon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of LKQ shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Visteon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
LKQ presently has a consensus target price of $61.60, suggesting a potential upside of 45.76%. Visteon has a consensus target price of $138.73, suggesting a potential upside of 31.78%. Given LKQ's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe LKQ is more favorable than Visteon.
LKQ received 423 more outperform votes than Visteon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.97% of users gave LKQ an outperform vote while only 32.33% of users gave Visteon an outperform vote.
LKQ has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Visteon has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LKQ has higher revenue and earnings than Visteon. Visteon 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, LKQ had 3 more articles in the media than Visteon. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for LKQ and 3 mentions for Visteon. Visteon's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat LKQ's score of 1.67 indicating that Visteon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Visteon has a net margin of 12.60% compared to LKQ's net margin of 5.79%. Visteon's return on equity of 53.49% beat LKQ's return on equity.
Summary
LKQ and Visteon tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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