Gentherm (THRM) Competitors

Dana (NYSE:DAN) and Gentherm (NASDAQ:THRM) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DAN or THRM?

96.8% of Dana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Gentherm shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Dana shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Gentherm shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer DAN or THRM?

Dana presently has a consensus target price of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.88%. Gentherm has a consensus target price of $65.75, indicating a potential upside of 31.16%. Given Dana's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gentherm is more favorable than Dana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dana	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Gentherm	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is DAN or THRM more profitable?

Gentherm has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Gentherm's net margin of 0.12%. Dana's return on equity of 13.56% beat Gentherm's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dana	0.12%	5.42%	1.12%
Gentherm	3.23%	13.56%	7.17%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DAN or THRM?

Dana received 156 more outperform votes than Gentherm when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.47% of users gave Gentherm an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dana	Outperform Votes 533 60.09%	Underperform Votes 354 39.91%
Gentherm	Outperform Votes 377 63.47%	Underperform Votes 217 36.53%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DAN or THRM?

Gentherm has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dana. Gentherm is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dana	$10.56B	0.19	$38M	$0.09	155.57
Gentherm	$1.47B	1.08	$40.34M	$1.46	34.47

Does the media prefer DAN or THRM?

In the previous week, Gentherm had 6 more articles in the media than Dana. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Gentherm and 2 mentions for Dana. Gentherm's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Dana's score of 1.16 indicating that Dana is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dana	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gentherm	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, DAN or THRM?

Dana has a beta of 2.46, suggesting that its stock price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentherm has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gentherm beats Dana on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.