ALV vs. APTV, MGA, BWA, GNTX, IEP, LEA, ALSN, MOD, VC, and DORM
Should you be buying Autoliv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autoliv include Aptiv (APTV), Magna International (MGA), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), 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.
Autoliv (NYSE:ALV) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Aptiv has higher revenue and earnings than Autoliv. Aptiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Autoliv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Autoliv has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Autoliv pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Aptiv pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Autoliv pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aptiv pays out 8.3% 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.
In the previous week, Aptiv had 3 more articles in the media than Autoliv. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Aptiv and 5 mentions for Autoliv. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Autoliv's score of 1.06 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aptiv has a net margin of 14.87% compared to Autoliv's net margin of 5.10%. Autoliv's return on equity of 29.84% beat Aptiv's return on equity.
Aptiv received 551 more outperform votes than Autoliv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.85% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 48.67% of users gave Autoliv an outperform vote.
Autoliv currently has a consensus target price of $129.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.51%. Aptiv has a consensus target price of $108.31, indicating a potential upside of 30.08%. Given Aptiv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Autoliv.
69.6% of Autoliv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Aptiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Autoliv shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Aptiv shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Aptiv beats Autoliv on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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