CPS vs. AXL, LAZR, SMP, SRI, HLLY, CVGI, AEVA, INVZ, GOEV, and CAAS
Should you be buying Cooper-Standard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cooper-Standard include American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Stoneridge (SRI), Holley (HLLY), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), Aeva Technologies (AEVA), Innoviz Technologies (INVZ), Canoo (GOEV), and China Automotive Systems (CAAS). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE:AXL) and Cooper-Standard (NYSE:CPS) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
American Axle & Manufacturing has higher revenue and earnings than Cooper-Standard. American Axle & Manufacturing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cooper-Standard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, American Axle & Manufacturing had 9 more articles in the media than Cooper-Standard. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for American Axle & Manufacturing and 3 mentions for Cooper-Standard. Cooper-Standard's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat American Axle & Manufacturing's score of 0.31 indicating that American Axle & Manufacturing is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Axle & Manufacturing has a net margin of -0.13% compared to American Axle & Manufacturing's net margin of -3.68%. Cooper-Standard's return on equity of 1.92% beat American Axle & Manufacturing's return on equity.
American Axle & Manufacturing received 193 more outperform votes than Cooper-Standard when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.42% of users gave American Axle & Manufacturing an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Cooper-Standard an outperform vote.
American Axle & Manufacturing has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cooper-Standard has a beta of 2.79, indicating that its stock price is 179% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Axle & Manufacturing presently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.31%. Given Cooper-Standard's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe American Axle & Manufacturing is more favorable than Cooper-Standard.
91.4% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Cooper-Standard shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Cooper-Standard shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
American Axle & Manufacturing beats Cooper-Standard on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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