LCII vs. DORM, DAN, THRM, AXL, MOD, ALSN, LEA, GNTX, BWA, and VC
Should you be buying LCI Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LCI Industries include Dorman Products (DORM), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Lear (LEA), Gentex (GNTX), BorgWarner (BWA), and Visteon (VC). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) and LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Dorman Products has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LCI Industries. Dorman Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LCI Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dorman Products received 17 more outperform votes than LCI Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.07% of users gave LCI Industries an outperform vote while only 57.22% of users gave Dorman Products an outperform vote.
Dorman Products has a net margin of 8.10% compared to Dorman Products' net margin of 2.47%. LCI Industries' return on equity of 14.61% beat Dorman Products' return on equity.
84.7% of Dorman Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of LCI Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Dorman Products shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of LCI Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dorman Products presently has a consensus target price of $103.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.42%. LCI Industries has a consensus target price of $104.80, indicating a potential downside of 2.29%. Given LCI Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Dorman Products is more favorable than LCI Industries.
In the previous week, Dorman Products had 2 more articles in the media than LCI Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Dorman Products and 3 mentions for LCI Industries. LCI Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Dorman Products' score of 1.08 indicating that Dorman Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dorman Products has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LCI Industries has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Dorman Products beats LCI Industries on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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