GNTX vs. BWA, IEP, LEA, ALSN, ALV, MOD, DORM, LCII, DAN, and VC
Should you be buying Gentex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gentex include BorgWarner (BWA), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Autoliv (ALV), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Dana (DAN), and Visteon (VC).
BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) and Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
BorgWarner pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. BorgWarner pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gentex pays out 25.4% 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.
BorgWarner has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentex has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BorgWarner has higher revenue and earnings than Gentex. BorgWarner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gentex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BorgWarner received 248 more outperform votes than Gentex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.55% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gentex had 8 more articles in the media than BorgWarner. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Gentex and 6 mentions for BorgWarner. Gentex's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat BorgWarner's score of 0.94 indicating that BorgWarner is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BorgWarner presently has a consensus target price of $43.76, suggesting a potential upside of 23.77%. Gentex has a consensus target price of $37.83, suggesting a potential upside of 10.92%. Given Gentex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BorgWarner is more favorable than Gentex.
Gentex has a net margin of 18.77% compared to Gentex's net margin of 4.02%. BorgWarner's return on equity of 19.19% beat Gentex's return on equity.
95.7% of BorgWarner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Gentex shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of BorgWarner shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Gentex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
BorgWarner beats Gentex on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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