BWA vs. APTV, GNTX, LEA, ALSN, MOD, DORM, LCII, DAN, THRM, and AXL
Should you be buying BorgWarner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BorgWarner include Aptiv (APTV), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), and American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) and BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Aptiv received 437 more outperform votes than BorgWarner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.85% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote.
Aptiv has higher revenue and earnings than BorgWarner. Aptiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BorgWarner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aptiv has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BorgWarner has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aptiv presently has a consensus price target of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 33.22%. BorgWarner has a consensus price target of $43.76, suggesting a potential upside of 25.47%. Given BorgWarner's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Aptiv is more favorable than BorgWarner.
Aptiv has a net margin of 14.87% compared to Aptiv's net margin of 4.02%. Aptiv's return on equity of 15.33% beat BorgWarner's return on equity.
Aptiv pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. BorgWarner pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Aptiv pays out 8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BorgWarner pays out 16.7% 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, BorgWarner had 4 more articles in the media than Aptiv. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for BorgWarner and 8 mentions for Aptiv. BorgWarner's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Aptiv's score of 1.03 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the media.
94.2% of Aptiv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of BorgWarner shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Aptiv shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BorgWarner shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Aptiv beats BorgWarner on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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