DAN vs. THRM, LCII, DORM, AXL, SMP, MOD, ALSN, LEA, GNTX, and PHIN
Should you be buying Dana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dana include Gentherm (THRM), LCI Industries (LCII), Dorman Products (DORM), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Lear (LEA), Gentex (GNTX), and PHINIA (PHIN). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Gentherm (NASDAQ:THRM) and Dana (NYSE:DAN) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
97.1% of Gentherm shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Dana shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Gentherm shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Dana shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Gentherm has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dana has a beta of 2.46, suggesting that its stock price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gentherm has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dana. Gentherm is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gentherm has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Gentherm's net margin of 0.12%. Dana's return on equity of 13.56% beat Gentherm's return on equity.
Dana received 156 more outperform votes than Gentherm when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.47% of users gave Gentherm an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gentherm had 6 more articles in the media than Dana. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Gentherm and 2 mentions for Dana. Gentherm's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Dana's score of 1.16 indicating that Dana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gentherm presently has a consensus price target of $65.75, suggesting a potential upside of 31.16%. Dana has a consensus price target of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.88%. Given Dana's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Gentherm is more favorable than Dana.
Summary
Gentherm beats Dana on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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