LCII vs. BWA, GNTX, LEA, ALSN, MOD, DORM, DAN, THRM, AXL, and SMP
Should you be buying LCI Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LCI Industries include BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), and Standard Motor Products (SMP). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) and LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
BorgWarner received 357 more outperform votes than LCI Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.07% of users gave LCI Industries an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote.
In the previous week, BorgWarner had 9 more articles in the media than LCI Industries. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for BorgWarner and 3 mentions for LCI Industries. LCI Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat BorgWarner's score of 1.15 indicating that BorgWarner is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.7% of BorgWarner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of LCI Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of BorgWarner shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of LCI Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BorgWarner currently has a consensus price target of $43.76, indicating a potential upside of 26.45%. LCI Industries has a consensus price target of $104.80, indicating a potential upside of 0.49%. Given LCI Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BorgWarner is more favorable than LCI Industries.
BorgWarner has a net margin of 4.02% compared to BorgWarner's net margin of 2.47%. LCI Industries' return on equity of 15.33% beat BorgWarner's return on equity.
BorgWarner has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LCI Industries has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BorgWarner has higher revenue and earnings than LCI Industries. BorgWarner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LCI Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BorgWarner pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. LCI Industries pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. BorgWarner pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LCI Industries pays out 114.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LCI Industries has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. LCI Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
BorgWarner beats LCI Industries on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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