DORM vs. LCII, DAN, THRM, AXL, SMP, MOD, ALSN, LEA, BWA, and GNTX
Should you be buying Dorman Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dorman Products include LCI Industries (LCII), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Lear (LEA), BorgWarner (BWA), and Gentex (GNTX). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) and LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Dorman Products received 17 more outperform votes than LCI Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.20% of users gave LCI Industries an outperform vote while only 57.22% of users gave Dorman Products an outperform vote.
Dorman Products currently has a consensus price target of $103.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.25%. LCI Industries has a consensus price target of $104.20, indicating a potential downside of 2.47%. Given Dorman Products' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dorman Products is more favorable than LCI Industries.
84.7% of Dorman Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of LCI Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.0% of Dorman Products 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 has a net margin of 6.70% compared to LCI Industries' net margin of 1.70%. Dorman Products' return on equity of 12.92% beat LCI Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, Dorman Products had 1 more articles in the media than LCI Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Dorman Products and 2 mentions for LCI Industries. Dorman Products' average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat LCI Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Dorman Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dorman Products has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LCI Industries has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock 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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