IEP vs. BWA, GNTX, LEA, ALSN, ALV, FSS, ITT, IAC, GFF, and VC
Should you be buying Icahn Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Icahn Enterprises include BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Autoliv (ALV), Federal Signal (FSS), ITT (ITT), IAC (IAC), Griffon (GFF), and Visteon (VC).
BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) and Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
BorgWarner received 396 more outperform votes than Icahn Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.83% of users gave Icahn Enterprises an outperform vote while only 59.21% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote.
95.7% of BorgWarner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of BorgWarner shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 90.1% of Icahn Enterprises 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.
BorgWarner has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Icahn Enterprises has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BorgWarner has a net margin of 4.02% compared to BorgWarner's net margin of -6.21%. Icahn Enterprises' return on equity of 15.33% beat BorgWarner's return on equity.
BorgWarner has higher revenue and earnings than Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BorgWarner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, BorgWarner had 34 more articles in the media than Icahn Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for BorgWarner and 2 mentions for Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat BorgWarner's score of 0.00 indicating that BorgWarner is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BorgWarner presently has a consensus price target of $43.93, indicating a potential upside of 20.54%. Icahn Enterprises has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 55.62%. Given BorgWarner's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Icahn Enterprises is more favorable than BorgWarner.
BorgWarner pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Icahn Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.1%. BorgWarner pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Icahn Enterprises pays out -221.0% 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. Icahn Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
BorgWarner beats Icahn Enterprises on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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