BWA vs. LEA, GNTX, ALSN, MOD, DORM, LCII, ALV, VC, ADNT, and GTX
Should you be buying BorgWarner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BorgWarner include Lear (LEA), Gentex (GNTX), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Autoliv (ALV), Visteon (VC), Adient (ADNT), and Garrett Motion (GTX). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) and Lear (NYSE:LEA) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
Lear received 16 more outperform votes than BorgWarner when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.21% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote while only 58.70% of users gave Lear an outperform vote.
BorgWarner pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Lear pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. BorgWarner pays out 16.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lear pays out 33.6% 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.
BorgWarner has a net margin of 3.94% compared to Lear's net margin of 2.28%. BorgWarner's return on equity of 14.69% beat Lear's return on equity.
BorgWarner has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lear. BorgWarner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BorgWarner has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lear has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BorgWarner currently has a consensus price target of $43.93, suggesting a potential upside of 20.54%. Lear has a consensus price target of $160.33, suggesting a potential upside of 26.10%. Given Lear's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lear is more favorable than BorgWarner.
95.7% of BorgWarner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Lear shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of BorgWarner shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Lear shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, Lear had 17 more articles in the media than BorgWarner. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Lear and 33 mentions for BorgWarner. BorgWarner's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Lear's score of 0.31 indicating that BorgWarner is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
BorgWarner and Lear tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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