LCII vs. DORM, DAN, THRM, AXL, SMP, MOD, ALSN, LEA, BWA, and GNTX
Should you be buying LCI Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LCI Industries include Dorman Products (DORM), 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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
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 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 has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LCI Industries has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dorman Products presently has a consensus price target of $103.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.71%. LCI Industries has a consensus price target of $104.20, indicating a potential downside of 3.18%. Given LCI Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Dorman Products is more favorable than LCI Industries.
Dorman Products has a net margin of 6.70% compared to Dorman Products' net margin of 1.70%. LCI Industries' return on equity of 12.92% beat Dorman Products' return on equity.
In the previous week, Dorman Products had 7 more articles in the media than LCI Industries. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Dorman Products and 4 mentions for LCI Industries. Dorman Products' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat LCI Industries' score of 0.33 indicating that LCI Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
84.7% of Dorman Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of LCI Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Dorman Products shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of LCI Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Dorman Products beats LCI Industries on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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