Dorman Products (DORM) Competitors

Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, dividends and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, DORM or APTV?

Dorman Products has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to DORM or APTV?

In the previous week, Aptiv had 13 more articles in the media than Dorman Products. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Aptiv and 2 mentions for Dorman Products. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Dorman Products' score of 0.58 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dorman Products	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aptiv	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend DORM or APTV?

Dorman Products currently has a consensus target price of $143.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.07%. Aptiv has a consensus target price of $81.56, indicating a potential upside of 17.97%. Given Aptiv's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Dorman Products.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dorman Products	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Aptiv	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DORM or APTV?

Aptiv received 812 more outperform votes than Dorman Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.07% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 58.12% of users gave Dorman Products an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dorman Products	Outperform Votes 333 58.12%	Underperform Votes 240 41.88%
Aptiv	Outperform Votes 1145 73.07%	Underperform Votes 422 26.93%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DORM or APTV?

Aptiv has higher revenue and earnings than Dorman Products. Aptiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dorman Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dorman Products	$2.05B	1.86	$129.26M	$6.97	17.89
Aptiv	$19.64B	0.77	$1.79B	$6.04	11.45

Is DORM or APTV more profitable?

Dorman Products has a net margin of 9.43% compared to Aptiv's net margin of 9.07%. Dorman Products' return on equity of 16.95% beat Aptiv's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dorman Products	9.43%	16.95%	8.84%
Aptiv	9.07%	15.63%	6.65%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DORM or APTV?

84.7% of Dorman Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Aptiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Dorman Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Aptiv shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Aptiv beats Dorman Products on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.