DORM vs. APTV, ALSN, BWA, GNTX, LEA, MOD, DAN, LCII, THRM, and SMP
Should you be buying Dorman Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dorman Products include Aptiv (APTV), Allison Transmission (ALSN), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dana (DAN), LCI Industries (LCII), Gentherm (THRM), and Standard Motor Products (SMP). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
Dorman Products vs. Its Competitors
Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) and Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Aptiv received 811 more outperform votes than Dorman Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.05% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 58.12% of users gave Dorman Products an outperform vote.
94.2% of Aptiv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of Dorman Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Aptiv shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Dorman Products shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Aptiv has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorman Products has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Aptiv had 2 more articles in the media than Dorman Products. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Aptiv and 3 mentions for Dorman Products. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Dorman Products' score of 0.70 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aptiv presently has a consensus target price of $82.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.47%. Dorman Products has a consensus target price of $143.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.90%. Given Aptiv's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Dorman Products.
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.
Summary
Aptiv beats Dorman Products on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:DORM) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
