LKQ vs. DORM, VC, GPC, POOL, DLPH, SRI, WEYS, VOXX, CTNT, and F
Should you be buying LKQ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LKQ include Dorman Products (DORM), Visteon (VC), Genuine Parts (GPC), Pool (POOL), Delphi Technologies (DLPH), Stoneridge (SRI), Weyco Group (WEYS), VOXX International (VOXX), Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service (CTNT), and Ford Motor (F).
Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) and LKQ (NASDAQ:LKQ) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
Dorman Products has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LKQ has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
84.7% of Dorman Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of LKQ shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Dorman Products shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of LKQ shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
LKQ received 148 more outperform votes than Dorman Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.15% of users gave LKQ an outperform vote while only 57.30% of users gave Dorman Products an outperform vote.
Dorman Products has a net margin of 8.75% compared to LKQ's net margin of 5.03%. Dorman Products' return on equity of 15.97% beat LKQ's return on equity.
In the previous week, LKQ had 5 more articles in the media than Dorman Products. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for LKQ and 3 mentions for Dorman Products. Dorman Products' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat LKQ's score of 0.37 indicating that Dorman Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dorman Products presently has a consensus price target of $103.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.50%. LKQ has a consensus price target of $60.80, suggesting a potential upside of 52.08%. Given LKQ's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LKQ is more favorable than Dorman Products.
LKQ has higher revenue and earnings than Dorman Products. LKQ 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
LKQ beats Dorman Products on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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