Visteon (VC) Competitors

Visteon (NASDAQ:VC) and VinFast Auto (NASDAQ:VFS) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VC or VFS?

99.7% of Visteon shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Visteon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of VinFast Auto shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, VC or VFS?

Visteon has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VinFast Auto has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor VC or VFS?

In the previous week, VinFast Auto had 1 more articles in the media than Visteon. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for VinFast Auto and 23 mentions for Visteon. Visteon's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat VinFast Auto's score of 0.38 indicating that Visteon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Visteon	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
VinFast Auto	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VC or VFS?

Visteon received 36 more outperform votes than VinFast Auto when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 96.00% of users gave VinFast Auto an outperform vote while only 36.14% of users gave Visteon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Visteon	Outperform Votes 60 36.14%	Underperform Votes 106 63.86%
VinFast Auto	Outperform Votes 24 96.00%	Underperform Votes 1 4.00%

Do analysts rate VC or VFS?

Visteon currently has a consensus target price of $100.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.81%. VinFast Auto has a consensus target price of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 66.91%. Given VinFast Auto's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VinFast Auto is more favorable than Visteon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Visteon	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
VinFast Auto	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is VC or VFS more profitable?

Visteon has a net margin of 7.09% compared to VinFast Auto's net margin of -160.97%. Visteon's return on equity of 24.58% beat VinFast Auto's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Visteon	7.09%	24.58%	10.76%
VinFast Auto	-160.97%	N/A	-43.11%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, VC or VFS?

Visteon has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VinFast Auto. VinFast Auto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Visteon, 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
Visteon	$3.87B	0.56	$486M	$10.67	7.50
VinFast Auto	$44.02T	0.00	-$2.40B	-$1.10	-3.13

Summary

Visteon beats VinFast Auto on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.