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Visteon (VC) Competitors

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VC vs. GNTX, ADNT, ALV, APTV, AXL, BC, BWA, DAN, LEA, and MGA

Should you be buying Visteon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Visteon include Gentex (GNTX), Adient (ADNT), Autoliv (ALV), Aptiv (APTV), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Brunswick (BC), BorgWarner (BWA), Dana (DAN), Lear (LEA), and Magna International (MGA).

Visteon vs. Its Competitors

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

Gentex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Visteon. Visteon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gentex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Visteon$3.87B0.77$274M$10.6710.27
Gentex$2.31B2.25$404.49M$1.7113.57

99.7% of Visteon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Gentex shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Visteon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Gentex shares are held 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.

Visteon currently has a consensus price target of $106.58, suggesting a potential downside of 2.72%. Gentex has a consensus price target of $28.28, suggesting a potential upside of 21.89%. Given Gentex's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gentex is more favorable than Visteon.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Visteon
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
Gentex
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22

Visteon has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentex has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Visteon had 1 more articles in the media than Gentex. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Visteon and 14 mentions for Gentex. Gentex's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Visteon's score of 0.92 indicating that Gentex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Visteon
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gentex
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Gentex has a net margin of 17.01% compared to Visteon's net margin of 7.68%. Visteon's return on equity of 24.95% beat Gentex's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Visteon7.68% 24.95% 11.25%
Gentex 17.01%16.11%14.28%

Summary

Visteon beats Gentex on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VC vs. The Competition

MetricVisteonAUTO/TRUCK IndustryAuto SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.96B$5.93B$18.24B$9.41B
Dividend YieldN/A2.49%2.97%4.03%
P/E Ratio10.1945.7524.0319.80
Price / Sales0.7716.6534.4697.38
Price / Cash7.5826.7517.6828.17
Price / Book2.313.082.935.65
Net Income$274M$173.36M$812.57M$257.76M
7 Day Performance-0.74%2.20%2.87%3.16%
1 Month Performance21.06%17.28%12.17%13.43%
1 Year Performance1.81%22.71%1.22%16.53%

Visteon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VC
Visteon
3.9377 of 5 stars
$109.56
+0.4%
$106.58
-2.7%
+1.1%$2.96B$3.87B10.1910,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
GNTX
Gentex
3.9383 of 5 stars
$23.06
-0.1%
$28.28
+22.6%
-30.5%$5.18B$2.30B13.496,184Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Buyback Announcement
ADNT
Adient
4.0894 of 5 stars
$22.98
+1.1%
$18.56
-19.2%
-9.8%$1.93B$14.69B-7.1870,000News Coverage
ALV
Autoliv
4.2018 of 5 stars
$117.69
+0.0%
$119.31
+1.4%
+15.8%$9.10B$10.39B13.5465,200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
APTV
Aptiv
4.8864 of 5 stars
$70.50
+1.8%
$80.38
+14.0%
+0.2%$15.35B$19.64B11.67141,000Positive News
AXL
American Axle & Manufacturing
2.1899 of 5 stars
$4.81
+9.0%
$6.43
+33.7%
-35.1%$570.41M$5.93B28.2819,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BC
Brunswick
4.6748 of 5 stars
$59.61
-1.6%
$70.00
+17.4%
-23.6%$3.92B$5.09B49.2715,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BWA
BorgWarner
4.2834 of 5 stars
$35.68
+0.7%
$38.36
+7.5%
+8.4%$7.84B$14.01B28.5438,300Positive News
DAN
Dana
4.8542 of 5 stars
$17.16
+1.8%
$20.57
+19.9%
+36.3%$2.50B$9.90B-71.4839,600News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
LEA
Lear
4.5994 of 5 stars
$107.30
+0.7%
$110.45
+2.9%
-10.7%$5.74B$23.31B12.58173,700Upcoming Earnings
MGA
Magna International
4.0198 of 5 stars
$42.51
+1.3%
$42.67
+0.4%
-4.7%$11.98B$42.84B10.63170,000

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This page (NASDAQ:VC) was last updated on 7/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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