Visteon (VC) Competitors

Visteon (NASDAQ:VC) and Adient (NYSE:ADNT) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is VC or ADNT more profitable?

Visteon has a net margin of 7.61% compared to Adient's net margin of -1.53%. Visteon's return on equity of 23.22% beat Adient's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Visteon	7.61%	23.22%	10.65%
Adient	-1.53%	8.25%	2.02%

Do analysts recommend VC or ADNT?

Visteon currently has a consensus price target of $116.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.46%. Adient has a consensus price target of $21.06, indicating a potential downside of 8.71%. Given Visteon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Visteon is more favorable than Adient.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Visteon	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
Adient	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in VC or ADNT?

99.7% of Visteon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Adient shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Visteon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Adient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, VC or ADNT?

Visteon has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Adient. Adient 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	0.83	$274M	$10.49	11.22
Adient	$14.69B	0.13	$18M	-$2.65	-8.71

Does the media refer more to VC or ADNT?

In the previous week, Adient had 13 more articles in the media than Visteon. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Adient and 7 mentions for Visteon. Visteon's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Adient's score of 0.33 indicating that Visteon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Visteon	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Adient	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, VC or ADNT?

Visteon has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adient has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Visteon beats Adient on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.