Visteon (VC) Competitors

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

Is ALSN or VC more profitable?

Allison Transmission has a net margin of 20.19% compared to Visteon's net margin of 3.48%. Allison Transmission's return on equity of 67.83% beat Visteon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allison Transmission	20.19%	67.83%	12.28%
Visteon	3.48%	21.99%	6.73%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ALSN or VC?

99.9% of Allison Transmission shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Allison Transmission shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Visteon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ALSN or VC?

Allison Transmission has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Visteon. Allison Transmission 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
Allison Transmission	$2.77 billion	1.75	$531 million	$6.08	8.73
Visteon	$3.76 billion	1.12	$124 million	$4.75	31.30

Does the media refer more to ALSN or VC?

In the previous week, Visteon had 4 more articles in the media than Allison Transmission. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Visteon and 6 mentions for Allison Transmission. Allison Transmission's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Visteon's score of 1.04 indicating that Allison Transmission is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Allison Transmission	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Visteon	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALSN or VC?

Allison Transmission received 578 more outperform votes than Visteon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.43% of users gave Allison Transmission an outperform vote while only 30.21% of users gave Visteon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Allison Transmission	Outperform Votes 607 63.43%	Underperform Votes 350 36.57%
Visteon	Outperform Votes 29 30.21%	Underperform Votes 67 69.79%

Do analysts prefer ALSN or VC?

Allison Transmission currently has a consensus target price of $44.57, indicating a potential downside of 15.70%. Visteon has a consensus target price of $159.85, indicating a potential upside of 7.42%. Given Visteon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Visteon is more favorable than Allison Transmission.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allison Transmission	3 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Visteon	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Which has more risk & volatility, ALSN or VC?

Allison Transmission has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Visteon has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Allison Transmission beats Visteon on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.