VC vs. ALSN, ADNT, LCII, LAZR, DORM, DAN, THRM, GNTX, MOD, and ALV
Should you be buying Visteon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Visteon include Allison Transmission (ALSN), Adient (ADNT), LCI Industries (LCII), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), Dorman Products (DORM), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), Gentex (GNTX), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), and Autoliv (ALV). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Visteon vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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