Visteon (VC) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate LCII or VC?

LCI Industries currently has a consensus price target of $104.20, indicating a potential downside of 1.30%. Visteon has a consensus price target of $143.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.40%. Given LCI Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Visteon is more favorable than LCI Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LCI Industries	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
Visteon	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

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

99.7% of LCI Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Visteon shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of LCI Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Visteon shares are held 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.

Is LCII or VC more profitable?

Visteon has a net margin of 12.29% compared to Visteon's net margin of 1.70%. LCI Industries' return on equity of 57.45% beat Visteon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LCI Industries	1.70%	4.70%	2.09%
Visteon	12.29%	57.45%	20.55%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LCII or VC?

LCI Industries received 262 more outperform votes than Visteon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.20% of users gave LCI Industries an outperform vote while only 32.56% of users gave Visteon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LCI Industries	Outperform Votes 304 63.20%	Underperform Votes 177 36.80%
Visteon	Outperform Votes 42 32.56%	Underperform Votes 87 67.44%

Which has more volatility and risk, LCII or VC?

LCI Industries has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Visteon has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LCII or VC?

Visteon has higher revenue and earnings than LCI Industries. Visteon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LCI Industries, 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
LCI Industries	$3.78B	0.72	$64.19M	$2.53	42.03
Visteon	$3.95B	0.75	$486M	$17.18	6.28

Does the media refer more to LCII or VC?

In the previous week, Visteon had 1 more articles in the media than LCI Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Visteon and 7 mentions for LCI Industries. Visteon's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat LCI Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that LCI Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LCI Industries	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Visteon	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Visteon beats LCI Industries on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.