XPEL vs. THRM, LVWR, FOXF, CTOS, PHIN, DAN, BLBD, WNC, KAR, and AXL
Should you be buying XPEL stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of XPEL include Gentherm (THRM), LiveWire Group (LVWR), Fox Factory (FOXF), Custom Truck One Source (CTOS), PHINIA (PHIN), Dana (DAN), Blue Bird (BLBD), Wabash National (WNC), OPENLANE (KAR), and American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
XPEL (NASDAQ:XPEL) and Gentherm (NASDAQ:THRM) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
XPEL has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gentherm. XPEL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gentherm, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gentherm received 334 more outperform votes than XPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.58% of users gave Gentherm an outperform vote while only 55.84% of users gave XPEL an outperform vote.
XPEL presently has a consensus price target of $74.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.62%. Gentherm has a consensus price target of $66.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.97%. Given XPEL's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe XPEL is more favorable than Gentherm.
XPEL has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentherm has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
75.1% of XPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Gentherm shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.6% of XPEL shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Gentherm shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
XPEL has a net margin of 13.32% compared to Gentherm's net margin of 2.75%. XPEL's return on equity of 34.38% beat Gentherm's return on equity.
In the previous week, Gentherm had 2 more articles in the media than XPEL. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gentherm and 3 mentions for XPEL. XPEL's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Gentherm's score of -0.15 indicating that XPEL is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
XPEL beats Gentherm on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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