Adient (ADNT) Competitors

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

Does the media favor ADNT or IEP?

In the previous week, Adient had 10 more articles in the media than Icahn Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Adient and 3 mentions for Icahn Enterprises. Adient's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Icahn Enterprises' score of 0.15 indicating that Adient is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adient	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Icahn Enterprises	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ADNT or IEP a better dividend stock?

Adient pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Icahn Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.4%. Adient pays out -34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Icahn Enterprises pays out -121.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Icahn Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, ADNT or IEP?

Adient has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Icahn Enterprises has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ADNT or IEP?

Adient currently has a consensus target price of $18.22, suggesting a potential upside of 20.56%. Given Adient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Adient is more favorable than Icahn Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adient	3 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.70
Icahn Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ADNT or IEP?

Adient has higher revenue and earnings than Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adient, 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
Adient	$14.38B	0.09	$18M	-$3.20	-4.72
Icahn Enterprises	$9.64B	0.48	-$684M	-$1.65	-5.19

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ADNT or IEP?

Adient received 325 more outperform votes than Icahn Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.77% of users gave Icahn Enterprises an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave Adient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adient	Outperform Votes 588 58.39%	Underperform Votes 419 41.61%
Icahn Enterprises	Outperform Votes 263 62.77%	Underperform Votes 156 37.23%

Is ADNT or IEP more profitable?

Adient has a net margin of -0.01% compared to Icahn Enterprises' net margin of -4.79%. Adient's return on equity of 6.94% beat Icahn Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adient	-0.01%	6.94%	1.77%
Icahn Enterprises	-4.79%	-8.82%	-2.53%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ADNT or IEP?

92.4% of Adient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Adient shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 90.1% of Icahn Enterprises 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.

Summary

Adient beats Icahn Enterprises on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.