Adient (ADNT) Competitors

LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII) and Adient (NYSE:ADNT) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is LCII or ADNT more profitable?

LCI Industries has a net margin of 1.70% compared to LCI Industries' net margin of 1.39%. LCI Industries' return on equity of 7.90% beat Adient's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LCI Industries	1.70%	4.70%	2.09%
Adient	1.39%	7.90%	2.13%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LCII or ADNT?

Adient received 274 more outperform votes than LCI Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.20% of users gave LCI Industries an outperform vote while only 60.02% of users gave Adient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LCI Industries	Outperform Votes 304 63.20%	Underperform Votes 177 36.80%
Adient	Outperform Votes 578 60.02%	Underperform Votes 385 39.98%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LCII or ADNT?

99.7% of LCI Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Adient shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of LCI Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Adient shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, LCII or ADNT?

Adient has higher revenue and earnings than LCI Industries. Adient 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	42.06
Adient	$15.40B	0.17	$205M	$2.24	12.87

Does the media refer more to LCII or ADNT?

In the previous week, LCI Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Adient. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for LCI Industries and 4 mentions for Adient. Adient's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat LCI Industries' score of -0.58 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
Adient	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Do analysts rate LCII or ADNT?

LCI Industries currently has a consensus price target of $104.20, indicating a potential downside of 1.39%. Adient has a consensus price target of $42.86, indicating a potential upside of 49.59%. Given LCI Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Adient 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
Adient	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Which has more volatility & risk, LCII or ADNT?

LCI Industries has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adient has a beta of 2.51, indicating that its share price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

LCI Industries and Adient tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.