ADNT vs. MTOR, DAN, THRM, ALV, IEP, GNTX, BWA, ALSN, LEA, and MOD
Should you be buying Adient stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Adient include Meritor (MTOR), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), Autoliv (ALV), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Gentex (GNTX), BorgWarner (BWA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Lear (LEA), and Modine Manufacturing (MOD).
Adient (NYSE:ADNT) and Meritor (NYSE:MTOR) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, dividends and earnings.
Adient has higher revenue and earnings than Meritor. Meritor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Meritor has a net margin of 5.84% compared to Adient's net margin of 1.04%. Meritor's return on equity of 39.69% beat Adient's return on equity.
92.4% of Adient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Meritor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Adient shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Meritor 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.
Adient has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Meritor has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Adient had 7 more articles in the media than Meritor. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Adient and 0 mentions for Meritor. Meritor's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Adient's score of -0.21 indicating that Meritor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Adient received 119 more outperform votes than Meritor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.53% of users gave Meritor an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave Adient an outperform vote.
Adient presently has a consensus price target of $34.33, suggesting a potential upside of 36.95%. Given Adient's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Adient is more favorable than Meritor.
Summary
Meritor beats Adient on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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