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$89.40 +1.41 (+1.60%)
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ALSN vs. GNTX, LKQ, PRTS, CAT, CMI, ITT, MOD, OSK, APTV, and BWA

Should you be buying Allison Transmission stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Allison Transmission include Gentex (GNTX), LKQ (LKQ), CarParts.com (PRTS), Caterpillar (CAT), Cummins (CMI), ITT (ITT), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Oshkosh (OSK), Aptiv (APTV), and BorgWarner (BWA).

Allison Transmission vs. Its Competitors

Allison Transmission (NYSE:ALSN) and Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Allison Transmission has a net margin of 23.55% compared to Gentex's net margin of 17.01%. Allison Transmission's return on equity of 46.97% beat Gentex's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Allison Transmission23.55% 46.97% 14.20%
Gentex 17.01%16.11%14.28%

Allison Transmission presently has a consensus price target of $98.38, indicating a potential upside of 10.04%. Gentex has a consensus price target of $28.28, indicating a potential upside of 3.13%. Given Allison Transmission's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Allison Transmission is more favorable than Gentex.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Allison Transmission
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Gentex
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22

96.9% of Allison Transmission shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Gentex shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Allison Transmission shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Gentex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Allison Transmission has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentex has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Allison Transmission has higher revenue and earnings than Gentex. Allison Transmission is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gentex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Allison Transmission$3.23B2.34$731M$8.6410.35
Gentex$2.31B2.66$404.49M$1.7116.04

In the previous week, Gentex had 14 more articles in the media than Allison Transmission. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Gentex and 14 mentions for Allison Transmission. Gentex's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Allison Transmission's score of 0.58 indicating that Gentex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Allison Transmission
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gentex
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Allison Transmission pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Allison Transmission pays out 12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gentex pays out 28.1% 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. Allison Transmission has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Summary

Allison Transmission beats Gentex on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ALSN vs. The Competition

MetricAllison TransmissionAUTO/TRUCK IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.41B$6.25B$18.25B$21.12B
Dividend Yield1.23%2.43%2.84%3.60%
P/E Ratio10.3547.0124.3928.44
Price / Sales2.3419.3241.9860.38
Price / Cash8.8027.2617.4722.92
Price / Book4.633.032.914.69
Net Income$731M$177.23M$812.99M$995.51M
7 Day Performance2.76%1.74%2.40%1.64%
1 Month Performance-3.83%17.62%13.53%5.92%
1 Year Performance5.93%20.53%4.20%11.50%

Allison Transmission Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALSN
Allison Transmission
4.6226 of 5 stars
$89.40
+1.6%
$98.38
+10.0%
+6.4%$7.41B$3.23B10.354,000
GNTX
Gentex
3.4551 of 5 stars
$23.15
+0.9%
$28.28
+22.2%
-27.4%$5.20B$2.31B13.546,184Trending News
Earnings Report
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
LKQ
LKQ
4.7363 of 5 stars
$37.11
0.0%
$52.60
+41.7%
-28.7%$9.58B$14.36B13.8547,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
PRTS
CarParts.com
3.3017 of 5 stars
$0.79
-0.4%
$1.93
+144.9%
-26.3%$46.37M$569.94M-0.921,466Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
CAT
Caterpillar
4.7054 of 5 stars
$409.94
-0.9%
$415.53
+1.4%
+27.8%$193.10B$64.81B19.98112,900Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CMI
Cummins
4.8478 of 5 stars
$344.87
-1.6%
$361.92
+4.9%
+29.9%$47.51B$34.10B17.1669,600Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.5837 of 5 stars
$156.80
-1.5%
$173.25
+10.5%
+16.1%$12.34B$3.63B24.9311,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MOD
Modine Manufacturing
3.8484 of 5 stars
$93.93
-3.9%
$135.50
+44.3%
-0.6%$4.93B$2.58B27.4611,300News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
OSK
Oshkosh
4.4331 of 5 stars
$122.58
-0.6%
$126.85
+3.5%
+18.6%$7.89B$10.76B13.1018,500News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
APTV
Aptiv
4.9029 of 5 stars
$69.00
+1.2%
$81.63
+18.3%
+5.0%$15.02B$19.64B11.42141,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BWA
BorgWarner
4.1983 of 5 stars
$35.37
+1.1%
$39.07
+10.5%
+12.8%$7.77B$14.09B28.2938,300News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:ALSN) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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