ALSN vs. LCII, DORM, GNTX, DAN, THRM, LEA, BWA, VC, ADNT, and LAZR
Should you be buying Allison Transmission stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Allison Transmission include LCI Industries (LCII), Dorman Products (DORM), Gentex (GNTX), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), Lear (LEA), BorgWarner (BWA), Visteon (VC), Adient (ADNT), and Luminar Technologies (LAZR). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Allison Transmission vs.
LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII) and Allison Transmission (NYSE:ALSN) 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 valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Allison Transmission has a net margin of 20.19% compared to LCI Industries' net margin of 4.54%. Allison Transmission's return on equity of 67.83% beat LCI Industries' return on equity.
LCI Industries pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Allison Transmission pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. LCI Industries pays out 52.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allison Transmission pays out 15.1% 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. LCI Industries has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Allison Transmission has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. LCI Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Allison Transmission had 3 more articles in the media than LCI Industries. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Allison Transmission and 8 mentions for LCI Industries. Allison Transmission's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat LCI Industries' score of 0.36 indicating that Allison Transmission is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
99.2% of LCI Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Allison Transmission shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of LCI Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Allison Transmission shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
LCI Industries currently has a consensus target price of $117.43, indicating a potential upside of 5.73%. Allison Transmission has a consensus target price of $44.57, indicating a potential downside of 8.23%. Given LCI Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe LCI Industries is more favorable than Allison Transmission.
Allison Transmission received 307 more outperform votes than LCI Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.38% of users gave LCI Industries an outperform vote while only 63.43% of users gave Allison Transmission an outperform vote.
LCI Industries has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allison Transmission has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Allison Transmission has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LCI Industries. Allison Transmission is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LCI Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
LCI Industries beats Allison Transmission on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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