ALV vs. LEA, GNTX, ALSN, VC, ADNT, BWA, LCII, DORM, LAZR, and DAN
Should you be buying Autoliv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autoliv include Lear (LEA), Gentex (GNTX), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Visteon (VC), Adient (ADNT), BorgWarner (BWA), LCI Industries (LCII), Dorman Products (DORM), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), and Dana (DAN). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Autoliv vs.
Autoliv (NYSE:ALV) and Lear (NYSE:LEA) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Autoliv has a net margin of 4.51% compared to Lear's net margin of 1.96%. Autoliv's return on equity of 16.30% beat Lear's return on equity.
46.6% of Autoliv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of Lear shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Autoliv shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Lear shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Autoliv has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lear has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Autoliv pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Lear pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Autoliv pays out 55.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lear pays out 43.6% 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.
In the previous week, Lear had 5 more articles in the media than Autoliv. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Lear and 11 mentions for Autoliv. Lear's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Autoliv's score of 0.49 indicating that Lear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Autoliv presently has a consensus target price of $98.77, indicating a potential upside of 16.36%. Lear has a consensus target price of $155.23, indicating a potential upside of 18.44%. Given Lear's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lear is more favorable than Autoliv.
Autoliv has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lear. Autoliv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lear received 128 more outperform votes than Autoliv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.37% of users gave Lear an outperform vote while only 48.99% of users gave Autoliv an outperform vote.
Summary
Lear beats Autoliv on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ALV and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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