ALV vs. GT, VIPS, SCI, TPX, ETSY, KMX, W, AN, AMCR, and THO
Should you be buying Autoliv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autoliv include Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT), Vipshop (VIPS), Service Co. International (SCI), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), Etsy (ETSY), CarMax (KMX), Wayfair (W), AutoNation (AN), Amcor (AMCR), and THOR Industries (THO).
Goodyear Tire & Rubber (NASDAQ:GT) and Autoliv (NYSE:ALV) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Autoliv has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Goodyear Tire & Rubber. Goodyear Tire & Rubber is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Autoliv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autoliv has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Autoliv has a net margin of 4.66% compared to Autoliv's net margin of -3.43%. Goodyear Tire & Rubber's return on equity of 27.13% beat Autoliv's return on equity.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber presently has a consensus target price of $17.16, indicating a potential upside of 47.80%. Autoliv has a consensus target price of $118.60, indicating a potential upside of 2.23%. Given Autoliv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Goodyear Tire & Rubber is more favorable than Autoliv.
In the previous week, Autoliv had 6 more articles in the media than Goodyear Tire & Rubber. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Autoliv and 2 mentions for Goodyear Tire & Rubber. Goodyear Tire & Rubber's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Autoliv's score of 0.47 indicating that Autoliv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
84.2% of Goodyear Tire & Rubber shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Autoliv shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Goodyear Tire & Rubber shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Autoliv shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber received 24 more outperform votes than Autoliv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave Goodyear Tire & Rubber an outperform vote while only 48.61% of users gave Autoliv an outperform vote.
Summary
Autoliv beats Goodyear Tire & Rubber on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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