Aptiv (APTV) Competitors

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) and Allison Transmission (NYSE:ALSN) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.

Is APTV or ALSN more profitable?

Allison Transmission has a net margin of 22.67% compared to Aptiv's net margin of 9.07%. Allison Transmission's return on equity of 47.95% beat Aptiv's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aptiv	9.07%	15.63%	6.65%
Allison Transmission	22.67%	47.95%	13.97%

Which has more risk & volatility, APTV or ALSN?

Aptiv has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allison Transmission has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in APTV or ALSN?

94.2% of Aptiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Allison Transmission shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Aptiv shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Allison Transmission shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor APTV or ALSN?

In the previous week, Aptiv had 4 more articles in the media than Allison Transmission. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Aptiv and 16 mentions for Allison Transmission. Allison Transmission's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Aptiv's score of 1.43 indicating that Allison Transmission is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aptiv	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Allison Transmission	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer APTV or ALSN?

Aptiv currently has a consensus price target of $82.33, indicating a potential upside of 22.12%. Allison Transmission has a consensus price target of $98.63, indicating a potential downside of 7.17%. Given Aptiv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Allison Transmission.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aptiv	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79
Allison Transmission	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, APTV or ALSN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aptiv	$19.64B	0.75	$1.79B	$6.04	11.16
Allison Transmission	$3.20B	2.80	$731M	$8.64	12.30

Does the MarketBeat Community favor APTV or ALSN?

Aptiv received 504 more outperform votes than Allison Transmission when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.19% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 62.44% of users gave Allison Transmission an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aptiv	Outperform Votes 1144 73.19%	Underperform Votes 419 26.81%
Allison Transmission	Outperform Votes 640 62.44%	Underperform Votes 385 37.56%

Is APTV or ALSN a better dividend stock?

Aptiv pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Allison Transmission pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Aptiv pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allison Transmission pays out 12.5% 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

Aptiv and Allison Transmission tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.