APTV vs. ALSN, BWA, GNTX, LEA, MOD, DORM, DAN, LCII, THRM, and SMP
Should you be buying Aptiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aptiv include Allison Transmission (ALSN), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), Dana (DAN), LCI Industries (LCII), Gentherm (THRM), and Standard Motor Products (SMP). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
Aptiv vs. Its Competitors
Allison Transmission (NYSE:ALSN) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Allison Transmission pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Aptiv pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Allison Transmission pays out 12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aptiv pays out 14.6% 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. Allison Transmission has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
96.9% of Allison Transmission shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Aptiv shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Allison Transmission shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Aptiv shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Aptiv received 504 more outperform votes than Allison Transmission when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.05% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 62.38% of users gave Allison Transmission an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Allison Transmission had 6 more articles in the media than Aptiv. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Allison Transmission and 5 mentions for Aptiv. Allison Transmission's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Aptiv's score of 0.69 indicating that Allison Transmission is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Allison Transmission presently has a consensus price target of $98.13, suggesting a potential downside of 4.02%. Aptiv has a consensus price target of $82.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.66%. Given Aptiv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Allison Transmission.
Allison Transmission has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Allison Transmission beats Aptiv on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:APTV) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
