APTV vs. GNTX, BWA, ALSN, LEA, MOD, DORM, LCII, DAN, THRM, and AXL
Should you be buying Aptiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aptiv include Gentex (GNTX), BorgWarner (BWA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Lear (LEA), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), and American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
Gentex has a net margin of 18.77% compared to Gentex's net margin of 14.87%. Aptiv's return on equity of 19.19% beat Gentex's return on equity.
Gentex has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gentex presently has a consensus price target of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.70%. Aptiv has a consensus price target of $98.71, indicating a potential upside of 44.83%. Given Gentex's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Gentex.
Aptiv has higher revenue and earnings than Gentex. Aptiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gentex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Aptiv had 7 more articles in the media than Gentex. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Aptiv and 13 mentions for Gentex. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Gentex's score of 0.16 indicating that Gentex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
86.8% of Gentex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Aptiv shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Gentex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Aptiv shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Aptiv received 692 more outperform votes than Gentex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.71% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 61.36% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote.
Summary
Aptiv beats Gentex on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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