ATHM vs. ALLE, ICLR, RTO, ULS, FTAI, CART, STN, MEDP, WPP, and HQY
Should you be buying Autohome stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autohome include Allegion (ALLE), ICON Public (ICLR), Rentokil Initial (RTO), UL Solutions (ULS), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Maplebear (CART), Stantec (STN), Medpace (MEDP), WPP (WPP), and HealthEquity (HQY). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Autohome vs.
Autohome (NYSE:ATHM) and Allegion (NYSE:ALLE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
Autohome has a net margin of 23.02% compared to Allegion's net margin of 15.84%. Allegion's return on equity of 45.12% beat Autohome's return on equity.
Allegion has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Autohome. Autohome is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allegion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Autohome has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allegion has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Allegion received 77 more outperform votes than Autohome when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.87% of users gave Autohome an outperform vote while only 57.46% of users gave Allegion an outperform vote.
Autohome presently has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.99%. Allegion has a consensus price target of $140.40, indicating a potential upside of 1.21%. Given Autohome's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Autohome is more favorable than Allegion.
In the previous week, Allegion had 31 more articles in the media than Autohome. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Allegion and 3 mentions for Autohome. Allegion's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Autohome's score of 1.04 indicating that Allegion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Autohome pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Allegion pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Autohome pays out 90.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Allegion pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allegion has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
63.1% of Autohome shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Allegion shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Autohome shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Allegion shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Allegion beats Autohome on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ATHM) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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