Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU) Competitors

Magna International (NYSE:MGA) and Atmus Filtration Technologies (NYSE:ATMU) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MGA or ATMU?

Magna International received 698 more outperform votes than Atmus Filtration Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.38% of users gave Atmus Filtration Technologies an outperform vote while only 61.98% of users gave Magna International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Magna International	Outperform Votes 727 61.98%	Underperform Votes 446 38.02%
Atmus Filtration Technologies	Outperform Votes 29 78.38%	Underperform Votes 8 21.62%

Do analysts prefer MGA or ATMU?

Magna International presently has a consensus target price of $41.56, indicating a potential upside of 9.28%. Atmus Filtration Technologies has a consensus target price of $42.40, indicating a potential upside of 16.64%. Given Atmus Filtration Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atmus Filtration Technologies is more favorable than Magna International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Magna International	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.16
Atmus Filtration Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of MGA or ATMU?

67.5% of Magna International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of Atmus Filtration Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Magna International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Atmus Filtration Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MGA or ATMU?

Magna International has higher revenue and earnings than Atmus Filtration Technologies. Magna International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atmus Filtration Technologies, 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
Magna International	$41.94B	0.26	$1.01B	$4.00	9.51
Atmus Filtration Technologies	$1.66B	1.81	$185.60M	$2.21	16.45

Is MGA or ATMU more profitable?

Atmus Filtration Technologies has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Magna International's net margin of 2.36%. Atmus Filtration Technologies' return on equity of 120.81% beat Magna International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Magna International	2.36%	12.78%	4.83%
Atmus Filtration Technologies	11.12%	120.81%	17.99%

Is MGA or ATMU a better dividend stock?

Magna International pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Atmus Filtration Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Magna International pays out 48.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atmus Filtration Technologies pays out 9.0% 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. Magna International has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Magna International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to MGA or ATMU?

In the previous week, Magna International had 2 more articles in the media than Atmus Filtration Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Magna International and 1 mentions for Atmus Filtration Technologies. Atmus Filtration Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Magna International's score of 0.67 indicating that Atmus Filtration Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Magna International	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Atmus Filtration Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, MGA or ATMU?

Magna International has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atmus Filtration Technologies has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Atmus Filtration Technologies beats Magna International on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.