Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ATMU or MGA?

32.7% of Atmus Filtration Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.5% of Magna International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Atmus Filtration Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Magna International shares are held by company 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.

Is ATMU or MGA more profitable?

Atmus Filtration Technologies has a net margin of 11.14% compared to Magna International's net margin of 2.73%. Atmus Filtration Technologies' return on equity of 94.85% beat Magna International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atmus Filtration Technologies	11.14%	94.85%	17.58%
Magna International	2.73%	11.96%	4.56%

Which has more risk and volatility, ATMU or MGA?

Atmus Filtration Technologies has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magna International has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ATMU or MGA?

Atmus Filtration Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $42.80, suggesting a potential upside of 14.35%. Magna International has a consensus price target of $41.44, suggesting a potential downside of 0.80%. Given Atmus Filtration Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Atmus Filtration Technologies is more favorable than Magna International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atmus Filtration Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Magna International	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11

Is ATMU or MGA a better dividend stock?

Atmus Filtration Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Magna International pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Atmus Filtration Technologies pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Magna International pays out 48.5% 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. 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ATMU or MGA?

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
Atmus Filtration Technologies	$1.67B	1.85	$185.60M	$2.21	16.94
Magna International	$42.84B	0.27	$1.01B	$4.00	10.44

Does the media refer more to ATMU or MGA?

In the previous week, Magna International had 3 more articles in the media than Atmus Filtration Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Magna International and 6 mentions for Atmus Filtration Technologies. Atmus Filtration Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Magna International's score of 0.88 indicating that Atmus Filtration Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Atmus Filtration Technologies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Magna International	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Atmus Filtration Technologies beats Magna International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.