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AXL vs. BLBD, VC, ADNT, APTV, BWA, DAN, GM, LEA, MGA, and THRM

Should you be buying American Axle & Manufacturing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Axle & Manufacturing include Blue Bird (BLBD), Visteon (VC), Adient (ADNT), Aptiv (APTV), BorgWarner (BWA), Dana (DAN), General Motors (GM), Lear (LEA), Magna International (MGA), and Gentherm (THRM). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.

American Axle & Manufacturing vs. Its Competitors

Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) and American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE:AXL) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

93.6% of Blue Bird shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Blue Bird shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Blue Bird has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Axle & Manufacturing has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Blue Bird had 1 more articles in the media than American Axle & Manufacturing. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Blue Bird and 5 mentions for American Axle & Manufacturing. Blue Bird's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat American Axle & Manufacturing's score of 0.70 indicating that Blue Bird is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Blue Bird
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Axle & Manufacturing
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Blue Bird has a net margin of 7.97% compared to American Axle & Manufacturing's net margin of 0.36%. Blue Bird's return on equity of 64.83% beat American Axle & Manufacturing's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Blue Bird7.97% 64.83% 20.87%
American Axle & Manufacturing 0.36%8.70%0.99%

Blue Bird has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Axle & Manufacturing. Blue Bird is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Axle & Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Blue Bird$1.36B1.07$105.55M$3.2314.28
American Axle & Manufacturing$6.12B0.09$33.80M$0.1728.82

Blue Bird presently has a consensus price target of $56.79, suggesting a potential upside of 23.13%. American Axle & Manufacturing has a consensus price target of $6.43, suggesting a potential upside of 31.20%. Given American Axle & Manufacturing's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Axle & Manufacturing is more favorable than Blue Bird.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Blue Bird
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
American Axle & Manufacturing
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11

Summary

Blue Bird beats American Axle & Manufacturing on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AXL vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Axle & ManufacturingAUTO/TRUCK IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$581.43M$6.22B$19.49B$20.96B
Dividend YieldN/A2.44%2.84%3.59%
P/E Ratio28.8247.5724.6228.33
Price / Sales0.0919.2037.2756.93
Price / Cash1.0927.2417.8418.21
Price / Book1.023.553.164.70
Net Income$33.80M$177.23M$818.76M$992.76M
7 Day Performance8.05%25.57%13.01%1.89%
1 Month Performance17.65%32.66%19.20%4.54%
1 Year Performance-32.04%23.29%4.59%9.64%

American Axle & Manufacturing Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AXL
American Axle & Manufacturing
1.7638 of 5 stars
$4.90
-0.6%
$6.43
+31.2%
-31.7%$581.43M$6.12B28.8219,000
BLBD
Blue Bird
4.0893 of 5 stars
$42.89
+0.3%
$56.79
+32.4%
-11.2%$1.35B$1.35B13.281,948
VC
Visteon
3.8095 of 5 stars
$109.15
-0.3%
$106.58
-2.4%
+1.6%$2.98B$3.87B9.4010,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
ADNT
Adient
4.1258 of 5 stars
$22.11
+1.7%
$20.06
-9.3%
-9.4%$1.83B$14.69B11.1070,000Positive News
APTV
Aptiv
4.9203 of 5 stars
$69.00
+1.2%
$81.63
+18.3%
+3.2%$14.85B$19.71B11.42141,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BWA
BorgWarner
3.6288 of 5 stars
$35.37
+1.1%
$39.07
+10.5%
+9.7%$7.69B$14.09B28.2938,300Upcoming Earnings
DAN
Dana
4.8611 of 5 stars
$16.27
-0.3%
$21.00
+29.1%
+36.5%$2.38B$10.28B-67.7739,600Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
GM
General Motors
3.9853 of 5 stars
$53.25
+0.0%
$55.56
+4.3%
+21.0%$51.17B$187.44B4.96162,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
LEA
Lear
4.8718 of 5 stars
$105.50
+1.4%
$113.64
+7.7%
-18.2%$5.56B$23.31B8.29173,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
MGA
Magna International
4.0771 of 5 stars
$41.59
+0.4%
$42.71
+2.7%
-2.2%$11.67B$42.84B8.12170,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
THRM
Gentherm
3.685 of 5 stars
$30.89
+1.2%
$50.33
+62.9%
-32.6%$941.53M$1.46B13.8114,600Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision

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