AXL vs. BLBD, VC, ADNT, BWA, DAN, F, 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), BorgWarner (BWA), Dana (DAN), Ford Motor (F), 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
American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE:AXL) and Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
American Axle & Manufacturing presently has a consensus price target of $5.93, indicating a potential upside of 37.75%. Blue Bird has a consensus price target of $56.79, indicating a potential upside of 26.02%. Given American Axle & Manufacturing's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe American Axle & Manufacturing is more favorable than Blue Bird.
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.
In the previous week, Blue Bird had 3 more articles in the media than American Axle & Manufacturing. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Blue Bird and 0 mentions for American Axle & Manufacturing. Blue Bird's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat American Axle & Manufacturing's score of 0.00 indicating that Blue Bird is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.4% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Blue Bird shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Blue Bird shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Blue Bird has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
American Axle & Manufacturing has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Bird has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Blue Bird beats American Axle & Manufacturing on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AXL) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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