BWA vs. TSLA, ADNT, ALSN, ALV, APTV, DAN, GM, LEA, MGA, and MOD
Should you be buying BorgWarner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BorgWarner include Tesla (TSLA), Adient (ADNT), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Autoliv (ALV), Aptiv (APTV), Dana (DAN), General Motors (GM), Lear (LEA), Magna International (MGA), and Modine Manufacturing (MOD). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
BorgWarner vs. Its Competitors
BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
95.7% of BorgWarner shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of Tesla shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of BorgWarner shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.7% of Tesla shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BorgWarner presently has a consensus price target of $39.64, suggesting a potential downside of 7.69%. Tesla has a consensus price target of $303.31, suggesting a potential downside of 12.33%. Given BorgWarner's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe BorgWarner is more favorable than Tesla.
Tesla has a net margin of 6.54% compared to BorgWarner's net margin of 1.50%. BorgWarner's return on equity of 16.17% beat Tesla's return on equity.
Tesla has higher revenue and earnings than BorgWarner. BorgWarner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tesla, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BorgWarner has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tesla has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tesla had 277 more articles in the media than BorgWarner. MarketBeat recorded 290 mentions for Tesla and 13 mentions for BorgWarner. BorgWarner's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Tesla's score of 0.64 indicating that BorgWarner is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Tesla beats BorgWarner on 11 of the 17 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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This page (NYSE:BWA) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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