BWA vs. APTV, GNTX, ALSN, LEA, MOD, DORM, LCII, DAN, THRM, and AXL
Should you be buying BorgWarner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BorgWarner include Aptiv (APTV), Gentex (GNTX), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Lear (LEA), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), and American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.
Aptiv has a net margin of 14.87% compared to BorgWarner's net margin of 4.02%. BorgWarner's return on equity of 15.33% beat Aptiv's return on equity.
In the previous week, BorgWarner had 8 more articles in the media than Aptiv. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for BorgWarner and 19 mentions for Aptiv. BorgWarner's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Aptiv's score of 0.16 indicating that BorgWarner is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BorgWarner presently has a consensus target price of $41.29, suggesting a potential upside of 25.84%. Aptiv has a consensus target price of $98.71, suggesting a potential upside of 43.61%. Given Aptiv's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aptiv is more favorable than BorgWarner.
BorgWarner has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aptiv received 442 more outperform votes than BorgWarner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.71% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 59.20% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote.
Aptiv has higher revenue and earnings than BorgWarner. Aptiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BorgWarner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.7% of BorgWarner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Aptiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of BorgWarner shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Aptiv shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Aptiv beats BorgWarner on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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