BWA vs. LEA, GNTX, ALSN, MGA, ALV, VC, ADNT, RIVN, XPEV, and LCID
Should you be buying BorgWarner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BorgWarner include Lear (LEA), Gentex (GNTX), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Magna International (MGA), Autoliv (ALV), Visteon (VC), Adient (ADNT), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), XPeng (XPEV), and Lucid Group (LCID). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
BorgWarner vs.
Lear (NYSE:LEA) and BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
Lear pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. BorgWarner pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Lear pays out 56.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BorgWarner pays out 17.0% 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.
BorgWarner has a net margin of 5.97% compared to Lear's net margin of 1.57%. BorgWarner's return on equity of 14.97% beat Lear's return on equity.
99.6% of Lear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of BorgWarner shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Lear shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BorgWarner shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lear has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BorgWarner has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BorgWarner has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lear. BorgWarner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lear had 9 more articles in the media than BorgWarner. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Lear and 6 mentions for BorgWarner. Lear's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat BorgWarner's score of 0.62 indicating that Lear is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lear received 32 more outperform votes than BorgWarner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.56% of users gave Lear an outperform vote while only 59.13% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote.
Lear presently has a consensus price target of $155.54, indicating a potential upside of 12.73%. BorgWarner has a consensus price target of $52.91, indicating a potential upside of 11.67%. Given Lear's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lear is more favorable than BorgWarner.
Summary
Lear beats BorgWarner on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BWA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
BorgWarner Competitors List
