BWA vs. APTV, ALSN, MOD, GNTX, LEA, DORM, DAN, LCII, THRM, and SMP
Should you be buying BorgWarner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BorgWarner include Aptiv (APTV), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Dorman Products (DORM), Dana (DAN), LCI Industries (LCII), Gentherm (THRM), and Standard Motor Products (SMP). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
BorgWarner vs. Its Competitors
BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking.
Aptiv has a net margin of 7.93% compared to BorgWarner's net margin of 2.06%. Aptiv's return on equity of 17.24% beat BorgWarner's return on equity.
95.7% of BorgWarner shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Aptiv shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of BorgWarner shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Aptiv shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BorgWarner has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Aptiv had 6 more articles in the media than BorgWarner. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Aptiv and 7 mentions for BorgWarner. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat BorgWarner's score of 0.83 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BorgWarner presently has a consensus target price of $37.47, suggesting a potential upside of 14.37%. Aptiv has a consensus target price of $81.56, suggesting a potential upside of 22.52%. Given Aptiv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aptiv is more favorable than BorgWarner.
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.
Aptiv received 453 more outperform votes than BorgWarner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.02% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote.
Summary
Aptiv beats BorgWarner on 16 of the 19 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 6/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
