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DAN vs. VC, ADNT, ALV, APTV, AVNT, AXL, BWA, ITT, LEA, and MGA

Should you be buying Dana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dana include Visteon (VC), Adient (ADNT), Autoliv (ALV), Aptiv (APTV), Avient (AVNT), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), BorgWarner (BWA), ITT (ITT), Lear (LEA), and Magna International (MGA).

Dana vs. Its Competitors

Dana (NYSE:DAN) and Visteon (NASDAQ:VC) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Dana has a beta of 2.09, indicating that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Visteon has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Visteon has a net margin of 7.61% compared to Dana's net margin of -0.26%. Visteon's return on equity of 23.22% beat Dana's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dana-0.26% 5.65% 1.02%
Visteon 7.61%23.22%10.65%

In the previous week, Visteon had 8 more articles in the media than Dana. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Visteon and 2 mentions for Dana. Visteon's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Dana's score of 0.37 indicating that Visteon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dana
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Visteon
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

96.8% of Dana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Visteon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Dana shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Visteon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dana pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Visteon pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Dana pays out -250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Visteon pays out 10.5% 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. Dana is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Visteon has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dana. Dana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Visteon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dana$10.28B0.23-$57M-$0.16-114.25
Visteon$3.82B0.80$274M$10.4910.72

Dana currently has a consensus price target of $22.14, suggesting a potential upside of 21.13%. Visteon has a consensus price target of $131.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.52%. Given Dana's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Dana is more favorable than Visteon.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dana
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Visteon
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Summary

Visteon beats Dana on 14 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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DAN vs. The Competition

MetricDanaAUTO/TRUCK IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.40B$5.85B$21.18B$21.68B
Dividend Yield2.21%2.59%2.87%3.64%
P/E Ratio-114.2520.2016.5329.62
Price / Sales0.2323.6119.0595.25
Price / Cash4.6628.0118.3517.79
Price / Book1.902.972.874.63
Net Income-$57M$180.12M$821.58M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-6.45%-4.30%-5.54%-1.84%
1 Month Performance-13.15%0.95%-3.46%0.55%
1 Year Performance69.57%32.99%6.13%13.43%

Dana Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DAN
Dana
4.093 of 5 stars
$18.28
+0.8%
$22.14
+21.1%
+67.8%$2.40B$10.28B-114.2539,600Analyst Forecast
VC
Visteon
4.2393 of 5 stars
$121.58
+0.5%
$127.08
+4.5%
+19.5%$3.30B$3.87B11.5910,000Analyst Forecast
ADNT
Adient
3.3646 of 5 stars
$25.84
-0.1%
$22.88
-11.5%
+0.7%$2.10B$14.69B-9.7570,000Analyst Forecast
ALV
Autoliv
3.6959 of 5 stars
$127.48
-0.4%
$125.00
-1.9%
+21.2%$9.83B$10.39B13.9565,200Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
APTV
Aptiv
4.5895 of 5 stars
$87.59
-0.4%
$87.81
+0.3%
+13.2%$19.16B$19.71B20.04141,000Analyst Forecast
AVNT
Avient
4.6515 of 5 stars
$32.60
-0.6%
$46.00
+41.1%
-37.3%$3.00B$3.24B25.479,200Dividend Increase
AXL
American Axle & Manufacturing
3.7571 of 5 stars
$6.19
-0.5%
$7.00
+13.1%
-13.1%$738.09M$6.12B18.2119,000Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
BWA
BorgWarner
4.111 of 5 stars
$44.44
-0.7%
$43.36
-2.4%
+17.5%$9.68B$14.09B47.2838,300Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.5154 of 5 stars
$181.06
-0.1%
$190.89
+5.4%
+12.4%$14.13B$3.63B28.4711,700
LEA
Lear
4.7335 of 5 stars
$102.98
-1.0%
$113.70
+10.4%
-9.6%$5.53B$23.31B12.02173,700Analyst Upgrade
MGA
Magna International
3.7582 of 5 stars
$49.20
+0.4%
$44.29
-10.0%
+5.2%$13.81B$42.84B11.55170,000Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:DAN) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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