DAN vs. LEA, MOD, DORM, LCII, THRM, AXL, SMP, SRI, SUP, and APTV
Should you be buying Dana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dana include Lear (LEA), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Gentherm (THRM), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Stoneridge (SRI), Superior Industries International (SUP), and Aptiv (APTV). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
Dana (NYSE:DAN) and Lear (NYSE:LEA) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.
Lear received 147 more outperform votes than Dana when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Dana an outperform vote while only 58.45% of users gave Lear an outperform vote.
96.8% of Dana shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Lear shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Dana shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Lear shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dana has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lear has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lear has a net margin of 2.28% compared to Dana's net margin of 0.12%. Lear's return on equity of 14.47% beat Dana's return on equity.
In the previous week, Lear had 27 more articles in the media than Dana. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Lear and 8 mentions for Dana. Lear's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Dana's score of -0.07 indicating that Lear is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dana presently has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.03%. Lear has a consensus price target of $157.70, suggesting a potential upside of 30.00%. Given Dana's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Dana is more favorable than Lear.
Dana pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Lear pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Dana pays out 444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lear pays out 33.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Lear has higher revenue and earnings than Dana. Lear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lear beats Dana on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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