DAN vs. THRM, AXL, DORM, LCII, SMP, MOD, ALSN, PHIN, GTX, and ADNT
Should you be buying Dana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dana include Gentherm (THRM), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Allison Transmission (ALSN), PHINIA (PHIN), Garrett Motion (GTX), and Adient (ADNT). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Dana (NYSE:DAN) and Gentherm (NASDAQ:THRM) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Gentherm has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dana. Gentherm is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gentherm has a net margin of 2.75% compared to Dana's net margin of 0.36%. Gentherm's return on equity of 12.91% beat Dana's return on equity.
Dana received 155 more outperform votes than Gentherm when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.58% of users gave Gentherm an outperform vote while only 60.05% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.
Dana currently has a consensus price target of $16.43, suggesting a potential upside of 31.64%. Gentherm has a consensus price target of $66.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.95%. Given Dana's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Dana is more favorable than Gentherm.
96.8% of Dana shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Gentherm shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Dana shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Gentherm shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dana has a beta of 2.49, indicating that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentherm has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Dana had 3 more articles in the media than Gentherm. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Dana and 5 mentions for Gentherm. Dana's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Gentherm's score of -0.38 indicating that Dana is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Dana and Gentherm tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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