DAN vs. THRM, DORM, LCII, SMP, MOD, ALSN, PHIN, GTX, LAZR, and HLLY
Should you be buying Dana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dana include Gentherm (THRM), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Allison Transmission (ALSN), PHINIA (PHIN), Garrett Motion (GTX), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), and Holley (HLLY). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
In the previous week, Dana had 2 more articles in the media than Gentherm. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Dana and 1 mentions for Gentherm. Gentherm's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Dana's score of 1.27 indicating that Gentherm is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dana has a beta of 2.49, meaning that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentherm has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dana received 155 more outperform votes than Gentherm when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.68% of users gave Gentherm an outperform vote while only 60.05% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.
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 currently has a consensus target price of $16.43, indicating a potential upside of 40.18%. Gentherm has a consensus target price of $66.75, indicating a potential upside of 23.06%. Given Dana's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dana is more favorable than Gentherm.
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.
96.6% of Dana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Gentherm shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Dana shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Gentherm shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Gentherm beats Dana on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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