Dana - DAN Competitors

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

Is THRM or DAN more profitable?

Gentherm has a net margin of 2.03% compared to Dana's net margin of -2.38%. Gentherm's return on equity of 9.41% beat Dana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gentherm	2.03%	9.41%	5.56%
Dana	-2.38%	3.02%	0.69%

Does the media prefer THRM or DAN?

In the previous week, Gentherm had 2 more articles in the media than Dana. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Gentherm and 2 mentions for Dana. Dana's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Gentherm's score of 0.58 indicating that Dana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gentherm	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dana	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend THRM or DAN?

Gentherm presently has a consensus target price of $74.33, indicating a potential upside of 28.25%. Dana has a consensus target price of $15.75, indicating a potential upside of 12.34%. Given Gentherm's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Gentherm is more favorable than Dana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gentherm	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Dana	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer THRM or DAN?

Dana received 154 more outperform votes than Gentherm when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.63% of users gave Gentherm an outperform vote while only 61.05% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gentherm	Outperform Votes 371 64.63%	Underperform Votes 203 35.37%
Dana	Outperform Votes 525 61.05%	Underperform Votes 335 38.95%

Which has more risk & volatility, THRM or DAN?

Gentherm has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dana has a beta of 2.38, indicating that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of THRM or DAN?

98.8% of Gentherm shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Dana shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Gentherm shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Dana shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, THRM or DAN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gentherm	$1.20 billion	1.60	$24.44 million	$0.72	80.50
Dana	$10.16 billion	0.20	-$242 million	-$1.68	-8.35

Summary

Gentherm beats Dana on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.