Hyliion (HYLN) Competitors

Hyliion (NYSE:HYLN) and Adient (NYSE:ADNT) 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 media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Do analysts recommend HYLN or ADNT?

Hyliion currently has a consensus price target of $2.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.45%. Adient has a consensus price target of $18.44, indicating a potential upside of 45.58%. Given Adient's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Adient is more favorable than Hyliion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hyliion	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Adient	3 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.70

Does the media prefer HYLN or ADNT?

In the previous week, Adient had 1 more articles in the media than Hyliion. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Adient and 4 mentions for Hyliion. Hyliion's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Adient's score of 0.30 indicating that Hyliion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hyliion	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Adient	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HYLN or ADNT?

Adient has higher revenue and earnings than Hyliion. Hyliion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adient, 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
Hyliion	$1.51M	174.94	-$123.51M	-$0.29	-5.21
Adient	$14.52B	0.07	$18M	$0.02	633.50

Which has more volatility and risk, HYLN or ADNT?

Hyliion has a beta of 2.52, meaning that its stock price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adient has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HYLN or ADNT more profitable?

Hyliion has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Adient's net margin of -0.01%. Adient's return on equity of 6.94% beat Hyliion's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hyliion	N/A	-19.83%	-18.78%
Adient	-0.01%	6.94%	1.77%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HYLN or ADNT?

22.8% of Hyliion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Adient shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.9% of Hyliion shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Adient shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HYLN or ADNT?

Adient received 563 more outperform votes than Hyliion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.62% of users gave Adient an outperform vote while only 46.30% of users gave Hyliion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hyliion	Outperform Votes 25 46.30%	Underperform Votes 29 53.70%
Adient	Outperform Votes 588 58.62%	Underperform Votes 415 41.38%

Summary

Adient beats Hyliion on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.