LCII vs. ALSN, BWA, MOD, GNTX, LEA, DORM, DAN, THRM, SMP, and TEN
Should you be buying LCI Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LCI Industries include Allison Transmission (ALSN), BorgWarner (BWA), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Dorman Products (DORM), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), Standard Motor Products (SMP), and Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
LCI Industries vs. Its Competitors
LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII) and Allison Transmission (NYSE:ALSN) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
LCI Industries pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Allison Transmission pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. LCI Industries pays out 75.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Allison Transmission pays out 12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LCI Industries has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Allison Transmission has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. LCI Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Allison Transmission has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LCI Industries. Allison Transmission is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LCI Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LCI Industries currently has a consensus price target of $114.50, indicating a potential upside of 26.21%. Allison Transmission has a consensus price target of $98.38, indicating a potential upside of 5.84%. Given LCI Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe LCI Industries is more favorable than Allison Transmission.
Allison Transmission has a net margin of 23.55% compared to LCI Industries' net margin of 4.08%. Allison Transmission's return on equity of 46.97% beat LCI Industries' return on equity.
Allison Transmission received 328 more outperform votes than LCI Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.29% of users gave Allison Transmission an outperform vote while only 61.74% of users gave LCI Industries an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Allison Transmission had 9 more articles in the media than LCI Industries. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Allison Transmission and 1 mentions for LCI Industries. LCI Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Allison Transmission's score of 0.95 indicating that LCI Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LCI Industries has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allison Transmission has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
99.7% of LCI Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Allison Transmission shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of LCI Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Allison Transmission shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
LCI Industries and Allison Transmission tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LCII) was last updated on 6/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff