LCII vs. DORM, DAN, THRM, AXL, SMP, MOD, ALSN, BWA, LEA, and GNTX
Should you be buying LCI Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LCI Industries include Dorman Products (DORM), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Allison Transmission (ALSN), BorgWarner (BWA), Lear (LEA), and Gentex (GNTX). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII) and Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
LCI Industries currently has a consensus target price of $104.20, suggesting a potential downside of 2.27%. Dorman Products has a consensus target price of $103.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.04%. Given Dorman Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dorman Products is more favorable than LCI Industries.
LCI Industries has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorman Products has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dorman Products has a net margin of 6.70% compared to LCI Industries' net margin of 1.70%. Dorman Products' return on equity of 12.92% beat LCI Industries' return on equity.
Dorman Products received 17 more outperform votes than LCI Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.20% of users gave LCI Industries an outperform vote while only 57.22% of users gave Dorman Products an outperform vote.
Dorman Products has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LCI Industries. Dorman Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LCI Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.7% of LCI Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of Dorman Products shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of LCI Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Dorman Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, LCI Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Dorman Products. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LCI Industries and 3 mentions for Dorman Products. LCI Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Dorman Products' score of 0.41 indicating that LCI Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Dorman Products beats LCI Industries on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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