LCII vs. GNTX, ALSN, BWA, LEA, MOD, DORM, DAN, THRM, AXL, and SMP
Should you be buying LCI Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LCI Industries include Gentex (GNTX), Allison Transmission (ALSN), BorgWarner (BWA), Lear (LEA), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), and Standard Motor Products (SMP). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII) and Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
LCI Industries pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. LCI Industries pays out 114.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gentex pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
LCI Industries currently has a consensus target price of $109.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.54%. Gentex has a consensus target price of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.48%. Given Gentex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gentex is more favorable than LCI Industries.
Gentex received 111 more outperform votes than LCI Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.15% of users gave LCI Industries an outperform vote while only 61.36% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote.
LCI Industries has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentex has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Gentex had 8 more articles in the media than LCI Industries. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Gentex and 6 mentions for LCI Industries. LCI Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Gentex's score of 0.43 indicating that LCI Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gentex has a net margin of 18.77% compared to LCI Industries' net margin of 2.47%. Gentex's return on equity of 19.19% beat LCI Industries' return on equity.
99.7% of LCI Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Gentex shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of LCI Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Gentex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gentex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LCI Industries. Gentex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LCI Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gentex beats LCI Industries on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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