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LEA vs. GNTX, VC, ADNT, ALV, APTV, BWA, DAN, GM, MGA, and OSK

Should you be buying Lear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lear include Gentex (GNTX), Visteon (VC), Adient (ADNT), Autoliv (ALV), Aptiv (APTV), BorgWarner (BWA), Dana (DAN), General Motors (GM), Magna International (MGA), and Oshkosh (OSK). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.

Lear vs. Its Competitors

Lear (NYSE:LEA) and Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Gentex has a net margin of 16.82% compared to Lear's net margin of 2.05%. Gentex's return on equity of 16.86% beat Lear's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lear2.05% 13.94% 4.63%
Gentex 16.82%16.86%14.90%

Lear pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Lear pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gentex pays out 27.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Lear currently has a consensus target price of $113.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.20%. Gentex has a consensus target price of $28.63, suggesting a potential upside of 1.65%. Given Lear's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lear is more favorable than Gentex.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lear
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.31
Gentex
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

97.0% of Lear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Gentex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Lear shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Gentex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Lear has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentex has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lear$17.31B0.33$506.60M$8.5712.65
Gentex$2.31B2.67$404.49M$1.7715.91

In the previous week, Lear had 12 more articles in the media than Gentex. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Lear and 28 mentions for Gentex. Gentex's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Lear's score of 0.85 indicating that Gentex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lear
21 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gentex
19 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Lear beats Gentex on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LEA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LEA vs. The Competition

MetricLearAUTO/TRUCK IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.49B$6.21B$18.89B$20.92B
Dividend Yield2.99%2.44%2.81%3.58%
P/E Ratio12.6522.3316.7529.13
Price / Sales0.3317.4718.7653.00
Price / Cash4.2029.2818.4423.54
Price / Book1.112.922.875.45
Net Income$506.60M$180.08M$824.52M$992.10M
7 Day Performance5.70%1.10%1.60%2.61%
1 Month Performance-0.30%0.88%-1.91%1.46%
1 Year Performance-7.14%25.29%8.05%10.72%

Lear Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LEA
Lear
4.8397 of 5 stars
$108.45
+5.2%
$113.00
+4.2%
-5.0%$5.49B$17.31B12.65173,700Trending News
GNTX
Gentex
4.497 of 5 stars
$27.18
-0.5%
$28.63
+5.3%
-7.5%$5.97B$2.31B15.366,184News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
VC
Visteon
4.5907 of 5 stars
$120.59
-0.3%
$116.00
-3.8%
+29.2%$3.29B$3.87B11.5010,000Positive News
Insider Trade
ADNT
Adient
3.5672 of 5 stars
$23.07
-2.3%
$21.06
-8.7%
+17.0%$1.87B$14.69B-8.7170,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ALV
Autoliv
4.2931 of 5 stars
$118.96
+0.5%
$120.64
+1.4%
+24.9%$9.14B$10.39B13.0265,200News Coverage
Positive News
APTV
Aptiv
4.4927 of 5 stars
$75.70
+2.0%
$81.81
+8.1%
+11.8%$16.48B$19.79B17.32141,000Positive News
BWA
BorgWarner
4.3435 of 5 stars
$41.69
+0.6%
$39.64
-4.9%
+31.0%$9.02B$14.09B44.3538,300Positive News
DAN
Dana
4.0292 of 5 stars
$18.50
-0.1%
$21.00
+13.5%
+85.5%$2.43B$10.28B-115.6139,600
GM
General Motors
4.5099 of 5 stars
$56.26
-0.1%
$57.53
+2.3%
+25.5%$53.56B$187.44B8.93162,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
MGA
Magna International
4.0233 of 5 stars
$44.05
-0.6%
$42.36
-3.9%
+12.1%$12.41B$42.84B10.34170,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
OSK
Oshkosh
4.8379 of 5 stars
$140.29
+1.2%
$133.08
-5.1%
+34.8%$8.98B$10.76B14.0918,500Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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