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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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Lear pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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.

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

Lear presently has a consensus price target of $113.70, suggesting a potential upside of 13.86%. Gentex has a consensus price target of $29.14, suggesting a potential upside of 12.26%. Given Lear's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lear is more favorable than Gentex.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lear
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Gentex
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22

In the previous week, Lear had 22 more articles in the media than Gentex. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Lear and 6 mentions for Gentex. Gentex's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Lear's score of 0.51 indicating that Gentex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lear
8 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gentex
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 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$23.31B0.23$506.60M$8.5711.65
Gentex$2.38B2.39$404.49M$1.7714.67

Lear has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentex has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lear beats Gentex on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$5.21B$5.87B$21.33B$21.76B
Dividend Yield3.15%2.69%2.93%3.64%
P/E Ratio11.6520.4516.6929.93
Price / Sales0.2323.2245.6266.72
Price / Cash3.9929.4718.8423.91
Price / Book1.183.022.894.68
Net Income$506.60M$180.12M$821.58M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-1.14%-1.60%-3.13%-0.71%
1 Month Performance-5.17%0.93%-3.31%1.18%
1 Year Performance-4.49%38.73%9.91%14.46%

Lear Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LEA
Lear
4.6927 of 5 stars
$99.86
+2.1%
$113.70
+13.9%
-6.4%$5.21B$23.31B11.65173,700Trending News
Analyst Forecast
GNTX
Gentex
4.0218 of 5 stars
$25.90
+1.1%
$29.88
+15.3%
-12.1%$5.68B$2.31B14.636,184
VC
Visteon
4.2493 of 5 stars
$112.43
+1.5%
$131.00
+16.5%
+24.2%$3.07B$3.82B10.7210,000
ADNT
Adient
3.136 of 5 stars
$22.55
+0.5%
$23.13
+2.5%
+5.1%$1.83B$14.41B-8.5170,000
ALV
Autoliv
3.6574 of 5 stars
$117.05
+1.3%
$127.00
+8.5%
+25.4%$8.99B$10.46B12.8165,200Upcoming Earnings
APTV
Aptiv
4.5612 of 5 stars
$81.69
+1.2%
$92.47
+13.2%
+16.4%$17.79B$19.71B18.69141,000
BWA
BorgWarner
3.9879 of 5 stars
$41.20
0.0%
$44.64
+8.4%
+17.8%$8.91B$14.09B43.8238,300Analyst Forecast
DAN
Dana
4.0417 of 5 stars
$18.28
+0.8%
$22.14
+21.1%
+65.8%$2.40B$10.28B-114.2539,600
GM
General Motors
4.4283 of 5 stars
$55.63
+0.5%
$65.00
+16.9%
+17.4%$52.96B$187.60B8.83162,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
MGA
Magna International
3.6768 of 5 stars
$43.97
+1.0%
$45.29
+3.0%
+8.5%$12.39B$41.61B10.32170,000Analyst Upgrade
OSK
Oshkosh
4.6955 of 5 stars
$128.91
+3.8%
$144.25
+11.9%
+25.8%$8.25B$10.38B12.9418,500Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:LEA) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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