Lear (LEA) Competitors $105.68 -3.50 (-3.21%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$105.62 -0.06 (-0.05%) As of 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock LEA vs. GNTX, VC, ADNT, ALV, APTV, BWA, DAN, GM, MGA, and OSKShould 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 Gentex Visteon Adient Autoliv Aptiv BorgWarner Dana General Motors Magna International Oshkosh Lear (NYSE:LEA) and Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment. Is LEA or GNTX more profitable? 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% Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LEA or GNTX? 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is LEA or GNTX a better dividend stock? Lear pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. 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. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LEA or GNTX? 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 RatioLear$23.31B0.24$506.60M$8.5712.33Gentex$2.31B2.70$404.49M$1.7716.08 Do analysts rate LEA or GNTX? Lear currently has a consensus target price of $112.70, indicating a potential upside of 6.64%. Gentex has a consensus target price of $28.63, indicating a potential upside of 0.58%. Given Lear's higher probable upside, equities research 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) 8 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.27Gentex 0 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.44 Does the media refer more to LEA or GNTX? In the previous week, Lear had 34 more articles in the media than Gentex. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Lear and 8 mentions for Gentex. Gentex's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Lear's score of 0.57 indicating that Gentex is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Lear 15 Very Positive mention(s) 8 Positive mention(s) 12 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 2 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Gentex 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has more volatility and risk, LEA or GNTX? Lear has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentex has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryLear beats Gentex on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. 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New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?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. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart LEA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricLearAUTO/TRUCK IndustryAuto SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$5.81B$6.31B$21.20B$21.49BDividend Yield2.82%2.42%2.68%3.53%P/E Ratio8.7923.5517.7829.70Price / Sales0.2417.3042.7751.73Price / Cash4.4533.2620.6124.52Price / Book1.252.912.874.58Net Income$506.60M$180.08M$831.18M$1.00B7 Day Performance-4.82%0.58%2.26%0.66%1 Month Performance5.72%0.55%0.67%4.64%1 Year Performance1.59%37.71%14.18%15.96% Lear Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LEALear4.6816 of 5 stars$105.68-3.2%$112.70+6.6%+5.5%$5.81B$23.31B8.79173,700Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↑GNTXGentex4.163 of 5 stars$28.71+0.8%$28.63-0.3%-2.9%$6.30B$2.31B16.226,184Positive NewsVCVisteon4.2304 of 5 stars$128.76+2.9%$117.58-8.7%+42.9%$3.51B$3.87B12.2710,000News CoverageAnalyst ForecastADNTAdient3.2123 of 5 stars$24.55-0.1%$21.72-11.5%+23.0%$1.99B$14.69B-9.2670,000Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastALVAutoliv3.532 of 5 stars$126.83+1.7%$120.69-4.8%+37.0%$9.74B$10.39B13.8865,200News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastAPTVAptiv4.6944 of 5 stars$82.25+2.2%$82.33+0.1%+28.0%$17.91B$19.71B18.82141,000News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastBWABorgWarner4.141 of 5 stars$44.42+0.9%$40.57-8.7%+40.1%$9.61B$14.09B47.2538,300Analyst ForecastDANDana4.0408 of 5 stars$20.75+0.7%$21.29+2.6%+126.7%$2.72B$9.94B-129.6939,600News CoverageAnalyst ForecastGMGeneral Motors3.9912 of 5 stars$58.18-0.2%$58.05-0.2%+31.3%$55.39B$187.44B9.24162,000Trending NewsAnalyst UpgradeMGAMagna International3.9932 of 5 stars$46.01+0.3%$43.50-5.4%+19.1%$12.96B$42.84B10.80170,000News CoverageOSKOshkosh4.6774 of 5 stars$138.93-0.5%$138.08-0.6%+42.2%$8.89B$10.76B13.9518,500Positive NewsShort Interest ↓ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Gentex Competitors Visteon Competitors Adient Competitors Autoliv Competitors Aptiv Competitors BorgWarner Competitors Dana Competitors General Motors Competitors Magna International Competitors Oshkosh Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:LEA) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersStunning new initiative unfolding in the White House?what I just learned about what’s unfolding in the White House is truly stunning… And you need to see it for...Paradigm Press | SponsoredCritical AI announcement set to ignite AI 2.0I just put together an urgent new presentation that you need to see right away. 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