Lear (LEA) Competitors

Lear (NYSE:LEA) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LEA or APTV?

Aptiv received 446 more outperform votes than Lear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.05% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 57.97% of users gave Lear an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lear	Outperform Votes 698 57.97%	Underperform Votes 506 42.03%
Aptiv	Outperform Votes 1144 73.05%	Underperform Votes 422 26.95%

Do analysts prefer LEA or APTV?

Lear currently has a consensus price target of $112.09, indicating a potential upside of 19.20%. Aptiv has a consensus price target of $82.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.66%. Given Lear's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lear is more favorable than Aptiv.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lear	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23
Aptiv	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is LEA or APTV more profitable?

Aptiv has a net margin of 9.07% compared to Lear's net margin of 2.17%. Aptiv's return on equity of 15.63% beat Lear's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lear	2.17%	14.70%	4.88%
Aptiv	9.07%	15.63%	6.65%

Which has more risk & volatility, LEA or APTV?

Lear has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LEA or APTV a better dividend stock?

Lear pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Aptiv pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Lear pays out 36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aptiv pays out 14.6% 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.

Does the media prefer LEA or APTV?

In the previous week, Lear had 20 more articles in the media than Aptiv. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Lear and 5 mentions for Aptiv. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Lear's score of 0.62 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lear	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aptiv	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LEA or APTV?

97.0% of Lear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Aptiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Lear shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Aptiv shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LEA or APTV?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lear	$22.87B	0.22	$506.60M	$8.53	11.02
Aptiv	$19.64B	0.78	$1.79B	$6.04	11.61

Summary

Aptiv beats Lear on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.