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NYSE:LEA

Lear - LEA Competitors

$138.55
+1.50 (+1.09%)
(As of 03/30/2023 12:33 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$138.40
$139.49
50-Day Range
$131.92
$149.46
52-Week Range
$114.67
$158.44
Volume
120,861 shs
Average Volume
593,387 shs
Market Capitalization
$8.19 billion
P/E Ratio
25.33
Dividend Yield
2.22%
Price Target
$155.54

LEA vs. GNTX, BWA, ALSN, LCII, DORM, DAN, ALV, VC, ADNT, and LAZR

Should you be buying Lear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lear include Gentex (GNTX), BorgWarner (BWA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), LCI Industries (LCII), Dorman Products (DORM), Dana (DAN), Autoliv (ALV), Visteon (VC), Adient (ADNT), and Luminar Technologies (LAZR). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.

Lear vs.

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

Lear has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentex has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Lear received 256 more outperform votes than Gentex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.79% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote while only 59.56% of users gave Lear an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LearOutperform Votes
657
59.56%
Underperform Votes
446
40.44%
GentexOutperform Votes
401
61.79%
Underperform Votes
248
38.21%

In the previous week, Lear had 10 more articles in the media than Gentex. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Lear and 10 mentions for Gentex. Gentex's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Lear's score of 0.37 indicating that Gentex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lear
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Gentex
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Lear currently has a consensus target price of $155.54, indicating a potential upside of 12.26%. Gentex has a consensus target price of $30.80, indicating a potential upside of 11.96%. 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)
8 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Gentex
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

99.6% of Lear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Gentex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Lear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Gentex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Lear pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Lear pays out 56.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gentex pays out 35.3% 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.

Gentex has a net margin of 16.61% compared to Lear's net margin of 1.57%. Gentex's return on equity of 15.91% beat Lear's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lear 1.57% 11.22% 3.86%
Gentex 16.61% 15.91% 14.01%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lear$20.89 billion0.39$327.70 million$5.4725.33
Gentex$1.92 billion3.36$318.76 million$1.3620.23

Summary

Lear beats Gentex on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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

MetricLearMotor vehicle parts & accessories IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.19B$3.28B$12.42B$14.46B
Dividend Yield2.25%3.53%2.50%3.88%
P/E Ratio25.3326.7214.7119.97
Price / Sales0.3911.04141.3610.90
Price / Cash7.379.628.4924.48
Price / Book1.702.757.306.79
Net Income$327.70M$106.55M$1.07B$866.28M
7 Day Performance1.44%1.05%2.82%3.51%
1 Month Performance-0.79%-11.37%-9.23%-4.74%
1 Year Performance-4.86%-11.89%-27.53%-13.44%

Lear Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GNTX
Gentex
2.6322 of 5 stars
$27.33
+1.1%
$30.80
+12.7%
-8.5%$6.40B$1.92B20.105,466Analyst Revision
BWA
BorgWarner
2.5554 of 5 stars
$48.14
+1.0%
$52.91
+9.9%
+20.1%$11.25B$15.80B12.0452,700Short Interest ↑
ALSN
Allison Transmission
1.7887 of 5 stars
$44.59
+0.6%
$45.00
+0.9%
+9.9%$4.10B$2.77B8.063,500Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
LCII
LCI Industries
2.279 of 5 stars
$106.50
+0.8%
$118.14
+10.9%
-3.9%$2.68B$5.21B6.8812,900
DORM
Dorman Products
2.3484 of 5 stars
$84.20
+0.4%
$112.67
+33.8%
-11.4%$2.65B$1.73B21.873,786Short Interest ↑
DAN
Dana
1.4878 of 5 stars
$14.50
+1.9%
$15.75
+8.6%
-20.9%$2.09B$10.16B-8.6341,800Positive News
ALV
Autoliv
2.8019 of 5 stars
$90.99
+0.9%
$99.33
+9.2%
+12.8%$7.81B$8.84B18.7269,100
VC
Visteon
2.1809 of 5 stars
$156.47
-0.2%
$152.64
-2.4%
+37.3%$4.41B$3.76B36.0510,000News Coverage
ADNT
Adient
1.9721 of 5 stars
$39.60
+2.0%
$46.11
+16.4%
-4.6%$3.78B$14.12B-69.4775,000
LAZR
Luminar Technologies
1.9885 of 5 stars
$6.46
+1.9%
$13.77
+113.1%
-59.0%$2.39B$40.70M-5.17500Short Interest ↓
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This page (NYSE:LEA) was last updated on 3/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff