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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Lear beats Gentex on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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