MGA vs. ALV, GNTX, BWA, LEA, ALSN, MOD, LKQ, RIVN, OSK, and NIO
Should you be buying Magna International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Magna International include Autoliv (ALV), Gentex (GNTX), BorgWarner (BWA), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), LKQ (LKQ), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), Oshkosh (OSK), and NIO (NIO). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Magna International (NYSE:MGA) and Autoliv (NYSE:ALV) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
Autoliv has a net margin of 4.66% compared to Magna International's net margin of 2.83%. Autoliv's return on equity of 27.13% beat Magna International's return on equity.
Magna International has higher revenue and earnings than Autoliv. Magna International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Autoliv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Magna International currently has a consensus target price of $62.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.60%. Autoliv has a consensus target price of $118.60, indicating a potential upside of 0.52%. Given Magna International's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Magna International is more favorable than Autoliv.
Magna International received 162 more outperform votes than Autoliv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.32% of users gave Magna International an outperform vote while only 48.61% of users gave Autoliv an outperform vote.
67.5% of Magna International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Autoliv shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Magna International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Autoliv shares are owned by company 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.
In the previous week, Magna International had 6 more articles in the media than Autoliv. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Magna International and 8 mentions for Autoliv. Autoliv's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Magna International's score of 0.31 indicating that Autoliv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Magna International pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Autoliv pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Magna International pays out 45.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Autoliv pays out 47.3% 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. Magna International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Magna International has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autoliv has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Autoliv beats Magna International on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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