IEP vs. APTV, MGA, ALV, BWA, GNTX, LEA, ALSN, MOD, VC, and DORM
Should you be buying Icahn Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Icahn Enterprises include Aptiv (APTV), Magna International (MGA), Autoliv (ALV), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Visteon (VC), and Dorman Products (DORM). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.
Aptiv received 835 more outperform votes than Icahn Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.85% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave Icahn Enterprises an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Aptiv had 2 more articles in the media than Icahn Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Aptiv and 5 mentions for Icahn Enterprises. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Icahn Enterprises' score of 0.41 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Icahn Enterprises has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Aptiv shares are held by institutional investors. 90.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Aptiv shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Icahn Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 24.2%. Aptiv pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Icahn Enterprises pays out -347.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aptiv pays out 8.3% 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. Icahn Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Icahn Enterprises currently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 63.54%. Aptiv has a consensus price target of $108.31, indicating a potential upside of 30.08%. Given Icahn Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Icahn Enterprises is more favorable than Aptiv.
Aptiv has a net margin of 14.87% compared to Icahn Enterprises' net margin of -4.30%. Aptiv's return on equity of 13.21% beat Icahn Enterprises' return on equity.
Aptiv has higher revenue and earnings than Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aptiv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Aptiv beats Icahn Enterprises on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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