ATMU vs. GNTX, BWA, IEP, LEA, ALSN, MOD, VC, DORM, LCII, and PATK
Should you be buying Atmus Filtration Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atmus Filtration Technologies include Gentex (GNTX), BorgWarner (BWA), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Visteon (VC), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), and Patrick Industries (PATK). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) and Atmus Filtration Technologies (NYSE:ATMU) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Gentex has higher revenue and earnings than Atmus Filtration Technologies. Atmus Filtration Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gentex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.8% of Gentex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of Atmus Filtration Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Gentex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Atmus Filtration Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Gentex had 4 more articles in the media than Atmus Filtration Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Gentex and 9 mentions for Atmus Filtration Technologies. Atmus Filtration Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Gentex's score of 0.21 indicating that Gentex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gentex has a net margin of 18.77% compared to Gentex's net margin of 10.03%. Gentex's return on equity of 314.52% beat Atmus Filtration Technologies' return on equity.
Gentex presently has a consensus target price of $37.83, indicating a potential upside of 8.10%. Atmus Filtration Technologies has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.25%. Given Gentex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Atmus Filtration Technologies is more favorable than Gentex.
Gentex received 398 more outperform votes than Atmus Filtration Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.21% of users gave Atmus Filtration Technologies an outperform vote while only 61.52% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote.
Summary
Gentex beats Atmus Filtration Technologies on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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