BWA vs. APTV, GNTX, LEA, ALSN, MOD, DORM, LCII, DAN, THRM, and AXL
Should you be buying BorgWarner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BorgWarner include Aptiv (APTV), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), and American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
BorgWarner currently has a consensus price target of $43.76, suggesting a potential upside of 22.73%. Aptiv has a consensus price target of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 30.08%. Given Aptiv's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aptiv is more favorable than BorgWarner.
BorgWarner has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more 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.
95.7% of BorgWarner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Aptiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of BorgWarner shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Aptiv shares are owned 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.
BorgWarner pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Aptiv pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. BorgWarner pays out 16.7% 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.
Aptiv has higher revenue and earnings than BorgWarner. Aptiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BorgWarner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aptiv received 437 more outperform votes than BorgWarner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.85% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote.
Aptiv has a net margin of 14.87% compared to BorgWarner's net margin of 4.02%. BorgWarner's return on equity of 15.33% beat Aptiv's return on equity.
In the previous week, BorgWarner had 7 more articles in the media than Aptiv. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for BorgWarner and 7 mentions for Aptiv. BorgWarner's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Aptiv's score of 1.23 indicating that BorgWarner is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Aptiv beats BorgWarner on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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