Adient (ADNT) Competitors

Adient (NYSE:ADNT) and Meritor (NYSE:MTOR) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

Is ADNT or MTOR more profitable?

Meritor has a net margin of 5.84% compared to Adient's net margin of 1.04%. Meritor's return on equity of 39.69% beat Adient's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adient	1.04%	8.72%	2.34%
Meritor	5.84%	39.69%	8.41%

Do analysts prefer ADNT or MTOR?

Adient presently has a consensus target price of $39.25, suggesting a potential upside of 38.99%. Given Adient's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Adient is more favorable than Meritor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adient	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Meritor	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ADNT or MTOR?

92.4% of Adient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Meritor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Adient shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Meritor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, ADNT or MTOR?

Adient has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Meritor has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ADNT or MTOR?

In the previous week, Adient had 3 more articles in the media than Meritor. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Adient and 0 mentions for Meritor. Adient's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Meritor's score of 0.25 indicating that Adient is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Adient	Positive
Meritor	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, ADNT or MTOR?

Adient has higher revenue and earnings than Meritor. Meritor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adient	$15.40B	0.16	$205M	$1.63	17.33
Meritor	$3.83B	0.67	$199M	$3.51	10.40

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ADNT or MTOR?

Adient received 124 more outperform votes than Meritor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.17% of users gave Meritor an outperform vote while only 59.81% of users gave Adient an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adient	Outperform Votes 579 59.81%	Underperform Votes 389 40.19%
Meritor	Outperform Votes 455 64.17%	Underperform Votes 254 35.83%

Summary

Adient beats Meritor on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.