APTV vs. BWA, GNTX, LEA, ALSN, MOD, DORM, LCII, DAN, THRM, and AXL
Should you be buying Aptiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aptiv include BorgWarner (BWA), 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Aptiv has a net margin of 14.87% compared to Aptiv's net margin of 4.02%. Aptiv's return on equity of 15.33% beat BorgWarner's return on equity.
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.
BorgWarner has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its stock 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Aptiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BorgWarner presently has a consensus target price of $43.76, indicating a potential upside of 22.73%. Aptiv has a consensus target price of $108.31, indicating a potential upside of 30.08%. Given BorgWarner's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aptiv is more favorable than BorgWarner.
In the previous week, BorgWarner had 7 more articles in the media than Aptiv. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for BorgWarner and 8 mentions for Aptiv. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat BorgWarner's score of 1.14 indicating that BorgWarner is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Aptiv beats BorgWarner on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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