AXL vs. DORM, LCII, DAN, THRM, SMP, SRI, SUP, APTV, BWA, and GNTX
Should you be buying American Axle & Manufacturing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Axle & Manufacturing include Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Stoneridge (SRI), Superior Industries International (SUP), Aptiv (APTV), BorgWarner (BWA), and Gentex (GNTX). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE:AXL) and Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
American Axle & Manufacturing currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.71%. Dorman Products has a consensus target price of $103.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.99%. Given Dorman Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dorman Products is more favorable than American Axle & Manufacturing.
91.4% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of Dorman Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Dorman Products shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Axle & Manufacturing received 128 more outperform votes than Dorman Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.42% of users gave American Axle & Manufacturing an outperform vote while only 57.22% of users gave Dorman Products an outperform vote.
In the previous week, American Axle & Manufacturing had 3 more articles in the media than Dorman Products. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for American Axle & Manufacturing and 3 mentions for Dorman Products. Dorman Products' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat American Axle & Manufacturing's score of 0.01 indicating that Dorman Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dorman Products has a net margin of 8.10% compared to American Axle & Manufacturing's net margin of -0.13%. Dorman Products' return on equity of 14.61% beat American Axle & Manufacturing's return on equity.
Dorman Products has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Axle & Manufacturing. American Axle & Manufacturing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dorman Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Axle & Manufacturing has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorman Products has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Dorman Products beats American Axle & Manufacturing on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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