SRI vs. THRM, AXL, SMP, SUP, APTV, BWA, GNTX, LEA, ALSN, and MOD
Should you be buying Stoneridge stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stoneridge include Gentherm (THRM), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Superior Industries International (SUP), Aptiv (APTV), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), and Modine Manufacturing (MOD). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
Gentherm (NASDAQ:THRM) and Stoneridge (NYSE:SRI) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Gentherm has higher revenue and earnings than Stoneridge. Stoneridge is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gentherm, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gentherm has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stoneridge has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.1% of Gentherm shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Stoneridge shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Gentherm shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Stoneridge shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gentherm has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Gentherm's net margin of -0.41%. Stoneridge's return on equity of 13.56% beat Gentherm's return on equity.
Stoneridge received 40 more outperform votes than Gentherm when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.47% of users gave Stoneridge an outperform vote while only 63.47% of users gave Gentherm an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gentherm had 2 more articles in the media than Stoneridge. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gentherm and 3 mentions for Stoneridge. Gentherm's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Stoneridge's score of 1.27 indicating that Stoneridge is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gentherm currently has a consensus price target of $65.75, indicating a potential upside of 21.89%. Given Stoneridge's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Gentherm is more favorable than Stoneridge.
Summary
Gentherm beats Stoneridge on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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