ALV vs. APTV, MGA, BWA, GNTX, IEP, LEA, ALSN, MOD, VC, and DORM
Should you be buying Autoliv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autoliv include Aptiv (APTV), Magna International (MGA), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Visteon (VC), and Dorman Products (DORM). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Autoliv (NYSE:ALV) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and community ranking.
Aptiv has a net margin of 14.87% compared to Autoliv's net margin of 5.10%. Autoliv's return on equity of 29.84% beat Aptiv's return on equity.
Aptiv received 551 more outperform votes than Autoliv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.85% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 48.67% of users gave Autoliv an outperform vote.
69.6% of Autoliv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Aptiv shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Autoliv shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Aptiv shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Aptiv has higher revenue and earnings than Autoliv. Aptiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Autoliv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Autoliv had 1 more articles in the media than Aptiv. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Autoliv and 7 mentions for Aptiv. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Autoliv's score of 1.09 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Autoliv currently has a consensus price target of $129.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.97%. Aptiv has a consensus price target of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 30.84%. Given Aptiv's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Autoliv.
Autoliv has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Aptiv beats Autoliv on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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