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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
BorgWarner presently has a consensus target price of $43.76, suggesting a potential upside of 27.74%. Aptiv has a consensus target price of $106.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.08%. Given BorgWarner's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aptiv is more favorable than BorgWarner.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Aptiv had 4 more articles in the media than BorgWarner. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Aptiv and 7 mentions for BorgWarner. BorgWarner's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Aptiv's score of 0.95 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
95.7% of BorgWarner shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Aptiv shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of BorgWarner shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Aptiv shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BorgWarner has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Aptiv beats BorgWarner on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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