LEA vs. APTV, BWA, GNTX, ALSN, MOD, DORM, LCII, DAN, THRM, and AXL
Should you be buying Lear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lear include Aptiv (APTV), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), 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.
Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) and Lear (NYSE:LEA) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Aptiv has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lear. Aptiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.2% of Aptiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Lear shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Aptiv shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Lear shares are held 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.
Aptiv received 421 more outperform votes than Lear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.85% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 58.72% of users gave Lear an outperform vote.
Aptiv has a net margin of 14.87% compared to Aptiv's net margin of 2.28%. Aptiv's return on equity of 14.47% beat Lear's return on equity.
Aptiv currently has a consensus price target of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 30.08%. Lear has a consensus price target of $161.44, suggesting a potential upside of 28.79%. Given Lear's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Lear.
In the previous week, Lear had 14 more articles in the media than Aptiv. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Lear and 8 mentions for Aptiv. Lear's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Aptiv's score of 0.53 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aptiv has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lear has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Aptiv beats Lear on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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