SRI vs. AXL, SMP, SUP, APTV, GNTX, BWA, LEA, ALSN, MOD, and DORM
Should you be buying Stoneridge stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stoneridge include American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Superior Industries International (SUP), Aptiv (APTV), Gentex (GNTX), BorgWarner (BWA), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), and Dorman Products (DORM). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE:AXL) and Stoneridge (NYSE:SRI) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
American Axle & Manufacturing has a beta of 2.11, suggesting that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stoneridge has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
91.4% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Stoneridge shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Stoneridge shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
American Axle & Manufacturing currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.24%. Given Stoneridge's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe American Axle & Manufacturing is more favorable than Stoneridge.
American Axle & Manufacturing has a net margin of -0.13% compared to American Axle & Manufacturing's net margin of -0.41%. Stoneridge's return on equity of 1.92% beat American Axle & Manufacturing's return on equity.
American Axle & Manufacturing received 32 more outperform votes than Stoneridge when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.47% of users gave Stoneridge an outperform vote while only 57.42% of users gave American Axle & Manufacturing an outperform vote.
Stoneridge has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Axle & Manufacturing. Stoneridge is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Axle & Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, American Axle & Manufacturing and American Axle & Manufacturing both had 2 articles in the media. Stoneridge's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat American Axle & Manufacturing's score of 0.51 indicating that American Axle & Manufacturing is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
American Axle & Manufacturing beats Stoneridge on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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