ADNT vs. MTOR, DAN, BWA, GNTX, IEP, LEA, ALSN, MOD, VC, and DORM
Should you be buying Adient stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Adient include Meritor (MTOR), Dana (DAN), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Visteon (VC), and Dorman Products (DORM).
Meritor (NYSE:MTOR) and Adient (NYSE:ADNT) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Adient had 4 more articles in the media than Meritor. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Adient and 0 mentions for Meritor. Meritor's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Adient's score of 0.25 indicating that Adient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Adient received 124 more outperform votes than Meritor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.17% of users gave Meritor an outperform vote while only 59.81% of users gave Adient an outperform vote.
Adient has a consensus price target of $39.25, indicating a potential upside of 38.99%. Given Meritor's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Adient is more favorable than Meritor.
96.3% of Meritor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Adient shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Meritor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Adient shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Meritor has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adient has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Meritor has a net margin of 5.84% compared to Meritor's net margin of 1.04%. Adient's return on equity of 39.69% beat Meritor's return on equity.
Adient has higher revenue and earnings than Meritor. Meritor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Adient beats Meritor on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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