AXL vs. DORM, LCII, DAN, THRM, SMP, SRI, SUP, APTV, GNTX, and BWA
Should you be buying American Axle & Manufacturing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Axle & Manufacturing include Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Stoneridge (SRI), Superior Industries International (SUP), Aptiv (APTV), Gentex (GNTX), and BorgWarner (BWA). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) and American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE:AXL) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Dorman Products has a net margin of 8.10% compared to Dorman Products' net margin of -0.13%. American Axle & Manufacturing's return on equity of 14.61% beat Dorman Products' return on equity.
In the previous week, American Axle & Manufacturing had 1 more articles in the media than Dorman Products. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for American Axle & Manufacturing and 1 mentions for Dorman Products. American Axle & Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Dorman Products' score of 1.23 indicating that Dorman Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dorman Products currently has a consensus price target of $103.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.03%. American Axle & Manufacturing has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.96%. Given American Axle & Manufacturing's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Dorman Products is more favorable than American Axle & Manufacturing.
Dorman Products has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Axle & Manufacturing. American Axle & Manufacturing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dorman Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Axle & Manufacturing received 128 more outperform votes than Dorman Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.42% of users gave American Axle & Manufacturing an outperform vote while only 57.22% of users gave Dorman Products an outperform vote.
84.7% of Dorman Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Dorman Products shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dorman Products has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Axle & Manufacturing has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Dorman Products beats American Axle & Manufacturing on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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