CPS vs. AXL, LAZR, SMP, HLLY, SRI, CVGI, AEVA, GOEV, INVZ, and CAAS
Should you be buying Cooper-Standard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cooper-Standard include American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Holley (HLLY), Stoneridge (SRI), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), Aeva Technologies (AEVA), Canoo (GOEV), Innoviz Technologies (INVZ), and China Automotive Systems (CAAS). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE:AXL) and Cooper-Standard (NYSE:CPS) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.
91.4% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Cooper-Standard shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Cooper-Standard shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Axle & Manufacturing has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cooper-Standard has a beta of 2.87, indicating that its share price is 187% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Axle & Manufacturing presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.71%. Given Cooper-Standard's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe American Axle & Manufacturing is more favorable than Cooper-Standard.
American Axle & Manufacturing has a net margin of -0.13% compared to American Axle & Manufacturing's net margin of -3.68%. Cooper-Standard's return on equity of 1.92% beat American Axle & Manufacturing's return on equity.
In the previous week, American Axle & Manufacturing had 1 more articles in the media than Cooper-Standard. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for American Axle & Manufacturing and 5 mentions for Cooper-Standard. American Axle & Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Cooper-Standard's score of -0.14 indicating that Cooper-Standard is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Axle & Manufacturing received 193 more outperform votes than Cooper-Standard when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.42% of users gave American Axle & Manufacturing an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Cooper-Standard an outperform vote.
American Axle & Manufacturing has higher revenue and earnings than Cooper-Standard. American Axle & Manufacturing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cooper-Standard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
American Axle & Manufacturing beats Cooper-Standard on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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