GTX vs. BWA, GNTX, IEP, LEA, ALSN, MOD, VC, DORM, LCII, and PATK
Should you be buying Garrett Motion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Garrett Motion include BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Visteon (VC), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), and Patrick Industries (PATK). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Garrett Motion (NYSE:GTX) and BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) 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, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, BorgWarner had 13 more articles in the media than Garrett Motion. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for BorgWarner and 1 mentions for Garrett Motion. Garrett Motion's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat BorgWarner's score of 1.26 indicating that Garrett Motion is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Garrett Motion currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 65.20%. BorgWarner has a consensus price target of $43.76, indicating a potential upside of 22.73%. Given Garrett Motion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Garrett Motion is more favorable than BorgWarner.
BorgWarner has higher revenue and earnings than Garrett Motion. Garrett Motion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BorgWarner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BorgWarner received 506 more outperform votes than Garrett Motion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.39% of users gave Garrett Motion an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote.
Garrett Motion has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BorgWarner has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
86.3% of Garrett Motion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of BorgWarner shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Garrett Motion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BorgWarner shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Garrett Motion has a net margin of 6.42% compared to BorgWarner's net margin of 4.02%. BorgWarner's return on equity of 15.33% beat Garrett Motion's return on equity.
Summary
BorgWarner beats Garrett Motion on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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