DAN vs. GNTX, LEA, ALSN, MOD, DORM, LCII, THRM, AXL, SMP, and SRI
Should you be buying Dana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dana include Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Gentherm (THRM), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Standard Motor Products (SMP), and Stoneridge (SRI). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) and Dana (NYSE:DAN) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Gentex has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dana has a beta of 2.46, suggesting that its stock price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Dana pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Gentex pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dana pays out 444.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Gentex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dana. Gentex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dana received 119 more outperform votes than Gentex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.52% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gentex had 12 more articles in the media than Dana. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Gentex and 2 mentions for Dana. Gentex's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Dana's score of 1.09 indicating that Dana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gentex has a net margin of 18.77% compared to Gentex's net margin of 0.12%. Dana's return on equity of 19.19% beat Gentex's return on equity.
86.8% of Gentex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Dana shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Gentex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Dana 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.
Gentex presently has a consensus price target of $37.83, indicating a potential upside of 8.10%. Dana has a consensus price target of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.54%. Given Gentex's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dana is more favorable than Gentex.
Summary
Gentex beats Dana on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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