LEA vs. APTV, BWA, GNTX, ALSN, MOD, DORM, LCII, DAN, THRM, and AXL
Should you be buying Lear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lear include Aptiv (APTV), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), and American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
Lear (NYSE:LEA) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, Lear had 12 more articles in the media than Aptiv. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Lear and 8 mentions for Aptiv. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Lear's score of 0.56 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aptiv has a net margin of 14.87% compared to Lear's net margin of 2.28%. Lear's return on equity of 14.47% beat Aptiv's return on equity.
Lear pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Aptiv pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Lear pays out 33.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aptiv pays out 8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
97.0% of Lear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Aptiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Lear shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Aptiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Aptiv received 421 more outperform votes than Lear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.85% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 58.72% of users gave Lear an outperform vote.
Lear has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lear presently has a consensus price target of $161.44, suggesting a potential upside of 28.79%. Aptiv has a consensus price target of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 30.08%. Given Aptiv's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Lear.
Aptiv has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lear. Aptiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Aptiv beats Lear on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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