SRI vs. THRM, AXL, SMP, SUP, APTV, BWA, GNTX, LEA, ALSN, and MOD
Should you be buying Stoneridge stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stoneridge include Gentherm (THRM), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Superior Industries International (SUP), Aptiv (APTV), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), and Modine Manufacturing (MOD). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
Stoneridge (NYSE:SRI) and Gentherm (NASDAQ:THRM) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
Stoneridge received 40 more outperform votes than Gentherm when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.47% of users gave Stoneridge an outperform vote while only 63.47% of users gave Gentherm an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gentherm had 2 more articles in the media than Stoneridge. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gentherm and 3 mentions for Stoneridge. Gentherm's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Stoneridge's score of 1.17 indicating that Gentherm is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gentherm has a consensus price target of $65.75, indicating a potential upside of 21.89%. Given Gentherm's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gentherm is more favorable than Stoneridge.
Gentherm has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Stoneridge's net margin of -0.41%. Gentherm's return on equity of 13.56% beat Stoneridge's return on equity.
Gentherm has higher revenue and earnings than Stoneridge. Stoneridge is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gentherm, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.1% of Stoneridge shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Gentherm shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Stoneridge shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Gentherm shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Stoneridge has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentherm has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Gentherm beats Stoneridge on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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