DORM vs. VC, MTOR, ADNT, BWA, GNTX, LEA, ALSN, MOD, LCII, and DAN
Should you be buying Dorman Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dorman Products include Visteon (VC), Meritor (MTOR), Adient (ADNT), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), LCI Industries (LCII), and Dana (DAN). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Visteon (NASDAQ:VC) and Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and community ranking.
Visteon has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorman Products has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dorman Products received 278 more outperform votes than Visteon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.22% of users gave Dorman Products an outperform vote while only 32.33% of users gave Visteon an outperform vote.
Visteon has a net margin of 12.60% compared to Visteon's net margin of 8.10%. Dorman Products' return on equity of 53.49% beat Visteon's return on equity.
Visteon presently has a consensus price target of $141.75, indicating a potential upside of 27.28%. Dorman Products has a consensus price target of $103.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.99%. Given Dorman Products' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Visteon is more favorable than Dorman Products.
In the previous week, Visteon had 1 more articles in the media than Dorman Products. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Visteon and 3 mentions for Dorman Products. Visteon's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Dorman Products' score of 0.92 indicating that Dorman Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Visteon has higher revenue and earnings than Dorman Products. Visteon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dorman Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.7% of Visteon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of Dorman Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Visteon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Dorman Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Visteon beats Dorman Products on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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