GNTX vs. IEP, BWA, LEA, ALSN, MOD, LCII, DORM, DAN, ALV, and VC
Should you be buying Gentex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gentex include Icahn Enterprises (IEP), BorgWarner (BWA), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), LCI Industries (LCII), Dorman Products (DORM), Dana (DAN), Autoliv (ALV), and Visteon (VC). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) and Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Gentex had 1 more articles in the media than Icahn Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Gentex and 9 mentions for Icahn Enterprises. Gentex's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Icahn Enterprises' score of 0.13 indicating that Gentex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Icahn Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.8%. Gentex pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Icahn Enterprises pays out -347.8% 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. Icahn Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Gentex has a net margin of 18.77% compared to Icahn Enterprises' net margin of -4.30%. Gentex's return on equity of 19.19% beat Icahn Enterprises' return on equity.
Gentex received 150 more outperform votes than Icahn Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.68% of users gave Icahn Enterprises an outperform vote while only 61.55% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote.
Gentex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gentex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gentex presently has a consensus price target of $37.83, indicating a potential upside of 9.19%. Icahn Enterprises has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 60.43%. Given Icahn Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Icahn Enterprises is more favorable than Gentex.
86.8% of Gentex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Gentex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 90.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gentex has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Icahn Enterprises has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Gentex beats Icahn Enterprises on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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