BWA vs. GNTX, LEA, ALSN, MOD, LCII, DORM, ALV, MGA, VC, and ADNT
Should you be buying BorgWarner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BorgWarner include Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), LCI Industries (LCII), Dorman Products (DORM), Autoliv (ALV), Magna International (MGA), Visteon (VC), and Adient (ADNT). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) and BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. BorgWarner pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Gentex pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BorgWarner pays out 16.7% 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.
BorgWarner received 248 more outperform votes than Gentex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.55% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote.
In the previous week, BorgWarner had 1 more articles in the media than Gentex. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for BorgWarner and 6 mentions for Gentex. BorgWarner's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Gentex's score of 1.00 indicating that Gentex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BorgWarner has higher revenue and earnings than Gentex. BorgWarner 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 target price of $37.83, indicating a potential upside of 9.19%. BorgWarner has a consensus target price of $43.76, indicating a potential upside of 18.00%. Given Gentex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BorgWarner is more favorable than Gentex.
86.8% of Gentex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of BorgWarner shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Gentex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BorgWarner shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gentex has a net margin of 18.77% compared to Gentex's net margin of 4.02%. BorgWarner's return on equity of 19.19% beat Gentex's return on equity.
Gentex has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BorgWarner has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BorgWarner beats Gentex on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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