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.
Gentherm (NASDAQ:THRM) and Stoneridge (NYSE:SRI) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Gentherm currently has a consensus target price of $65.75, indicating a potential upside of 29.45%. Given Stoneridge's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Gentherm is more favorable than Stoneridge.
Stoneridge received 39 more outperform votes than Gentherm when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.42% of users gave Stoneridge an outperform vote while only 63.47% of users gave Gentherm an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gentherm had 5 more articles in the media than Stoneridge. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Gentherm and 2 mentions for Stoneridge. Stoneridge's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Gentherm's score of 0.97 indicating that Gentherm is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gentherm has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stoneridge has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Gentherm has a net margin of 3.23% compared to Gentherm's net margin of -0.41%. Stoneridge's return on equity of 13.56% beat Gentherm's return on equity.
97.1% of Gentherm shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Stoneridge shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Gentherm shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Stoneridge shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Gentherm beats Stoneridge on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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