DORM vs. APTV, ALSN, BWA, GNTX, LEA, MOD, LCII, DAN, THRM, and SMP
Should you be buying Dorman Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dorman Products include Aptiv (APTV), Allison Transmission (ALSN), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), LCI Industries (LCII), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), and Standard Motor Products (SMP). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
Dorman Products vs.
Dorman Products (NASDAQ:DORM) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
Dorman Products has a net margin of 9.43% compared to Aptiv's net margin of 9.07%. Dorman Products' return on equity of 16.95% beat Aptiv's return on equity.
In the previous week, Aptiv had 15 more articles in the media than Dorman Products. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Aptiv and 7 mentions for Dorman Products. Dorman Products' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Aptiv's score of 1.11 indicating that Dorman Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dorman Products presently has a consensus target price of $143.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.89%. Aptiv has a consensus target price of $86.61, indicating a potential upside of 34.34%. Given Aptiv's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Dorman Products.
Dorman Products has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aptiv received 811 more outperform votes than Dorman Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.67% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 57.75% of users gave Dorman Products an outperform vote.
Aptiv has higher revenue and earnings than Dorman Products. Aptiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dorman Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
84.7% of Dorman Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Aptiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.0% of Dorman Products shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Aptiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Aptiv beats Dorman Products on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DORM) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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