Gentex (GNTX) Competitors

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) and Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, APTV or GNTX?

Aptiv has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentex has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in APTV or GNTX?

94.2% of Aptiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Gentex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Aptiv shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Gentex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer APTV or GNTX?

Aptiv received 718 more outperform votes than Gentex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.63% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 60.93% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aptiv	Outperform Votes 1139 73.63%	Underperform Votes 408 26.37%
Gentex	Outperform Votes 421 60.93%	Underperform Votes 270 39.07%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, APTV or GNTX?

Aptiv has higher revenue and earnings than Gentex. Aptiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gentex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aptiv	$19.71B	0.71	$1.79B	$6.88	8.83
Gentex	$2.31B	2.31	$404.49M	$1.76	13.36

Does the media refer more to APTV or GNTX?

In the previous week, Gentex had 5 more articles in the media than Aptiv. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Gentex and 20 mentions for Aptiv. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Gentex's score of 1.02 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aptiv	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gentex	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is APTV or GNTX a better dividend stock?

Aptiv pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Aptiv pays out 12.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gentex pays out 27.3% 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.

Do analysts recommend APTV or GNTX?

Aptiv presently has a consensus target price of $86.61, suggesting a potential upside of 42.50%. Gentex has a consensus target price of $31.81, suggesting a potential upside of 35.26%. Given Aptiv's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Gentex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aptiv	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Gentex	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Is APTV or GNTX more profitable?

Gentex has a net margin of 17.49% compared to Aptiv's net margin of 9.07%. Gentex's return on equity of 16.74% beat Aptiv's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aptiv	9.07%	15.63%	6.65%
Gentex	17.49%	16.74%	14.78%

Summary

Aptiv beats Gentex on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.