Gentex (GNTX) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend APTV or GNTX?

Aptiv presently has a consensus target price of $84.29, suggesting a potential upside of 43.21%. Gentex has a consensus target price of $35.13, suggesting a potential upside of 20.50%. Given Aptiv's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Gentex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aptiv	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Gentex	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Do insiders and institutionals believe in APTV or GNTX?

94.2% of Aptiv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Gentex shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Aptiv shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Gentex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor APTV or GNTX?

Aptiv received 704 more outperform votes than Gentex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.14% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 61.22% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aptiv	Outperform Votes 1124 74.14%	Underperform Votes 392 25.86%
Gentex	Outperform Votes 420 61.22%	Underperform Votes 266 38.78%

Is APTV or GNTX a better dividend stock?

Aptiv pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Aptiv pays out 9.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gentex pays out 25.7% 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.

Does the media prefer APTV or GNTX?

In the previous week, Gentex had 8 more articles in the media than Aptiv. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Gentex and 14 mentions for Aptiv. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Gentex's score of 0.74 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aptiv	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gentex	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is APTV or GNTX more profitable?

Gentex has a net margin of 18.37% compared to Aptiv's net margin of 12.29%. Gentex's return on equity of 18.25% beat Aptiv's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aptiv	12.29%	14.51%	6.52%
Gentex	18.37%	18.25%	16.07%

Which has better 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	$19.73B	0.70	$2.94B	$8.96	6.57
Gentex	$2.36B	2.81	$428.40M	$1.87	15.59

Which has more risk and volatility, APTV or GNTX?

Aptiv has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentex has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Aptiv beats Gentex on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.