Gentex (GNTX) Competitors

Autoliv (NYSE:ALV) and Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, ALV or GNTX?

Autoliv has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentex has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ALV or GNTX?

Autoliv has higher revenue and earnings than Gentex. Autoliv 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
Autoliv	$10.48B	0.72	$488M	$7.68	12.55
Gentex	$2.30B	2.92	$428.40M	$1.87	15.78

Do analysts recommend ALV or GNTX?

Autoliv presently has a consensus price target of $122.77, suggesting a potential upside of 27.33%. Gentex has a consensus price target of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.03%. Given Autoliv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Autoliv is more favorable than Gentex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Autoliv	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Gentex	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ALV or GNTX?

Autoliv received 139 more outperform votes than Gentex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.17% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote while only 48.61% of users gave Autoliv an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Autoliv	Outperform Votes 558 48.61%	Underperform Votes 590 51.39%
Gentex	Outperform Votes 419 61.17%	Underperform Votes 266 38.83%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ALV or GNTX?

69.6% of Autoliv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Gentex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Autoliv shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Gentex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ALV or GNTX more profitable?

Gentex has a net margin of 18.37% compared to Autoliv's net margin of 5.98%. Autoliv's return on equity of 30.85% beat Gentex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Autoliv	5.98%	30.85%	9.00%
Gentex	18.37%	18.25%	16.07%

Does the media favor ALV or GNTX?

In the previous week, Autoliv and Autoliv both had 6 articles in the media. Gentex's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Autoliv's score of 1.12 indicating that Gentex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Autoliv	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gentex	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ALV or GNTX a better dividend stock?

Autoliv pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Autoliv pays out 35.4% 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.

Summary

Autoliv beats Gentex on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.