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 profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do insiders & 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer APTV or GNTX?

Aptiv received 708 more outperform votes than Gentex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.87% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 61.22% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aptiv	Outperform Votes 1128 73.87%	Underperform Votes 399 26.13%
Gentex	Outperform Votes 420 61.22%	Underperform Votes 266 38.78%

Does the media favor APTV or GNTX?

In the previous week, Aptiv had 5 more articles in the media than Gentex. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Aptiv and 29 mentions for Gentex. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Gentex's score of 0.45 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)	4 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gentex	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend APTV or GNTX?

Aptiv currently has a consensus price target of $85.47, indicating a potential upside of 37.08%. Gentex has a consensus price target of $35.13, indicating a potential upside of 35.51%. Given Aptiv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Gentex	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Which has stronger valuation and 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	$20.05B	0.73	$2.94B	$8.96	6.96
Gentex	$2.30B	2.56	$428.40M	$1.87	13.86

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 more risk and volatility, APTV or GNTX?

Aptiv has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% 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 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.