VC vs. LCII, DORM, ADNT, GTX, DAN, PHIN, THRM, MOD, AXL, and LAZR
Should you be buying Visteon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Visteon include LCI Industries (LCII), Dorman Products (DORM), Adient (ADNT), Garrett Motion (GTX), Dana (DAN), PHINIA (PHIN), Gentherm (THRM), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), and Luminar Technologies (LAZR). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII) and Visteon (NASDAQ:VC) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
99.7% of LCI Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Visteon shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of LCI Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Visteon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Visteon has higher revenue and earnings than LCI Industries. Visteon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LCI Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, LCI Industries had 17 more articles in the media than Visteon. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for LCI Industries and 4 mentions for Visteon. LCI Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Visteon's score of 0.89 indicating that Visteon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LCI Industries has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Visteon has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LCI Industries received 261 more outperform votes than Visteon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.07% of users gave LCI Industries an outperform vote while only 32.33% of users gave Visteon an outperform vote.
Visteon has a net margin of 12.60% compared to Visteon's net margin of 2.47%. LCI Industries' return on equity of 53.49% beat Visteon's return on equity.
LCI Industries presently has a consensus price target of $104.80, suggesting a potential downside of 4.66%. Visteon has a consensus price target of $141.75, suggesting a potential upside of 24.14%. Given LCI Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Visteon is more favorable than LCI Industries.
Summary
Visteon beats LCI Industries on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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