Autoliv (ALV) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LI or ALV?

9.9% of Li Auto shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Autoliv shares are held by institutional investors. 48.5% of Li Auto shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Autoliv shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer LI or ALV?

Li Auto currently has a consensus price target of $35.73, suggesting a potential upside of 49.81%. Autoliv has a consensus price target of $115.93, suggesting a potential upside of 40.20%. Given Li Auto's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Li Auto is more favorable than Autoliv.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Li Auto	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Autoliv	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LI or ALV?

Autoliv received 502 more outperform votes than Li Auto when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.67% of users gave Li Auto an outperform vote while only 48.72% of users gave Autoliv an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Li Auto	Outperform Votes 68 56.67%	Underperform Votes 52 43.33%
Autoliv	Outperform Votes 570 48.72%	Underperform Votes 600 51.28%

Which has more risk and volatility, LI or ALV?

Li Auto has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autoliv has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LI or ALV more profitable?

Li Auto has a net margin of 7.20% compared to Autoliv's net margin of 6.21%. Autoliv's return on equity of 28.62% beat Li Auto's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Li Auto	7.20%	13.03%	5.55%
Autoliv	6.21%	28.62%	8.24%

Does the media favor LI or ALV?

In the previous week, Li Auto had 8 more articles in the media than Autoliv. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Li Auto and 15 mentions for Autoliv. Autoliv's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Li Auto's score of 0.75 indicating that Autoliv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Li Auto	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Autoliv	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, LI or ALV?

Li Auto has higher revenue and earnings than Autoliv. Autoliv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Li Auto, 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
Li Auto	$144.46B	0.17	$1.65B	$1.05	22.71
Autoliv	$10.39B	0.62	$647M	$8.07	10.25

Summary

Autoliv beats Li Auto on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.