American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL) Competitors

Dana (NYSE:DAN) and American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE:AXL) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DAN or AXL?

Dana received 96 more outperform votes than American Axle & Manufacturing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.63% of users gave Dana an outperform vote while only 56.84% of users gave American Axle & Manufacturing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dana	Outperform Votes 545 59.63%	Underperform Votes 369 40.37%
American Axle & Manufacturing	Outperform Votes 449 56.84%	Underperform Votes 341 43.16%

Does the media refer more to DAN or AXL?

In the previous week, American Axle & Manufacturing had 12 more articles in the media than Dana. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for American Axle & Manufacturing and 10 mentions for Dana. Dana's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat American Axle & Manufacturing's score of 0.17 indicating that Dana is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dana	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Axle & Manufacturing	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, DAN or AXL?

Dana has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Axle & Manufacturing has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DAN or AXL?

96.8% of Dana shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Dana shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate DAN or AXL?

Dana currently has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.73%. American Axle & Manufacturing has a consensus price target of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 20.43%. Given American Axle & Manufacturing's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Axle & Manufacturing is more favorable than Dana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dana	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
American Axle & Manufacturing	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Is DAN or AXL more profitable?

American Axle & Manufacturing has a net margin of 0.57% compared to Dana's net margin of -0.15%. American Axle & Manufacturing's return on equity of 10.44% beat Dana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dana	-0.15%	3.48%	0.70%
American Axle & Manufacturing	0.57%	10.44%	1.19%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DAN or AXL?

Dana has higher revenue and earnings than American Axle & Manufacturing. Dana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Axle & Manufacturing, 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
Dana	$10.56B	0.22	$38M	-$0.11	-142.84
American Axle & Manufacturing	$6.12B	0.11	$35M	$0.28	20.02

Summary

Dana beats American Axle & Manufacturing on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.