BorgWarner (BWA) Competitors

BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BWA or APTV?

95.7% of BorgWarner shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Aptiv shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of BorgWarner shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Aptiv shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate BWA or APTV?

BorgWarner currently has a consensus price target of $40.73, indicating a potential upside of 25.98%. Aptiv has a consensus price target of $84.29, indicating a potential upside of 37.76%. Given Aptiv's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aptiv is more favorable than BorgWarner.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BorgWarner	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Aptiv	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Does the media prefer BWA or APTV?

In the previous week, BorgWarner had 5 more articles in the media than Aptiv. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BorgWarner and 4 mentions for Aptiv. BorgWarner's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Aptiv's score of 0.53 indicating that BorgWarner is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BorgWarner	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aptiv	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BWA or APTV?

Aptiv received 450 more outperform votes than BorgWarner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.00% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 59.17% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BorgWarner	Outperform Votes 674 59.17%	Underperform Votes 465 40.83%
Aptiv	Outperform Votes 1124 74.00%	Underperform Votes 395 26.00%

Which has more volatility & risk, BWA or APTV?

BorgWarner has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BWA or APTV?

Aptiv has higher revenue and earnings than BorgWarner. Aptiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BorgWarner, 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
BorgWarner	$14.20B	0.50	$625M	$3.94	8.21
Aptiv	$20.05B	0.72	$2.94B	$8.96	6.83

Is BWA or APTV more profitable?

Aptiv has a net margin of 12.29% compared to BorgWarner's net margin of 6.33%. BorgWarner's return on equity of 15.51% beat Aptiv's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BorgWarner	6.33%	15.51%	6.64%
Aptiv	12.29%	14.51%	6.52%

Summary

Aptiv beats BorgWarner on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.