BorgWarner (BWA) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend APTV or BWA?

Aptiv presently has a consensus price target of $84.78, suggesting a potential upside of 69.35%. BorgWarner has a consensus price target of $38.56, suggesting a potential upside of 45.96%. Given Aptiv's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Aptiv is more favorable than BorgWarner.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aptiv	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
BorgWarner	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in APTV or BWA?

Aptiv received 453 more outperform votes than BorgWarner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.48% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 59.24% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aptiv	Outperform Votes 1139 73.48%	Underperform Votes 411 26.52%
BorgWarner	Outperform Votes 686 59.24%	Underperform Votes 472 40.76%

Does the media refer more to APTV or BWA?

In the previous week, Aptiv had 4 more articles in the media than BorgWarner. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Aptiv and 27 mentions for BorgWarner. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat BorgWarner's score of 0.93 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aptiv	18 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BorgWarner	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, APTV or BWA?

Aptiv has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BorgWarner has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is APTV or BWA more profitable?

Aptiv has a net margin of 9.07% compared to BorgWarner's net margin of 2.40%. BorgWarner's return on equity of 15.93% beat Aptiv's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aptiv	9.07%	15.63%	6.65%
BorgWarner	2.40%	15.93%	6.77%

Is APTV or BWA a better dividend stock?

Aptiv pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. BorgWarner pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Aptiv pays out 12.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BorgWarner pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Aptiv is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings and valuation, APTV or BWA?

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
Aptiv	$19.71B	0.58	$1.79B	$6.88	7.28
BorgWarner	$14.09B	0.41	$338M	$1.43	18.48

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in APTV or BWA?

94.2% of Aptiv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of BorgWarner shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Aptiv shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BorgWarner shares are owned 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.

Summary

Aptiv beats BorgWarner on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.