Dana (DAN) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DAN or MOD?

96.8% of Dana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of Modine Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Dana shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Modine Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DAN or MOD?

Modine Manufacturing has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dana. Dana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Modine 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	$10.44B	0.16	$38M	-$0.11	-104.45
Modine Manufacturing	$2.41B	2.59	$161.50M	$3.05	38.98

Which has more volatility and risk, DAN or MOD?

Dana has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Modine Manufacturing has a beta of 2.31, indicating that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DAN or MOD more profitable?

Modine Manufacturing has a net margin of 6.59% compared to Dana's net margin of -0.15%. Modine Manufacturing's return on equity of 23.96% beat Dana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dana	-0.15%	3.48%	0.70%
Modine Manufacturing	6.59%	23.96%	10.38%

Do analysts prefer DAN or MOD?

Dana currently has a consensus target price of $15.29, suggesting a potential upside of 33.03%. Modine Manufacturing has a consensus target price of $146.67, suggesting a potential upside of 23.36%. Given Dana's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Dana is more favorable than Modine Manufacturing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dana	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Modine Manufacturing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DAN or MOD?

Dana received 262 more outperform votes than Modine Manufacturing when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.84% of users gave Modine Manufacturing an outperform vote while only 59.58% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dana	Outperform Votes 541 59.58%	Underperform Votes 367 40.42%
Modine Manufacturing	Outperform Votes 279 63.84%	Underperform Votes 158 36.16%

Does the media prefer DAN or MOD?

In the previous week, Modine Manufacturing had 2 more articles in the media than Dana. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Modine Manufacturing and 6 mentions for Dana. Modine Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Dana's score of 0.89 indicating that Modine Manufacturing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dana	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Modine Manufacturing	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Modine Manufacturing beats Dana on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.