Dana (DAN) Competitors

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

Is BWA or DAN a better dividend stock?

BorgWarner pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Dana pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. BorgWarner pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dana pays out -363.6% 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. Dana is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is BWA or DAN more profitable?

BorgWarner has a net margin of 6.33% compared to Dana's net margin of -0.15%. BorgWarner's return on equity of 15.51% beat Dana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BorgWarner	6.33%	15.51%	6.64%
Dana	-0.15%	3.48%	0.70%

Do analysts recommend BWA or DAN?

BorgWarner presently has a consensus target price of $40.40, indicating a potential upside of 26.67%. Dana has a consensus target price of $18.86, indicating a potential upside of 18.61%. Given BorgWarner's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe BorgWarner is more favorable than Dana.

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
Dana	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BWA or DAN?

95.7% of BorgWarner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Dana shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of BorgWarner shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Dana shares are owned by company 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, BWA or DAN?

BorgWarner has higher revenue and earnings than Dana. Dana 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	0.49	$625M	$3.94	8.10
Dana	$10.56B	0.22	$38M	-$0.11	-144.52

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BWA or DAN?

BorgWarner received 131 more outperform votes than Dana when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.69% of users gave Dana an outperform vote while only 59.25% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BorgWarner	Outperform Votes 676 59.25%	Underperform Votes 465 40.75%
Dana	Outperform Votes 545 59.69%	Underperform Votes 368 40.31%

Which has more risk and volatility, BWA or DAN?

BorgWarner has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dana has a beta of 2.31, meaning that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BWA or DAN?

In the previous week, BorgWarner had 13 more articles in the media than Dana. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for BorgWarner and 12 mentions for Dana. Dana's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat BorgWarner's score of 0.59 indicating that Dana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BorgWarner	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dana	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

BorgWarner beats Dana on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.