Dana (DAN) Competitors

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

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Dana shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate BWA or DAN?

BorgWarner presently has a consensus price target of $39.06, indicating a potential upside of 43.53%. Dana has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 48.89%. Given Dana's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dana is more favorable than BorgWarner.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BorgWarner	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61
Dana	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is BWA or DAN more profitable?

BorgWarner has a net margin of 2.40% compared to Dana's net margin of -0.55%. BorgWarner's return on equity of 15.93% beat Dana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BorgWarner	2.40%	15.93%	6.77%
Dana	-0.55%	6.70%	1.32%

Which has more volatility and risk, BWA or DAN?

BorgWarner has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dana has a beta of 2.42, meaning that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BWA or DAN a better dividend stock?

BorgWarner pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Dana pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. BorgWarner pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dana pays out -102.6% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BWA or DAN?

BorgWarner received 137 more outperform votes than Dana when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.65% of users gave Dana an outperform vote while only 59.27% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BorgWarner	Outperform Votes 684 59.27%	Underperform Votes 470 40.73%
Dana	Outperform Votes 547 59.65%	Underperform Votes 370 40.35%

Does the media refer more to BWA or DAN?

In the previous week, BorgWarner had 15 more articles in the media than Dana. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for BorgWarner and 5 mentions for Dana. BorgWarner's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Dana's score of 0.98 indicating that BorgWarner is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BorgWarner	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dana	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher 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	$14.09B	0.42	$338M	$1.43	19.03
Dana	$10.28B	0.18	$38M	-$0.39	-31.86

Summary

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