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DAN vs. ALSN, BWA, GNTX, LEA, MOD, DORM, LCII, THRM, SMP, and AXL

Should you be buying Dana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dana include Allison Transmission (ALSN), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Gentherm (THRM), Standard Motor Products (SMP), and American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.

Dana vs.

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

In the previous week, Allison Transmission had 15 more articles in the media than Dana. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Allison Transmission and 2 mentions for Dana. Allison Transmission's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Dana's score of 0.57 indicating that Allison Transmission is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Allison Transmission
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Dana
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Allison Transmission currently has a consensus target price of $100.75, suggesting a potential downside of 1.02%. Dana has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.37%. Given Dana's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dana is more favorable than Allison Transmission.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Allison Transmission
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Dana
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Allison Transmission has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Dana has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Allison Transmission pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Dana pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Allison Transmission pays out 13.0% 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.

Allison Transmission has a net margin of 22.67% compared to Dana's net margin of -0.55%. Allison Transmission's return on equity of 47.95% beat Dana's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Allison Transmission22.67% 47.95% 13.97%
Dana -0.55%6.70%1.32%

96.9% of Allison Transmission shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Dana shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Allison Transmission shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Dana shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Allison Transmission has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dana. Dana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allison Transmission, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Allison Transmission$3.23B2.70$731M$8.3112.25
Dana$10.28B0.21$38M-$0.39-38.14

Allison Transmission received 90 more outperform votes than Dana when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.85% of users gave Allison Transmission an outperform vote while only 59.67% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Allison TransmissionOutperform Votes
636
62.85%
Underperform Votes
376
37.15%
DanaOutperform Votes
546
59.67%
Underperform Votes
369
40.33%

Summary

Allison Transmission beats Dana on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DAN vs. The Competition

MetricDanaMotor vehicle parts & accessories IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.16B$2.72B$17.62B$20.14B
Dividend Yield2.67%3.80%2.84%3.89%
P/E Ratio-38.1435.0619.4834.86
Price / Sales0.212.717.7832.39
Price / Cash4.207.0310.9417.60
Price / Book1.542.291.874.79
Net Income$38M$174.94M$1.43B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.31%-1.73%-2.93%-0.64%
1 Month Performance-5.22%0.39%-2.73%-1.38%
1 Year Performance16.76%-19.35%-9.61%9.97%

Dana Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DAN
Dana
4.8715 of 5 stars
$14.19
-4.6%
$18.50
+30.4%
+16.8%$2.06B$10.28B-36.3841,800Ex-Dividend
ALSN
Allison Transmission
3.9737 of 5 stars
$98.56
-2.1%
$100.75
+2.2%
+35.0%$8.43B$3.23B11.864,000Positive News
BWA
BorgWarner
4.8764 of 5 stars
$29.72
+0.8%
$40.57
+36.5%
-4.3%$6.50B$14.09B20.7838,300Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
GNTX
Gentex
4.7641 of 5 stars
$24.51
+0.6%
$32.31
+31.8%
-33.8%$5.57B$2.31B13.936,245Dividend Announcement
LEA
Lear
4.9726 of 5 stars
$97.06
+0.7%
$127.00
+30.8%
-31.1%$5.21B$23.31B10.86186,600Analyst Forecast
MOD
Modine Manufacturing
3.9173 of 5 stars
$83.31
-3.4%
$146.67
+76.1%
-7.7%$4.38B$2.41B27.9511,400
DORM
Dorman Products
2.0219 of 5 stars
$123.04
-0.4%
$125.67
+2.1%
+41.0%$3.75B$1.97B20.583,872Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
LCII
LCI Industries
3.8997 of 5 stars
$106.26
+0.9%
$121.50
+14.3%
-18.1%$2.71B$3.74B18.9811,700
THRM
Gentherm
3.5702 of 5 stars
$33.99
+2.8%
$51.67
+52.0%
-42.7%$1.05B$1.46B16.4214,504Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
SMP
Standard Motor Products
4.8118 of 5 stars
$30.94
-0.1%
$42.00
+35.8%
-8.2%$671.97M$1.41B19.105,200Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
AXL
American Axle & Manufacturing
2.9287 of 5 stars
$5.44
-2.9%
$6.75
+24.2%
-27.4%$639.05M$6.12B19.4119,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:DAN) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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