Hyliion (HYLN) Competitors

Hyliion (NYSE:HYLN) and Adient (NYSE:ADNT) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HYLN or ADNT?

Adient has higher revenue and earnings than Hyliion. Hyliion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adient, 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
Hyliion	$670K	614.54	-$123.51M	-$0.37	-6.41
Adient	$14.69B	0.10	$18M	$0.23	74.46

Which has more risk and volatility, HYLN or ADNT?

Hyliion has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adient has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HYLN or ADNT?

In the previous week, Hyliion had 2 more articles in the media than Adient. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hyliion and 1 mentions for Adient. Hyliion's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Adient's score of 0.76 indicating that Hyliion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hyliion	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Adient	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HYLN or ADNT?

22.8% of Hyliion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Adient shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of Hyliion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Adient shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate HYLN or ADNT?

Hyliion currently has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.61%. Adient has a consensus target price of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.23%. Given Adient's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Adient is more favorable than Hyliion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hyliion	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Adient	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.89

Is HYLN or ADNT more profitable?

Adient has a net margin of 0.12% compared to Hyliion's net margin of 0.00%. Adient's return on equity of 6.86% beat Hyliion's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hyliion	N/A	-19.83%	-18.78%
Adient	0.12%	6.86%	1.79%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HYLN or ADNT?

Adient received 560 more outperform votes than Hyliion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.21% of users gave Adient an outperform vote while only 46.30% of users gave Hyliion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hyliion	Outperform Votes 25 46.30%	Underperform Votes 29 53.70%
Adient	Outperform Votes 585 59.21%	Underperform Votes 403 40.79%

Summary

Adient beats Hyliion on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.