LCII vs. ALSN, BWA, GNTX, LEA, MOD, DORM, DAN, THRM, SMP, and AXL
Should you be buying LCI Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LCI Industries include Allison Transmission (ALSN), BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), Standard Motor Products (SMP), and American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
LCI Industries vs.
LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII) and Allison Transmission (NYSE:ALSN) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.
LCI Industries currently has a consensus target price of $121.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.80%. Allison Transmission has a consensus target price of $102.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.99%. Given LCI Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe LCI Industries is more favorable than Allison Transmission.
99.7% of LCI Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Allison Transmission shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of LCI Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Allison Transmission shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
LCI Industries has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allison Transmission has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Allison Transmission received 324 more outperform votes than LCI Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.78% of users gave Allison Transmission an outperform vote while only 62.78% of users gave LCI Industries an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Allison Transmission had 14 more articles in the media than LCI Industries. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Allison Transmission and 5 mentions for LCI Industries. Allison Transmission's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat LCI Industries' score of 0.26 indicating that Allison Transmission is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Allison Transmission has a net margin of 22.67% compared to LCI Industries' net margin of 3.82%. Allison Transmission's return on equity of 47.95% beat LCI Industries' return on equity.
LCI Industries pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Allison Transmission pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. LCI Industries pays out 82.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Allison Transmission pays out 13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Allison Transmission has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LCI Industries. Allison Transmission is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LCI Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Allison Transmission beats LCI Industries on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LCII) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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