LCII vs. BWA, GNTX, LEA, ALSN, MOD, DORM, DAN, THRM, AXL, and SMP
Should you be buying LCI Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LCI Industries include BorgWarner (BWA), Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), Dana (DAN), Gentherm (THRM), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), and Standard Motor Products (SMP). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII) and BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, BorgWarner had 13 more articles in the media than LCI Industries. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for BorgWarner and 3 mentions for LCI Industries. BorgWarner's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat LCI Industries' score of 1.07 indicating that BorgWarner is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BorgWarner has a net margin of 4.02% compared to LCI Industries' net margin of 2.47%. BorgWarner's return on equity of 15.33% beat LCI Industries' return on equity.
99.7% of LCI Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of BorgWarner shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of LCI Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BorgWarner shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
LCI Industries currently has a consensus price target of $104.80, indicating a potential downside of 4.63%. BorgWarner has a consensus price target of $43.76, indicating a potential upside of 22.59%. Given BorgWarner's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BorgWarner is more favorable than LCI Industries.
BorgWarner has higher revenue and earnings than LCI Industries. BorgWarner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LCI Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BorgWarner received 357 more outperform votes than LCI Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.07% of users gave LCI Industries an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave BorgWarner an outperform vote.
LCI Industries has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BorgWarner has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LCI Industries pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. BorgWarner pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. LCI Industries pays out 114.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BorgWarner pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
BorgWarner beats LCI Industries on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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