Lear (LEA) Competitors

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) and Lear (NYSE:LEA) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of APTV or LEA?

94.2% of Aptiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Lear shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Aptiv shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Lear shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer APTV or LEA?

In the previous week, Lear had 9 more articles in the media than Aptiv. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Lear and 22 mentions for Aptiv. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Lear's score of 0.78 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aptiv	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lear	18 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, APTV or LEA?

Aptiv has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lear has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate APTV or LEA?

Aptiv presently has a consensus target price of $86.61, suggesting a potential upside of 34.60%. Lear has a consensus target price of $123.36, suggesting a potential upside of 28.55%. Given Aptiv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Lear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aptiv	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Lear	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Is APTV or LEA more profitable?

Aptiv has a net margin of 9.07% compared to Lear's net margin of 2.17%. Aptiv's return on equity of 15.63% beat Lear's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aptiv	9.07%	15.63%	6.65%
Lear	2.17%	14.70%	4.88%

Is APTV or LEA a better dividend stock?

Aptiv pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Lear pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Aptiv pays out 12.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lear pays out 34.5% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor APTV or LEA?

Aptiv received 445 more outperform votes than Lear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.67% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 58.27% of users gave Lear an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aptiv	Outperform Votes 1139 73.67%	Underperform Votes 407 26.33%
Lear	Outperform Votes 694 58.27%	Underperform Votes 497 41.73%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, APTV or LEA?

Aptiv has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lear. Aptiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lear, 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
Aptiv	$19.71B	0.75	$1.79B	$6.88	9.35
Lear	$23.31B	0.22	$506.60M	$8.94	10.73

Summary

Aptiv beats Lear on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.