Lear (LEA) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, LEA or APTV?

Lear has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to LEA or APTV?

In the previous week, Lear had 8 more articles in the media than Aptiv. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Lear and 37 mentions for Aptiv. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Lear's score of 0.53 indicating that Aptiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lear	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aptiv	19 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LEA or APTV?

Aptiv received 446 more outperform votes than Lear when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.45% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 58.12% of users gave Lear an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lear	Outperform Votes 694 58.12%	Underperform Votes 500 41.88%
Aptiv	Outperform Votes 1140 73.45%	Underperform Votes 412 26.55%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in LEA or APTV?

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

Is LEA or APTV a better dividend stock?

Lear pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Aptiv pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Lear pays out 34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aptiv pays out 12.8% 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.

Do analysts recommend LEA or APTV?

Lear currently has a consensus target price of $114.27, suggesting a potential upside of 45.95%. Aptiv has a consensus target price of $82.44, suggesting a potential upside of 62.20%. Given Aptiv's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Lear.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lear	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23
Aptiv	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

Is LEA or APTV 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
Lear	2.17%	14.70%	4.88%
Aptiv	9.07%	15.63%	6.65%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, LEA or APTV?

Aptiv has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Lear	$23.31B	0.18	$506.60M	$8.94	8.76
Aptiv	$19.71B	0.59	$1.79B	$6.88	7.39

Summary

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