LEA vs. GNTX, ALSN, BWA, MOD, LCII, DORM, DAN, ALV, VC, and ADNT
Should you be buying Lear stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lear include Gentex (GNTX), Allison Transmission (ALSN), BorgWarner (BWA), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), LCI Industries (LCII), Dorman Products (DORM), Dana (DAN), Autoliv (ALV), Visteon (VC), and Adient (ADNT). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicle parts & accessories" industry.
Lear (NYSE:LEA) and Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.
Lear has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentex has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lear pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Lear pays out 33.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gentex pays out 25.4% 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.
Lear has higher revenue and earnings than Gentex. Lear is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gentex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lear had 23 more articles in the media than Gentex. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Lear and 6 mentions for Gentex. Gentex's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Lear's score of 0.34 indicating that Gentex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lear received 264 more outperform votes than Gentex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.55% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote while only 58.72% of users gave Lear an outperform vote.
97.0% of Lear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Gentex shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Lear shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Gentex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gentex has a net margin of 18.77% compared to Lear's net margin of 2.28%. Gentex's return on equity of 19.19% beat Lear's return on equity.
Lear currently has a consensus price target of $161.44, indicating a potential upside of 23.54%. Gentex has a consensus price target of $37.83, indicating a potential upside of 9.19%. Given Lear's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lear is more favorable than Gentex.
Summary
Lear beats Gentex on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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