PHINIA (PHIN) Competitors

PHINIA (NYSE:PHIN) and Autoliv (NYSE:ALV) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Do analysts rate PHIN or ALV?

PHINIA currently has a consensus price target of $52.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.25%. Autoliv has a consensus price target of $122.77, indicating a potential upside of 25.34%. Given Autoliv's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Autoliv is more favorable than PHINIA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PHINIA	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Autoliv	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is PHIN or ALV a better dividend stock?

PHINIA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Autoliv pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. PHINIA pays out 42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Autoliv pays out 35.4% 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. Autoliv is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PHIN or ALV?

90.9% of PHINIA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Autoliv shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of PHINIA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Autoliv shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PHIN or ALV more profitable?

Autoliv has a net margin of 5.98% compared to PHINIA's net margin of 3.10%. Autoliv's return on equity of 30.85% beat PHINIA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PHINIA	3.10%	9.79%	4.42%
Autoliv	5.98%	30.85%	9.00%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PHIN or ALV?

Autoliv received 555 more outperform votes than PHINIA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave PHINIA an outperform vote while only 48.61% of users gave Autoliv an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PHINIA	Outperform Votes 3 75.00%	Underperform Votes 1 25.00%
Autoliv	Outperform Votes 558 48.61%	Underperform Votes 590 51.39%

Does the media prefer PHIN or ALV?

In the previous week, Autoliv had 4 more articles in the media than PHINIA. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Autoliv and 5 mentions for PHINIA. Autoliv's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat PHINIA's score of 0.29 indicating that Autoliv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PHINIA	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Autoliv	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PHIN or ALV?

Autoliv has higher revenue and earnings than PHINIA. Autoliv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PHINIA, 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
PHINIA	$3.50B	0.63	$102M	$2.33	22.48
Autoliv	$10.48B	0.74	$488M	$7.68	12.75

Which has more volatility and risk, PHIN or ALV?

PHINIA has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autoliv has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Autoliv beats PHINIA on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.