Tenneco (TEN) Competitors

Dana (NYSE:DAN) and Tenneco (NYSE:TEN) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

Do analysts rate DAN or TEN?

Dana presently has a consensus price target of $15.29, suggesting a potential upside of 33.03%. Tenneco has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 92.07%. Given Tenneco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tenneco is more favorable than Dana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dana	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Tenneco	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, DAN or TEN?

Dana has a beta of 2.36, meaning that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenneco has a beta of -0.19, meaning that its stock price is 119% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DAN or TEN?

Dana received 33 more outperform votes than Tenneco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.73% of users gave Tenneco an outperform vote while only 59.58% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dana	Outperform Votes 541 59.58%	Underperform Votes 367 40.42%
Tenneco	Outperform Votes 508 61.73%	Underperform Votes 315 38.27%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DAN or TEN?

Tenneco has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dana. Dana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tenneco, 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
Dana	$10.44B	0.16	$38M	-$0.11	-104.45
Tenneco	$889.57M	0.54	$300.18M	$5.48	2.95

Is DAN or TEN more profitable?

Tenneco has a net margin of 22.57% compared to Dana's net margin of -0.15%. Tenneco's return on equity of 19.07% beat Dana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dana	-0.15%	3.48%	0.70%
Tenneco	22.57%	19.07%	9.04%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DAN or TEN?

96.8% of Dana shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.2% of Tenneco shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Dana shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Tenneco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor DAN or TEN?

In the previous week, Dana had 6 more articles in the media than Tenneco. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Dana and 0 mentions for Tenneco. Dana's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Tenneco's score of 0.28 indicating that Dana is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Dana	Positive
Tenneco	Neutral

Is DAN or TEN a better dividend stock?

Dana pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Tenneco pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Dana pays out -363.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tenneco pays out 21.9% 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.

Summary

Tenneco beats Dana on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.