Tenneco (TEN) Competitors

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

Is TEN or DAN a better dividend stock?

Tenneco pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Dana pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Tenneco pays out 32.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dana pays out -363.6% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, TEN or DAN?

Tenneco has a beta of -0.21, suggesting that its stock price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dana has a beta of 2.31, suggesting that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TEN or DAN 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
Tenneco	22.57%	19.07%	9.04%
Dana	-0.15%	3.48%	0.70%

Does the media refer more to TEN or DAN?

In the previous week, Tenneco and Tenneco both had 6 articles in the media. Dana's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Tenneco's score of 0.28 indicating that Dana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tenneco	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dana	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TEN or DAN?

Dana received 34 more outperform votes than Tenneco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.73% of users gave Tenneco an outperform vote while only 59.63% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tenneco	Outperform Votes 508 61.73%	Underperform Votes 315 38.27%
Dana	Outperform Votes 542 59.63%	Underperform Votes 367 40.37%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TEN or DAN?

Tenneco has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Tenneco	$889.57M	0.59	$300.18M	$5.48	3.23
Dana	$10.56B	0.19	$38M	-$0.11	-124.00

Do analysts prefer TEN or DAN?

Tenneco currently has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 74.93%. Dana has a consensus target price of $16.14, indicating a potential upside of 18.34%. Given Tenneco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tenneco is more favorable than Dana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tenneco	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Dana	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TEN or DAN?

19.2% of Tenneco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Dana shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Tenneco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Dana shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Tenneco beats Dana on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.