Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (AAP) vs Visteon Corporation (VC)

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. and Visteon Corporation are both Auto Parts companies. Advance Auto Parts, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.9B against $1.9B — 1.5× the size. Visteon Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 13.0× against 34.5×. Visteon Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.94% against −1.32%. Visteon Corporation has the higher net margin (4.15% vs 0.97%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.36% vs 5.84%). Both pay a dividend; Advance Auto Parts, Inc. yields more (2.09% vs 1.81%). Across the 23 metrics below, Visteon Corporation leads on 16 and Advance Auto Parts, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric AAP VC Auto Parts median
P/E 34.47 13.04 14.81
P/S 0.34 0.51 0.55
P/B 1.28 1.31 1.16
Price to free cash flow 125.09 38.50 10.18
EV/EBITDA 7.03 6.08 7.39
EV/Sales 0.40 0.47 0.67
Earnings yield 2.90% 7.67% 3.46%
Free cash flow yield 0.80% 2.60% 2.74%

Profitability

Metric AAP VC Auto Parts median
Gross margin 44.69% 10.44% 22.13%
Operating margin 2.74% 4.67% 3.50%
Net margin 0.97% 4.15% 1.89%
Free cash flow margin 0.29% 1.33% 1.43%
Return on equity 3.77% 10.40% 0.96%
Return on assets 0.74% 4.78% 1.20%
Return on invested capital 5.84% 8.36% 4.41%

Growth

Metric AAP VC Auto Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.32%) 1.94% 4.32%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 113.01% (31.39%) 5.72%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (3.17%) 8.14% 7.66%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (38.32%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AAP VC Auto Parts median
Debt to equity 1.50 0.21 0.43
Current ratio 1.75 1.61 1.73
Net debt to EBITDA 1.26 (1.14) 1.26

Dividend

Metric AAP VC Auto Parts median
Dividend yield 2.09% 1.81% 1.97%
Payout ratio 0.73 0.24 0.27

Size

Metric AAP VC Auto Parts median
Market cap 2.91b 1.91b 1.03b

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