Autoliv, Inc. (ALV) vs Gentex Corporation (GNTX)

Autoliv, Inc. and Gentex Corporation are both Auto Parts companies. Autoliv, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $8.3B against $4.6B — 1.8× the size. Gentex Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 11.9× against 13.8×. Gentex Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.1% against 5.90%. Gentex Corporation has the higher net margin (15.3% vs 5.79%) and the lower return on invested capital (13.8% vs 15.3%). Both pay a dividend; Autoliv, Inc. yields more (2.61% vs 1.41%). Across the 22 metrics below, Gentex Corporation leads on 14 and Autoliv, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric ALV GNTX Auto Parts median
P/E 13.79 11.93 17.92
P/S 0.79 1.79 0.64
P/B 3.48 1.85 1.15
Price to free cash flow n/m 9.30 12.82
EV/EBITDA 7.15 7.28 7.66
EV/Sales 0.94 1.70 0.73
Earnings yield 7.25% 8.39% 2.73%
Free cash flow yield (1.89%) 10.75% 3.47%

Profitability

Metric ALV GNTX Auto Parts median
Gross margin 19.23% 35.00% 22.64%
Operating margin 9.17% 19.32% 3.67%
Net margin 5.79% 15.26% 1.68%
Free cash flow margin (1.49%) 19.24% 2.31%
Return on equity 25.79% 16.13% 2.35%
Return on assets 7.56% 13.78% 0.89%
Return on invested capital 15.26% 13.82% 4.55%

Growth

Metric ALV GNTX Auto Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.90% 10.13% 5.00%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 18.78% (1.14%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.75% 8.46% 7.78%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 31.49% 2.05% 0.00%

Health

Metric ALV GNTX Auto Parts median
Debt to equity 0.81 0.00 0.38
Current ratio 1.03 3.04 1.78
Net debt to EBITDA 1.04 (0.26) 1.26

Dividend

Metric ALV GNTX Auto Parts median
Dividend yield 2.61% 1.41% 2.37%
Payout ratio 0.59 0.31 0.00

Size

Metric ALV GNTX Auto Parts median
Market cap 8.34b 4.64b 914.31m

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