Autoliv, Inc. (ALV) vs Genuine Parts Company (GPC)

Autoliv, Inc. and Genuine Parts Company are both Auto Parts companies. Genuine Parts Company is the larger, with a market value of $17.8B against $8.3B — 2.1× the size. Autoliv, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 13.8× against 499×. Autoliv, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.90% against 5.47%. Autoliv, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.79% vs 0.13%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.3% vs 6.40%). Both pay a dividend; Genuine Parts Company yields more (2.66% vs 2.61%). Across the 22 metrics below, Autoliv, Inc. leads on 14 and Genuine Parts Company on 8.

Valuation

Metric ALV GPC Auto Parts median
P/E 13.79 498.50 17.92
P/S 0.79 0.71 0.64
P/B 3.48 3.93 1.15
Price to free cash flow n/m 22.04 12.82
EV/EBITDA 7.15 15.01 7.66
EV/Sales 0.94 0.89 0.73
Earnings yield 7.25% 0.20% 2.73%
Free cash flow yield (1.89%) 4.54% 3.47%

Profitability

Metric ALV GPC Auto Parts median
Gross margin 19.23% 36.90% 22.64%
Operating margin 9.17% 3.66% 3.67%
Net margin 5.79% 0.13% 1.68%
Free cash flow margin (1.49%) 3.23% 2.31%
Return on equity 25.79% 0.71% 2.35%
Return on assets 7.56% 0.16% 0.89%
Return on invested capital 15.26% 6.40% 4.55%

Growth

Metric ALV GPC Auto Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.90% 5.47% 5.00%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 18.78% (92.74%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.75% 8.00% 7.78%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 31.49% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ALV GPC Auto Parts median
Debt to equity 0.81 1.10 0.38
Current ratio 1.03 1.16 1.78
Net debt to EBITDA 1.04 2.88 1.26

Dividend

Metric ALV GPC Auto Parts median
Dividend yield 2.61% 2.66% 2.37%
Payout ratio 0.59 0.42 0.00

Size

Metric ALV GPC Auto Parts median
Market cap 8.34b 17.82b 914.31m

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