American Axle & Manufacturing (DCH) & The Competition Critical Comparison

American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE:DCH) is one of 31 public companies in the “Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare American Axle & Manufacturing to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability and risk.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares American Axle & Manufacturing and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Axle & Manufacturing	$5.84 billion	-$19.70 million	-40.28
American Axle & Manufacturing Competitors	$1.47 billion	-$2.71 million	-11.63

American Axle & Manufacturing has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. American Axle & Manufacturing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for American Axle & Manufacturing and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Axle & Manufacturing	1	1	0	0	1.50
American Axle & Manufacturing Competitors	176	672	515	3	2.25

As a group, “Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories” companies have a potential downside of 11.53%. Given American Axle & Manufacturing’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Axle & Manufacturing has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares American Axle & Manufacturing and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Axle & Manufacturing	-0.34%	9.92%	1.25%
American Axle & Manufacturing Competitors	-561.48%	-11.41%	-7.15%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

91.4% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of shares of all “Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of shares of all “Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

American Axle & Manufacturing has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Axle & Manufacturing’s rivals have a beta of 1.85, suggesting that their average stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

American Axle & Manufacturing rivals beat American Axle & Manufacturing on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About American Axle & Manufacturing

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. is a leading supplier of driveline and drivetrain systems, modules and components for the light vehicle market world wide. It manufactures Driveline and Metal Forming technologies to support electric, hybrid and internal combustion vehicles. It’s the primary supplier of driveline components to its major customers include General Motors, Stellantis and Ford. It also sells various products to Ford & Stellantis from Metal Forming segment. It has the 2 operating segments. Driveline segment comprises front & rear axles, driveshafts, differential assemblies, clutch modules, balance shaft systems, disconnecting driveline technology, and electric & hybrid driveline products and systems for light trucks, SUVs, crossover vehicles, passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Metal Forming segment comprises axle & transmission shafts, ring and pinion gears, differential gears & assemblies, connecting rods and variable valve timing products for OEM and Tier 1 automotive suppliers.