Head to Head Analysis: Mobileye Global (NASDAQ:MBLY) & Autoliv (NYSE:ALV)

Mobileye Global (NASDAQ:MBLY) and Autoliv (NYSE:ALV) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Volatility and Risk

Mobileye Global has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autoliv has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Mobileye Global and Autoliv, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mobileye Global	2	8	9	1	2.45
Autoliv	0	7	9	2	2.72

Mobileye Global presently has a consensus target price of $18.94, indicating a potential upside of 30.63%. Autoliv has a consensus target price of $127.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.79%. Given Mobileye Global’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Mobileye Global is more favorable than Autoliv.

Profitability

This table compares Mobileye Global and Autoliv’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mobileye Global	-153.91%	0.73%	0.70%
Autoliv	6.83%	30.73%	8.86%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

13.3% of Mobileye Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Autoliv shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Mobileye Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Autoliv shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Mobileye Global and Autoliv”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mobileye Global	$1.65 billion	7.15	-$3.09 billion	($3.65)	-3.97
Autoliv	$10.39 billion	0.90	$647.00 million	$9.14	13.26

Autoliv has higher revenue and earnings than Mobileye Global. Mobileye Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Autoliv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Autoliv beats Mobileye Global on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mobileye Global

Mobileye Global Inc. develops and deploys advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving technologies and solutions worldwide. The company operates through Mobileye and Other segments. It offers Driver Assist comprising ADAS and autonomous vehicle solutions that covers safety features, such as real-time detection of road users, geometry, semantics, and markings to provide safety alerts and emergency interventions; Cloud-Enhanced Driver Assist, a solution for drivers with interpretations of a scene in real-time; Mobileye SuperVision Lite, a navigation and assisted driving solution; and Mobileye SuperVision, an operational point-to-point assisted driving navigation solution on various road types and includes cloud-based enhancements, such as road experience management. The company also provides Mobileye Chauffeur, a first-generation solution for eyes-off/hands-off driving with a human driver still in the driver’s seat; Mobileye Drive, a self-driving system comprising of radar and lidar subsystems, as well as collision avoidance systems, including Mobileye 8 Connect for light and medium-duty vehicles, and Mobileye Shield+ for large vehicles. It serves original equipment manufacturers. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel. Mobileye Global Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Intel Overseas Funding Corporation.

About Autoliv

Autoliv, Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and supplies passive safety systems to the automotive industry in Europe, the Americas, China, Japan, and rest of Asia. It offers passive safety systems, including modules and components for frontal-impact airbag protection systems, side-impact airbag protection systems, seatbelts, steering wheels, and inflator technologies. The company also provides mobility safety solutions, such as pedestrian protection, battery cut-off switches, connected safety services, and safety solutions for riders of powered two wheelers. It primarily serves car manufacturers. Autoliv, Inc. was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.