Halfords Group (OTCMKTS:HLFDY – Get Free Report) and Visteon (NASDAQ:VC – Get Free Report) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Halfords Group and Visteon, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Halfords Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Visteon | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2.64 |
Visteon has a consensus price target of $124.42, suggesting a potential upside of 7.61%. Given Visteon’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Visteon is more favorable than Halfords Group.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Halfords Group | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Visteon | 5.99% | 15.93% | 7.63% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
99.7% of Visteon shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Visteon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dividends
Halfords Group pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Visteon pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Visteon pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Halfords Group and Visteon”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Halfords Group | $2.19 billion | 0.17 | -$42.87 million | N/A | N/A |
| Visteon | $3.79 billion | 0.81 | $201.00 million | $8.21 | 14.08 |
Visteon has higher revenue and earnings than Halfords Group.
Risk & Volatility
Halfords Group has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Visteon has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Visteon beats Halfords Group on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Halfords Group
Halfords Group plc, through its subsidiaries, provides motoring and cycling products and services in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The company operates through two segments, Retail and Car Servicing. The Retail segment is involved in the retail of automotive, leisure, cycling products and accessories, auto parts, and accessories through its stores and online. The Car Servicing segment provides car servicing and repair services from garages and mobile vans. The company also provides software as a service. Halfords Group plc was founded in 1892 and is based in Redditch, the United Kingdom.
About Visteon
Visteon Corporation, an automotive technology company, designs, manufactures, and sells automotive electronics and connected car solutions for vehicle manufacturers worldwide. The company provides instrument clusters, including analog gauge clusters for 2-D and 3-D display-based devices; information displays that integrate a range of user interface technologies and graphics management capabilities, such as active privacy, TrueColor enhancement, local dimming, cameras, optics, haptic feedback, and light effects; and infotainment and connected car solutions, including scalable Android infotainment for seamless connectivity, as well as onboard artificial intelligence-based voice assistants with natural language understanding. It offers wired and wireless battery management systems; power electronics units; and telematics control units to enable secure connected car services, software updates, and data. In addition, the company provides SmartCore, an automotive-grade, integrated domain controller; SmartCore Runtime, a middleware enabling communication between domains and apps to be shown on any display; SmartCore Studio, a PC-based configuration tool to generate hypervisor configurations; and body domain modules, which integrate various functions, such as central gateway, body controls, comfort, and vehicle access solutions, into one device. Visteon Corporation was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Van Buren, Michigan.
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