Lear (NYSE:LEA – Get Free Report) and Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. American Depositary Shares (NASDAQ:FRSX – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings and risk.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Lear and Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. American Depositary Shares”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Lear | $23.26 billion | 0.25 | $436.80 million | $10.73 | 11.09 |
| Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. American Depositary Shares | $400,000.00 | 4.76 | -$12.10 million | ($16.66) | -0.07 |
Profitability
This table compares Lear and Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. American Depositary Shares’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Lear | 2.35% | 14.18% | 4.88% |
| Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. American Depositary Shares | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Lear and Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. American Depositary Shares, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Lear | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2.31 |
| Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. American Depositary Shares | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Lear currently has a consensus price target of $146.33, indicating a potential upside of 22.99%. Given Lear’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lear is more favorable than Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. American Depositary Shares.
Volatility & Risk
Lear has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. American Depositary Shares has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
97.0% of Lear shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.4% of Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. American Depositary Shares shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Lear shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. American Depositary Shares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Lear beats Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. American Depositary Shares on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Lear
Lear Corporation designs, develops, engineers, manufactures, assembles, and supplies automotive seating, and electrical distribution systems and related components for automotive original equipment manufacturers in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America. Its Seating segment offers seat systems, seat subsystems, keyseat components, seat trim covers, seat mechanisms, seat foams, and headrests, as well as surface materials, such as leather and fabric for automobiles and light trucks, compact cars, pick-up trucks, and sport utility vehicles. The company’s E-Systems segment provides electrical distribution and connection systems that route electrical signals and networks; and manage electrical power within the vehicle for various powertrains. This segment’s products comprise wire harnesses, terminals and connectors, engineered components, and junction boxes; electronic system products, including body domain control modules, smart and passive junction boxes, gateway and communication modules, integrated power modules, and high voltage switching and power control systems. It also offers software and connected services comprising Xevo Market, an in-vehicle commerce and service platform; and software and services for the cloud, vehicles, and mobile devices. In addition, this segment provides cybersecurity software; advanced vehicle positioning for automated and autonomous driving applications; and short-range communication and cellular protocols for vehicle connectivity. It offers its products and services under the XEVO, GUILFORD, EAGLE OTTAWA, ConfigurE+, INTUTM, LEAR CONNEXUSTM, EXO, JOURNEYWARE, ProTec, SMART JUNCTION BOX, STRUCSURE, AVENTINO, and TeXstyle brands. Lear Corporation was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan.
About Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. American Depositary Shares
Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd., a technology company, engages in the development of smart multi-spectral 3D vision software solutions and cellular-based applications for the automotive industry in Israel, Japan, the United States, and internationally. It develops in-line-of-sight vision solutions and beyond-line-of-site accident-prevention solutions. The company also offers QuadSight automotive vision solution, a four-camera multi-spectral vision solution that combines two sets of stereoscopic infrared and visible-light cameras for obstacle detection; DynamiCal, an automatic calibration software solution to ensure that stereo cameras remain calibrated to create accurate and continuous 3D depth perception; and ScaleCam, a separated stereo camera solution. In addition, it provides Percept3D, a 3D point cloud solution that provides 3D raw data for obstacle detection, terrain analysis, and autonomous vehicle sensor fusion; and Mono2Stereo, a solution that enhances existing vision sensor systems by using software-based algorithms to create a 3D perception stereo vision solution. Further, the company offers Eye-Net Protect, a cellular-based V2X solution that provides real-time pre-collision alerts to various road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists, scooter drivers, etc. by using smartphones. Its solutions are used in automotive, defense, autonomous vehicles, and agriculture and heavy industrial equipment industries. The company was formerly known as Asia Development (A.D.B.M.) Ltd. and changed its name to Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. in January 2016. Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. is headquartered in Ness Ziona, Israel.
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