Adient vs BorgWarner
ADNT and BWA side by side, both in motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ADNT and BWA compare
BorgWarner is the larger company, worth 8.4 times as much as Adient ($10.9B against $1.3B).
On earnings, BorgWarner is cheaper: it trades at 22.7× trailing earnings, against 27.8× for Adient.
Adient grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.0% versus 0.40% for BorgWarner).
BorgWarner keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.4% compared with 0.32% at Adient.
BorgWarner pays a dividend yielding 1.3%; Adient does not pay one.
BorgWarner scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 5 for Adient), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ADNT | BWA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.3B | $10.9B |
| Share price | $16.69 | $53.30 |
| Change, 1 year | −29.5% | 22.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −63.8% | 13.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.37 | 0.91 |
| Employees | 65K | 700 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 27.8× | 22.7× (better) |
| P/S | 0.1× (better) | 0.8× |
| P/B | 0.7× (better) | 1.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 9.0× |
| P/FCF | 4.4× (better) | 9.4× |
| FCF yield | 22.9% (better) | 10.6% |
| Fair value | $18.39 | $45.65 |
| Margin of safety | 9.3% (better) | −16.7% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.0% (better) | 0.40% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.8% | 7.1% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 257% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 273% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −11.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 6.3% | 19.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | – | 5.4% |
| Net margin | 0.32% | 3.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | 2.0% | 8.1% (better) |
| Return on equity | 2.7% | 8.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | – | 6.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.38 | 0.53 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 1.03 |
| Interest coverage | – | 8.7× |
| Current ratio | 1.10 | 1.41 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.67 | 3.09 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.3% |
| Payout ratio | – | 29.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 1 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | −3.8% |
| Buyback yield | 8.2% (better) | 6.7% |
| Shareholder yield | 8.2% (better) | 7.9% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 98.1% | 106% |
| Held by insiders | 2.2% | 0.86% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$716K (better) | −$17.1M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 8.8% | 3.5% |
Go deeper
- ADNT stock overview
- ADNT income statement
- ADNT valuation and score
- BWA stock overview
- BWA income statement
- BWA valuation and score
Other comparisons
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.