Head-To-Head Contrast: Modine Manufacturing (NYSE:MOD) and Aisin Seiki (OTCMKTS:ASEKY)

Aisin Seiki (OTCMKTS:ASEKY) and Modine Manufacturing (NYSE:MOD) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Aisin Seiki and Modine Manufacturing”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aisin Seiki	$32.15 billion	0.39	$699.31 million	$1.46	11.30
Modine Manufacturing	$2.58 billion	4.42	$184.00 million	$1.80	120.19

Aisin Seiki has higher revenue and earnings than Modine Manufacturing. Aisin Seiki is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Modine Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Aisin Seiki and Modine Manufacturing’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aisin Seiki	3.26%	7.21%	3.86%
Modine Manufacturing	3.40%	22.99%	10.52%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

95.2% of Modine Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Modine Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Aisin Seiki and Modine Manufacturing, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aisin Seiki	0	1	0	0	2.00
Modine Manufacturing	0	1	4	1	3.00

Modine Manufacturing has a consensus price target of $213.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.43%. Given Modine Manufacturing’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Modine Manufacturing is more favorable than Aisin Seiki.

Volatility and Risk

Aisin Seiki has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Modine Manufacturing has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Modine Manufacturing beats Aisin Seiki on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Aisin Seiki

Aisin Corporation manufactures and sells automotive parts, and energy and lifestyle related products. It provides powertrain products comprising 1 motor hybrid transmission and eaxle products; chassis and vehicle safety systems, such as automated parking systems and electronically controlled brake systems; power sliding door systems and sunroof products; connected and sharing solutions; and repair and maintenance products. The company also offers energy solutions comprising ENE·FARM, a system that generates electricity by extracting hydrogen from gas; gas heat pump air conditioners; warm water shower toilet seats; and peltier modules that are thermoelectric conversion devices, which function as heat pumps by sending direct current. In addition, it provides ILY-Ai, a multifunctional personal shopping mobility product for various user needs; fiber laser; and audio equipment. Aisin Corporation was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Kariya, Japan.

About Modine Manufacturing

Modine Manufacturing Company provides thermal management products and solutions in the United States, Italy, Hungary, China, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments. The company offers heat transfer coils, including heat recovery and round tube plate fin coils; gas-fired, hydronic, electric and oilfired unit heaters; roof-mounted direct- and indirect-fired makeup air units; duct furnaces; infrared units; perimeter heating products; single packaged unit ventilators; modular chillers; air handler and condensing units; ceiling cassettes; evaporator unit coolers, remote condensers, fluid coolers, gas coolers, and dry and brine coolers; and motor and generator cooling coils, transformer oil coolers, radiators, dryers, and industrial heat exchangers. It also provides data center products consisting of IT cooling solutions, including precision air conditioning units for data center applications; computer room air conditioning and handler units; hybrid fan coils; fan walls; chillers; condensers; condensing units; and liquid cooling solutions for high-density computing, as well as replacement parts, maintenance service and control solutions for existing equipment and new building management controls and systems. In addition, the company offers powertrain cooling products, such as radiators, condensers, engine cooling modules, charge air coolers, fan shrouds, and surge tanks; cooling module generator sets; aluminum and stainless steel engine oil coolers, exhaust gas recirculation coolers, liquid charge air coolers, transmission and retarder oil coolers, and chillers; battery thermal management systems, electronics cooling packages, battery chillers, battery cooling plates, coolers and casings for electronics cooling, and coolers for electric axles; and coatings products and application services. Modine Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1916 and is headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin.