Reviewing LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII) & Visteon (NASDAQ:VC)

Visteon (NASDAQ:VC) and LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Visteon and LCI Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Visteon	4.15%	11.36%	5.39%
LCI Industries	5.24%	14.33%	6.19%

Dividends

Visteon pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. LCI Industries pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Visteon pays out 25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LCI Industries pays out 53.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. LCI Industries has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. LCI Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Visteon and LCI Industries”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Visteon	$3.77 billion	0.53	$201.00 million	$5.80	13.84
LCI Industries	$4.12 billion	0.62	$188.25 million	$8.60	12.15

Visteon has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LCI Industries. LCI Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Visteon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Visteon has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LCI Industries has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

99.7% of Visteon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of LCI Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Visteon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of LCI Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Visteon and LCI Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Visteon	1	4	8	0	2.54
LCI Industries	0	7	2	0	2.22

Visteon presently has a consensus target price of $117.82, indicating a potential upside of 46.76%. LCI Industries has a consensus target price of $113.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.64%. Given Visteon’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Visteon is more favorable than LCI Industries.

Summary

LCI Industries beats Visteon on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About LCI Industries

LCI Industries, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and supplies engineered components for the manufacturers of recreational vehicles (RVs) and adjacent industries in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments: Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and Aftermarket. The OEM segment manufactures and distributes a range of engineered components, such as steel chassis and related components; axles, ABS, and suspension solutions; slide-out mechanisms and solutions; thermoformed bath, kitchen, and other products; vinyl, aluminum, and frameless windows; manual, electric, and hydraulic stabilizer and leveling systems; entry, luggage, patio, and ramp doors; furniture and mattresses; electric and manual entry steps; awnings and awning accessories; electronic components; appliances; air conditioners; televisions and sound systems; tankless water heaters; towing products; truck accessories; and other accessories. This segment serves OEMs of RVs and adjacent industries, including buses; trailers used to haul boats, livestock, equipment, and other cargo; trucks; boats; trains; manufactured homes; and modular housing. The Aftermarket segment supplies engineered components to aftermarket channels of the recreation and transportation markets for retail dealers, wholesale distributors, and service centers, as well as direct to retail customers through the Internet. This segment also sells replacement glass and awnings to fulfill insurance claims; and biminis, covers, buoys, fenders to the marine industry, towing products, truck accessories, appliances, air conditioners, televisions, sound systems, and tankless water heaters. The company was formerly known as Drew Industries Incorporated and changed its name to LCI Industries in December 2016. LCI Industries was founded in 1956 and is based in Elkhart, Indiana.