Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU) vs. The Competition Financial Survey

Atmus Filtration Technologies (NYSE:ATMU) is one of 74 public companies in the “Motor vehicle parts & accessories” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Atmus Filtration Technologies to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Atmus Filtration Technologies and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atmus Filtration Technologies	0	0	6	0	3.00
Atmus Filtration Technologies Competitors	533	2759	3476	117	2.46

Atmus Filtration Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.84%. As a group, “Motor vehicle parts & accessories” companies have a potential upside of 18.03%. Given Atmus Filtration Technologies’ peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Atmus Filtration Technologies has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

32.7% of Atmus Filtration Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of shares of all “Motor vehicle parts & accessories” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Atmus Filtration Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of shares of all “Motor vehicle parts & accessories” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Atmus Filtration Technologies and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atmus Filtration Technologies	10.03%	314.52%	17.61%
Atmus Filtration Technologies Competitors	-293.43%	-0.11%	-5.38%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Atmus Filtration Technologies and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Atmus Filtration Technologies	$1.63 billion	$171.30 million	15.37
Atmus Filtration Technologies Competitors	$5.56 billion	$139.48 million	6.23

Atmus Filtration Technologies’ peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Atmus Filtration Technologies. Atmus Filtration Technologies is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Atmus Filtration Technologies beats its peers on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Atmus Filtration Technologies Company Profile

Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells filtration products under the Fleetguard brand name in North America, Europe, South America, Asia, Australia, Africa, and internationally. The company offers fuel filters, lube filters, air filters, crankcase ventilation, hydraulic filters, coolants, and fuel additives, as well as other chemicals; and fuel water separators and other filtration systems to original equipment manufacturers, dealers/distributors, and end-users. Its products are used in on-highway commercial vehicles and off-highway agriculture, construction, mining, and power generation vehicles and equipment. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.