Financial Contrast: Visteon (NASDAQ:VC) vs. Halfords Group (OTCMKTS:HLFDY)

Visteon (NASDAQ:VC) and Halfords Group (OTCMKTS:HLFDY) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Risk & Volatility

Visteon has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Halfords Group has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Visteon and Halfords Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Visteon	5.99%	15.93%	7.63%
Halfords Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Visteon and Halfords Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Visteon	0	5	9	0	2.64
Halfords Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Visteon currently has a consensus price target of $124.42, suggesting a potential upside of 13.91%. Given Visteon’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Visteon is more favorable than Halfords Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Visteon and Halfords Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Visteon	$3.79 billion	0.77	$201.00 million	$8.21	13.30
Halfords Group	$2.19 billion	0.17	-$42.87 million	N/A	N/A

Visteon has higher revenue and earnings than Halfords Group.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

99.7% of Visteon shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Visteon 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.

Dividends

Visteon pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Halfords Group pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Visteon pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Visteon beats Halfords Group on 12 of the 14 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 Halfords Group

Halfords Group plc, through its subsidiaries, provides motoring and cycling products and services in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The company operates through two segments, Retail and Car Servicing. The Retail segment is involved in the retail of automotive, leisure, cycling products and accessories, auto parts, and accessories through its stores and online. The Car Servicing segment provides car servicing and repair services from garages and mobile vans. The company also provides software as a service. Halfords Group plc was founded in 1892 and is based in Redditch, the United Kingdom.