Reviewing Nokian Renkaat Oyj (OTCMKTS:NKRKF) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV)

Nokian Renkaat Oyj (OTCMKTS:NKRKF) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Nokian Renkaat Oyj and Aptiv, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nokian Renkaat Oyj	0	0	1	0	3.00
Aptiv	2	3	19	0	2.71

Aptiv has a consensus price target of $76.50, indicating a potential upside of 58.32%. Given Aptiv’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Nokian Renkaat Oyj.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

34.8% of Nokian Renkaat Oyj shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Aptiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Aptiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Nokian Renkaat Oyj and Aptiv”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nokian Renkaat Oyj	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.89	19.51
Aptiv	$20.40 billion	0.49	$165.00 million	$1.06	45.58

Aptiv has higher revenue and earnings than Nokian Renkaat Oyj. Nokian Renkaat Oyj is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aptiv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Nokian Renkaat Oyj and Aptiv’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nokian Renkaat Oyj	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aptiv	1.17%	17.10%	7.03%

Summary

Aptiv beats Nokian Renkaat Oyj on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Nokian Renkaat Oyj

Nokian Renkaat Oyj develops and manufactures tires in Finland, Nordics, the rest of Europe, the Americas, and internationally. It operates through Passenger Car Tyres, Heavy Tyres, and Vianor segments. The Passenger Car Tyres segment develops and produces summer, winter, and all-season tires for cars and vans. The Heavy Tyres segment offers tires for forestry machinery; special tires for agricultural machinery, tractors, and industrial machinery; and retreading materials and truck tires. The Vianor segment sells car and van tires, as well as truck tires under the Nokian Tyres and other tire brands. This segment also provides automotive products and services. It distributes its products through its own Vianor service centers and service centers run by partners, the Nokian Tyres Authorized Dealer (NAD) partners, and other tire and vehicle retailers, wholesalers, distributors, as well as online stores. Nokian Renkaat Oyj was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Nokia, Finland.

About Aptiv

Aptiv PLC engages in design, manufacture, and sale of vehicle components in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, South America, and internationally. The company provides electrical, electronic, and safety technology solutions to the automotive and commercial vehicle markets. It operates through two segments, Signal and Power Solutions, and Advanced Safety and User Experience. The Signal and Power Solutions segment designs, manufactures, and assembles vehicle’s electrical architecture, including engineered component products, connectors, wiring assemblies and harnesses, cable management products, electrical centers, and hybrid high voltage and safety distribution systems. Its Advanced Safety and User Experience segment provides critical technologies and services for vehicle safety, security, comfort, and convenience, such as sensing and perception systems, electronic control units, multi-domain controllers, vehicle connectivity systems, application software, autonomous driving technologies, and end-to-end DevOps tools. The company was formerly known as Delphi Automotive PLC and changed its name to Aptiv PLC in December 2017. Aptiv PLC was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.