Visteon (NASDAQ:VC) versus QF Liquidation (OTCMKTS:QTWWQ) Financial Review

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

Risk and Volatility

Visteon has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QF Liquidation has a beta of 8.41, indicating that its stock price is 741% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

99.7% of Visteon shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Visteon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of QF Liquidation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Visteon and QF Liquidation, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Visteon	0	6	10	0	2.63
QF Liquidation	0	0	0	0	N/A

Visteon currently has a consensus target price of $127.57, suggesting a potential upside of 35.27%. Given Visteon’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Visteon is more favorable than QF Liquidation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Visteon and QF Liquidation”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Visteon	$3.92 billion	0.66	$486.00 million	$18.42	5.12
QF Liquidation	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Visteon has higher revenue and earnings than QF Liquidation.

Profitability

This table compares Visteon and QF Liquidation’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Visteon	13.22%	46.19%	19.69%
QF Liquidation	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Visteon beats QF Liquidation on 7 of the 9 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 QF Liquidation

QF Liquidation, Inc. develops, produces, and sells compressed natural gas fuel storage tanks and packaged fuel storage systems for heavy, medium, and light-duty trucks; and passenger vehicles in the United States, Canada, Germany, Australia, India, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Taiwan. Its products include high pressure gaseous fuel tanks, packaged fuel system modules, gaseous fuel electronic vehicle control systems and software, hybrid control and motor control software systems, inverters and motors, and engines/generators and fuel cell power. The company also designs, develops, engineers, and validates fuel storage systems for natural gas vehicle applications ranging from passenger vehicles to heavy duty trucks; and integrates electric motors, inverters, generators, and electronic vehicle control components into hybrid and plug-in electric vehicles. In addition, it provides component, subsystem, and system testing and validation services; certification and compliance; and production engineering and manufacturing process development services. Further, the company offers vehicle level assembly services; technical training services; and service procedures, diagnostics, tools, and repair/maintenance programs for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Its customers include OEMs, aftermarket and OEM truck integrators, fleets, material science companies, and other governmental entities and agencies. The company, formerly known as Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, California.