We recently published an article titled Why these 15 cars and parts inventory surged in 2025. In this article, we will explore the position of Dana Incorporated (NYSE:DAN) against other vehicles and parts stocks.
Some automotive companies perform well in the current environment, especially those that provide automotive parts. High interest rates should completely smash car companies, while early tariffs targeted countries that produced the most auto parts for the United States
Even that. These stocks do well because high interest rates make it difficult for low-income consumers to buy new cars. Instead, they chose to repair existing vehicles, which has been a headwind for auto parts companies over the past two years. The average age of vehicles has reached a record 12.6 years in 2024, so this headwind won't disappear any time soon.
Customers with higher incomes have been buying new cars. Consumer spending is mainly because they support them in full. This is the biggest winner in this trend.
Even in the bear market, the performance in the market is exceptionally good. For example, I've confirmed 15 financial service stocks have the most in 2025 In another article.
In this article, I screened the best performing vehicles and parts inventory.
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Modern commercial vehicles on the road, whose engines are powered by the company's drive systems.
Number of hedge fund holders in the fourth quarter: 27
Dana Incorporated (NYSE:DAN) is a U.S. supplier that provides axles, drive shafts, and a wide range of systems for traditional, hybrid and electric vehicles around the world.
The company's stock has recently seen significant gains, up 12% after reporting its first-quarter 2025 financial results. Dana announced these results on April 30, 2025, showing sales of $2.4 billion and net revenue of $25 million, which the company described as meeting expectations.
However, the market responded positively as Dana reported statutory profit of $0.17 per share, exceeding analyst expectations for forecast losses. The surprise profit allowed analysts to significantly improve their EPS forecast for the rest of 2025.
As a result, the consensus target for Dana Incorporated (NYSE:DAN) stock rose 6.1%. In other recent news, Dana announced its quarterly dividend for February 2025 and received industry recognition, including the 2025 Auto News Rhythm Award and the Fleetpride's Supplier of the Year Award in late April 2025.
The consensus target price is $18.14, meaning 24.27% upside potential.
Dana Incorporated (NYSE:DAN) stock exceeds 27.06% per year.
Overall and Ranked eighth On our list of vehicles and parts stocks that have soared in 2025. Although we acknowledge Dan’s potential as an investment, our belief is that AI stocks have greater hope, can offer higher returns, and do so in a shorter time frame. AI stocks have risen since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks have lost about 25%. If you are looking for AI stocks that are more promising than DAN but have less than 5 times their returns, check out our report Cheapest AI stocks.
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Disclosure: None. This article was originally published in Internal monkey.