Critical Contrast: QF Liquidation (OTCMKTS:QTWWQ) vs. Visteon (NASDAQ:VC)

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

Analyst Ratings

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

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

Visteon has a consensus price target of $127.57, indicating a potential upside of 35.27%. Given Visteon’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Visteon is more favorable than QF Liquidation.

Valuation and Earnings

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

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

Visteon has higher revenue and earnings than QF Liquidation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

99.7% of Visteon shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of QF Liquidation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Visteon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

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

Volatility & Risk

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

Summary

Visteon beats QF Liquidation on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.