WPRT vs GENC vs BWA Stock Comparison

Aetherion Technologies, Gencor Industries and Borgwarner Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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GENC Gencor Industries Inc
$17.23 -2.1% 1M +26.8% 1Y
Market cap
$212.60M
P/E
17.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$110.01M
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
5 wins
BWA Borgwarner Inc
$51.73 -14.5% 1M +20.4% 1Y
Market cap
$10.39B
P/E
21.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.24B
Div. yield
1.31%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
5 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Borgwarner leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Borgwarner 5, Gencor Industries 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionWPRTGENCBWALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $32.67M $212.60M $10.39B BWA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.8x 17.0x 21.8x GENC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 15.2x 9.6x BWA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -73.4% -6.4% +0.4% BWA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -493.2% 13.5% 3.4% GENC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -39.8% — 5.9% BWA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.0x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 1.31% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -6.0% +26.8% +20.4% GENC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -45.0%/yr +8.6%/yr +1.9%/yr GENC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.1% 38.4% 41.0% GENC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 27/100 62/100 63/100 BWA

Percentile Scorecard

WPRTGENCBWA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisWPRTGENCBWA
Valuation 12 #178 of 203 71 #60 of 203 96 #10 of 203
Growth 36 #121 of 189 42 #111 of 189 49 #97 of 189
Profitability 4 #179 of 187 36 #121 of 187 48 #98 of 187
Financial Health 53 #104 of 221 100 #1 of 221 41 #131 of 221
Shareholder Returns – – 84 #25 of 152
Overall 27 62 63
  • WPRT ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • GENC ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • BWA ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodWPRTGENCBWASPY
1 month 0.0%-2.1%-14.5% -2.3%
3 months +6.8%+15.8%-18.3% -0.7%
6 months -5.1%+18.9%-8.1% +4.8%
Year to date +19.7%+32.9%+14.8% +10.3%
1 year -6.0%+26.8%+20.4% +10.3%
3 years -66.9%+23.5%+55.1% +73.0%
3 years, per year -30.8%+7.3%+15.8% +20.1%
5 years -94.9%+50.7%+10.0% +61.9%
5 years, per year -45.0%+8.6%+1.9% +10.1%
10 years -87.3%+49.2%+48.8% +258.6%
10 years, per year -18.6%+4.1%+4.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureWPRTGENCBWASPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.1%38.4%41.0% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.5%30.0%34.6% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.630.831.36 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.110.700.50 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -96.1%-55.7%-51.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -23.9%-14.4%-32.8% -3.5%
52-week high $2.47$20.14$77.03 $779.14
52-week low $1.54$12.23$40.96 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleWPRTGENCBWA
P/E now vs peer median -0.8xmedian 25.6x 17.0xmedian 25.6x 21.8xmedian 25.6x
P/S now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 1.9x 1.9xmedian 1.9x 0.7xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -0.4xmedian 14.4x 3.2xmedian 14.4x —median 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -3.7xmedian 22.5x -131.6xmedian 22.5x 9.0xmedian 22.5x
P/B now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 2.2x 0.9xmedian 2.2x 1.8xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -0.10median 1.36 2.31median 1.36 -2.47median 1.36

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsWPRTGENCBWA
Revenue $8.50M $110.01M $14.24B
Gross profit $952.00K $31.45M $2.79B
Operating income -$23.52M $12.92M $770.00M
Net income -$41.91M $14.89M $538.00M
Free cash flow -$8.83M -$1.62M $1.15B
R&D $5.35M $2.73M –
EPS (diluted) $-2.42 $1.02 $2.34
Cash & equivalents $23.95M $26.26M $1.58B
Total debt $972.00K – $3.01B
Shares (diluted) 17.34M 14.66M 204.60M
Enterprise value -$204.44M -$390.74M $2.13B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricWPRTGENCBWA
P/E -0.8x 17.0x 21.8x
P/FCF -3.7x -131.6x 9.0x
P/Operating cash flow -4.1x 194.3x 6.2x
P/S 3.8x 1.9x 0.7x
P/B 0.6x 0.9x 1.8x
P/Tangible book 0.6x 0.9x 1.9x
EV/EBITDA -0.4x 3.2x –
EV/EBIT -0.4x 3.7x 15.3x
EV/Revenue 1.1x 0.4x 0.8x
EV/FCF -1.1x -30.0x 10.3x
EV/Operating cash flow -1.2x 44.3x 7.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.10 2.31 -2.47

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWPRTGENCBWA
Revenue growth (1Y) -73.4% -6.4% 0.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -70.1% 0.8% 0.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -72.0% -3.3% 6.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -72.0% 4.7% 3.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -71.1% -16.6% 68.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 17.0% 2.8% -12.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 21.9% -2.0% 186.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 7.3% 7.3% -10.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 18.0% -2.0% 277.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 7.7% 7.3% -8.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 55.5% 796.7% -2.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.8% 28.4% 13.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 55.5% -78.4% -7.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 27.8% 50.4% 53.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWPRTGENCBWA
Gross margin 11.2% 28.6% 19.6%
EBITDA margin -267.3% 13.7% –
Operating margin -276.7% 11.7% 5.4%
Pretax margin -423.1% 17.0% 5.3%
Net margin -493.2% 13.5% 3.4%
FCF margin -103.9% -1.5% 8.1%
Operating cash flow margin -93.2% 1.0% 11.8%
Return on equity -29.3% 6.7% 9.2%
Return on assets -19.9% 6.3% 4.0%
Return on invested capital -39.8% – 5.9%
Return on capital employed -42.2% 5.7% 8.5%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.5x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.2x 0.1x 3.1x
Stock comp / revenue 8.2% – 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWPRTGENCBWA
Debt / assets 1.1% – 22.8%
Debt / equity 0.0x – 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.0x – –
Debt / FCF -0.1x – 2.6x
Liabilities / assets 38.5% 5.9% 55.6%
Equity / assets 61.5% 94.1% 44.4%
Interest coverage -100.9x – –
Current ratio 1.1x 19.2x 1.4x
Quick ratio 1.1x 14.9x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.8x 14.1x 0.4x
Altman Z-score -19.51 11.91 3.05

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWPRTGENCBWA
Dividend yield – – 1.3%
Net buyback yield 339.0% – 7.0%
Shareholder yield 339.0% – 8.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 25.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 12.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 28.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -1.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusWPRTGENCBWA
Forward P/E – 15.2xFY2026 9.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.37FY2026 $1.13FY2026 $5.38FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +5.6%FY2026 +9.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -15.9% +2.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $10.34MFY2026 $111.17MFY2026 $13.71BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -55.7%FY2026 -3.7%FY2026 -4.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +10.1% +38.5% +0.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWPRTGENCBWA
Held by institutions – 48.7% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 94 817
Change in shares held, QoQ – -2.6% +3.7%
Institutions buying – 40 420
Institutions selling – 33 296
Buyers to sellers – 1.21 1.42

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

WPRTGENCBWA
WPRT 1.00 0.06 0.10
GENC 0.06 1.00 0.22
BWA 0.10 0.22 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, WPRT, GENC and BWA?

Borgwarner (BWA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) $32.67M, Gencor Industries (GENC) $212.60M, Borgwarner (BWA) $10.39B.

Which stock is cheaper, WPRT, GENC and BWA?

Gencor Industries (GENC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -0.8x, Gencor Industries (GENC) 17.0x, Borgwarner (BWA) 21.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Borgwarner (BWA) is cheapest (Gencor Industries (GENC) 15.2x, Borgwarner (BWA) 9.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Borgwarner (BWA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -73.4%, Gencor Industries (GENC) -6.4%, Borgwarner (BWA) +0.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Gencor Industries (GENC) has the highest net margin (Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -493.2%, Gencor Industries (GENC) 13.5%, Borgwarner (BWA) 3.4%). On return on invested capital, Borgwarner (BWA) leads (Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -39.8%, Borgwarner (BWA) 5.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Gencor Industries (GENC) returned the most: Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -6.0%, Gencor Industries (GENC) +26.8%, Borgwarner (BWA) +20.4%. Over five years, Gencor Industries (GENC) compounded fastest (Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -45.0%/yr, Gencor Industries (GENC) +8.6%/yr, Borgwarner (BWA) +1.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Borgwarner (BWA) 1.31%. Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) and Gencor Industries (GENC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Gencor Industries (GENC) has been the steadiest (Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) 54.1%, Gencor Industries (GENC) 38.4%, Borgwarner (BWA) 41.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, WPRT, GENC and BWA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Borgwarner (BWA) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.