NKLA vs. TSLA, GM, F, THO, WGO, REE, KNDI, FFIE, CENN, and ECDA
Should you be buying Nikola stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nikola include Tesla (TSLA), General Motors (GM), Ford Motor (F), THOR Industries (THO), Winnebago Industries (WGO), REE Automotive (REE), Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI), Faraday Future Intelligent Electric (FFIE), Cenntro (CENN), and ECD Automotive Design (ECDA).
Nikola vs.
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Nikola (NASDAQ:NKLA) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Tesla has a beta of 2.34, indicating that its share price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nikola has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tesla received 2538 more outperform votes than Nikola when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.01% of users gave Tesla an outperform vote while only 51.64% of users gave Nikola an outperform vote.
Tesla has higher revenue and earnings than Nikola. Nikola is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tesla, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
66.2% of Tesla shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Nikola shares are held by institutional investors. 20.7% of Tesla shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Nikola shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Tesla had 317 more articles in the media than Nikola. MarketBeat recorded 331 mentions for Tesla and 14 mentions for Nikola. Tesla's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Nikola's score of -0.53 indicating that Tesla is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tesla has a net margin of 7.26% compared to Nikola's net margin of -840.44%. Tesla's return on equity of 10.31% beat Nikola's return on equity.
Tesla currently has a consensus price target of $326.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.35%. Nikola has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 3,057.89%. Given Nikola's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nikola is more favorable than Tesla.
Summary
Tesla beats Nikola on 18 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NKLA) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
