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Tesla (TSLA) Competitors

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$342.03 -3.97 (-1.15%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

TSLA vs. GM, F, OSK, WBC, THO, WGO, NKLA, TM, PCAR, and STLA

Should you be buying Tesla stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tesla include General Motors (GM), Ford Motor (F), Oshkosh (OSK), WABCO (WBC), THOR Industries (THO), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Nikola (NKLA), Toyota Motor (TM), PACCAR (PCAR), and Stellantis (STLA).

Tesla vs.

General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Tesla has a net margin of 13.07% compared to General Motors' net margin of 6.06%. General Motors' return on equity of 16.30% beat Tesla's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
General Motors6.06% 16.30% 4.14%
Tesla 13.07%10.24%6.08%

General Motors has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tesla has a beta of 2.29, meaning that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Tesla has lower revenue, but higher earnings than General Motors. General Motors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tesla, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
General Motors$182.72B0.33$10.13B$9.385.85
Tesla$97.15B11.30$15.00B$3.6593.71

Tesla received 1055 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.06% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote while only 63.11% of users gave Tesla an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
General MotorsOutperform Votes
1527
73.06%
Underperform Votes
563
26.94%
TeslaOutperform Votes
2582
63.11%
Underperform Votes
1509
36.89%

General Motors presently has a consensus price target of $56.92, suggesting a potential upside of 3.71%. Tesla has a consensus price target of $230.18, suggesting a potential downside of 32.70%. Given General Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe General Motors is more favorable than Tesla.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
General Motors
4 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Tesla
9 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

In the previous week, Tesla had 148 more articles in the media than General Motors. MarketBeat recorded 201 mentions for Tesla and 53 mentions for General Motors. Tesla's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat General Motors' score of 0.64 indicating that Tesla is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
General Motors
23 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
14 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Tesla
110 Very Positive mention(s)
26 Positive mention(s)
41 Neutral mention(s)
15 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

92.7% of General Motors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of Tesla shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of General Motors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.7% of Tesla 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.

Summary

Tesla beats General Motors on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TSLA vs. The Competition

MetricTeslaMotor vehicles & car bodies IndustryAuto SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.10T$41.91B$16.83B$8.82B
Dividend YieldN/A3.19%3.11%4.07%
P/E Ratio93.718.4914.4817.66
Price / Sales11.3027.6812.6774.22
Price / Cash74.3510.8111.2132.53
Price / Book17.192.472.094.68
Net Income$15.00B$3.18B$1.52B$226.08M
7 Day Performance3.57%-6.68%-4.51%-2.03%
1 Month Performance54.98%-4.55%-7.84%0.07%
1 Year Performance45.17%-23.96%-7.63%24.61%

Tesla Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TSLA
Tesla
4.6214 of 5 stars
$342.03
-1.1%
$230.18
-32.7%
+45.2%$1.11T$96.77B93.71140,473Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
GM
General Motors
4.5906 of 5 stars
$54.88
-0.4%
$56.92
+3.7%
+92.4%$60.35B$182.72B5.85163,000Insider Trade
F
Ford Motor
4.0775 of 5 stars
$10.73
-3.0%
$12.02
+12.1%
+3.7%$43.92B$182.74B12.19177,000Analyst Revision
OSK
Oshkosh
4.2073 of 5 stars
$108.03
+0.2%
$123.14
+14.0%
+12.8%$7.01B$9.66B10.4917,300Positive News
WBC
WABCO
N/A$136.46
flat
N/A+0.0%$7.01B$3.42B28.5513,911High Trading Volume
THO
THOR Industries
4.6911 of 5 stars
$108.33
+0.4%
$110.80
+2.3%
+5.6%$5.73B$10.04B21.9722,300Positive News
WGO
Winnebago Industries
4.0996 of 5 stars
$57.30
-1.0%
$68.13
+18.9%
-14.7%$1.67B$2.97B191.015,700
NKLA
Nikola
1.2354 of 5 stars
$1.91
-1.5%
$12.00
+528.3%
-93.6%$118.08M$35.84M0.001,500Options Volume
TM
Toyota Motor
4.4896 of 5 stars
$172.95
-1.4%
N/A-7.9%$236.32B$312.38B8.22380,793Positive News
PCAR
PACCAR
4.0904 of 5 stars
$109.99
-0.4%
$117.64
+7.0%
+19.8%$57.87B$35.13B12.2932,400Analyst Forecast
Positive News
STLA
Stellantis
4.2299 of 5 stars
$12.86
-1.5%
$27.34
+112.6%
-37.7%$40.27B$176.19B0.00258,275

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This page (NASDAQ:TSLA) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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