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Tesla (TSLA) Competitors

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$462.28 +31.68 (+7.36%)
(As of 12/24/2024 05:19 PM ET)

TSLA vs. GM, F, THO, WGO, NKLA, TM, RACE, PCAR, HMC, 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), THOR Industries (THO), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Nikola (NKLA), Toyota Motor (TM), Ferrari (RACE), PACCAR (PCAR), Honda Motor (HMC), and Stellantis (STLA).

Tesla vs.

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

Tesla received 1062 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.94% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote while only 63.12% of users gave Tesla an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TeslaOutperform Votes
2590
63.12%
Underperform Votes
1513
36.88%
General MotorsOutperform Votes
1528
72.94%
Underperform Votes
567
27.06%

In the previous week, Tesla had 171 more articles in the media than General Motors. MarketBeat recorded 192 mentions for Tesla and 21 mentions for General Motors. General Motors' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Tesla's score of 0.37 indicating that General Motors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tesla
56 Very Positive mention(s)
41 Positive mention(s)
47 Neutral mention(s)
34 Negative mention(s)
13 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
General Motors
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Tesla has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Tesla$97.15B15.27$15.00B$3.65126.65
General Motors$182.72B0.32$10.13B$9.385.70

Tesla currently has a consensus target price of $272.06, suggesting a potential downside of 41.15%. General Motors has a consensus target price of $58.70, suggesting a potential upside of 9.70%. Given General Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe General Motors is more favorable than Tesla.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tesla
9 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23
General Motors
3 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

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
Tesla13.07% 10.24% 6.08%
General Motors 6.06%16.30%4.14%

66.2% of Tesla shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of General Motors shares are held by institutional investors. 20.7% of Tesla shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of General Motors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Tesla has a beta of 2.36, meaning that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Motors has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tesla beats General Motors on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TSLA vs. The Competition

MetricTeslaMotor vehicles & car bodies IndustryAuto SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.48T$48.44B$20.21B$9.25B
Dividend YieldN/A3.36%3.14%4.29%
P/E Ratio126.659.6211.5417.28
Price / Sales15.2724.9212.06119.73
Price / Cash101.1211.9612.3337.83
Price / Book23.232.691.924.93
Net Income$15.00B$3.18B$1.51B$225.34M
7 Day Performance5.03%2.87%11.40%4.14%
1 Month Performance36.53%-1.25%0.59%1.16%
1 Year Performance83.05%-21.95%-10.14%16.98%

Tesla Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TSLA
Tesla
4.3327 of 5 stars
$462.28
+7.4%
$272.06
-41.1%
+83.1%$1.48T$97.15B126.65140,473
GM
General Motors
4.3928 of 5 stars
$52.08
+0.5%
$58.70
+12.7%
+48.6%$57.27B$182.72B5.55163,000
F
Ford Motor
4.3676 of 5 stars
$9.81
-0.7%
$11.83
+20.6%
-18.9%$38.99B$182.74B11.15177,000
THO
THOR Industries
4.6581 of 5 stars
$96.56
-0.7%
$112.33
+16.3%
-19.8%$5.14B$9.69B24.7022,300Dividend Announcement
WGO
Winnebago Industries
4.6722 of 5 stars
$49.03
-1.9%
$68.13
+38.9%
-33.7%$1.42B$2.97B163.445,700Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NKLA
Nikola
1.1806 of 5 stars
$1.18
+0.3%
$12.00
+913.7%
-95.7%$72.05M$75.53M-0.081,500
TM
Toyota Motor
4.0809 of 5 stars
$178.63
+0.3%
N/A+1.6%$240.69B$46.40T8.49380,793
RACE
Ferrari
2.9486 of 5 stars
$426.43
-0.1%
$507.14
+18.9%
+29.7%$78.78B$6.46B49.534,988
PCAR
PACCAR
4.1042 of 5 stars
$104.82
-0.5%
$118.50
+13.1%
+7.9%$54.96B$34.83B11.7132,400Dividend Increase
HMC
Honda Motor
3.8856 of 5 stars
$26.38
+10.4%
N/A-10.9%$45.13B$21.62T6.51194,993Options Volume
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
STLA
Stellantis
4.8351 of 5 stars
$12.84
-0.4%
$27.34
+112.9%
-44.0%$40.23B$176.19B4.21258,275

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This page (NASDAQ:TSLA) was last updated on 12/25/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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